★★★★★ Do you care nothing for birds and have no desire to possess any knowledge of them? This book is not for you. Are you a serious ornithologist who can wax on for hours about birds in minute detail? This book is also not for you. Offended by cursing or crass language? You guessed it.... Continue Reading →

★★★★ Happy go lucky Tag lives with a cantankerous cat, but he doesn't let them get him down. He plays contently with his squeaker ball. One day, while playing, his squeaker ball comes to life. Where Tag sees magic, the cat just sees something odd going on. Sam Hundley has woven a story around art... Continue Reading →

★★★★ There are many reasons to read Sneed B.Collard's Beaver and Otter Get Along...Sort Of with your kids. You should read it because the watercolor illustrations are gorgeous. You should read it because the information is factual and written in the perfect way to get kids interested and hooked on science. You should read it... Continue Reading →

★★★★ Anyone aware of what is going on in the US (or the world) is aware of the atrocities perpetuated against BIPOC communities. The unwarranted killings of Black individuals, and often Black boys, by authorities is troubling and needs to stop. How do parents, especially parents of BIPOC kids, talk about these incidents while still... Continue Reading →

★★★★ "You’re the jelly to my donut. You’re the blue to my sky. You’re the laces to my sneakers. You’re the twinkle to my eye." For parents, or other loving guardians, our children are our everything. Barbara Herndon's You're the Hugs to My Kisses has silly prose to help share just how much our young... Continue Reading →

★★★★★ The big barn dance is coming up, and Lily the chick is self-conscious about her feathers. Despite her mother's reassurances, she decides to come up with a fabulous idea. She puts her creativity to work and fashions herself a tutu. Even though she is told that chickens don't wear tutus, she take sit in... Continue Reading →

★★★★★ Kip wakes up to find herself surrounded by various characters from her father's drawings, her favorite TV show, A beloved book, and even her nightmares. Referred to as "The Odds," this cast of characters has a lot of surprises and mischief in store for Kip and her father. Matt Stanton's graphic novel was a... Continue Reading →

★★★★★ A family of birds discovers a rogue egg in the Australian bush and takes it home to hatch it. When the egg hatches, it isn't a bird at all but is a crocodile. The family continues to love and raise him. As he gets bigger, other animals try to figure out why the bird... Continue Reading →

★★★★ IN her book, Inside Animals, Barbara Taylor explores what some animals look like - on the inside. Whether discussing internal organs or vertebrae, readers can get a basic, and non-graphic view, or what is going on inside of animals. The illustrations are colorful and almost comic like in their drawing, making it suitable for... Continue Reading →

★★★★ Lola often goes over to her cousin's house to play, but she has never spent the night before. She packs everything she might need and walks over with her father. Throughout the evening, the girls have fun doing various activities, some of them including Lola's two aunts. The next morning, after a fun breakfast,... Continue Reading →