BOOK NAME: COLOR ZOO AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR: LOIS EHLERT PUBLISHER: HARPER COLLINS PAGES: 40 AGE RECOMMENDED: 3+ As we know, we can play with the shapes. This is such a gorgeous book where the author has created different animals using different shapes. She used cutouts of the shapes and colours to create animals inside each […]
REVIEW: The Little Raindrop By Joanna Grag
BOOK NAME: THE LITTLE RAINDROP AUTHOR: JOANNA GRAG ILLUSTRATOR: DUBRAVKA KOLANOVIC PUBLISHER: SKY PONY PAGES: 32 AGE RECOMMENDED: 3+ A simple yet beautifully illustrated book about the natural Water cycle or how rain is formed. The story starts with the journey of a raindrop from the sky, to puddle, to stream to the river and […]
REVIEW: Have You Seen Elephant? By David Barrow
BOOK NAME: HAVE YOU SEEN ELEPHANT? AUTHOR& ILLUSTRATOR: DAVID BARROW PUBLISHER: GECKO PRESS PAGES: 32 AGE RECOMMENDED: 2.5+ A very large elephant and a boy decide to play hide-and-seek. Elephant warns the boy that he is hard to find. But the elephant’s hiding place is very obvious for readers, though the boy couldn’t find him. […]
REVIEW: Tropical Terry By Jarvis
BOOK NAME: TROPICAL TERRY AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR: JARVIS PUBLISHER: WALKER BOOKS PAGES: 32 AGE RECOMMENDED: 2.5+ Tropical Terry is a book about a small fish called Terry. Terry lives in a tropical reef with his best friends crab and snail. He always wanted to play with other tropical fishes, but those fish didn’t want to […]
REVIEW: Line Up, Please! By Tomoko Omura
BOOK NAME: LINE UP, PLEASE! AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR: TOMOKO OMURA PAGES: 40 AGE RECOMMENDED: 3+ Do you like to stand in a line? I usually don’t like to wait in a line unless it’s something exciting for me. This is a story about animals, from the smallest frog to the largest elephant standing in a […]
REVIEW: Saving Species By Jess French
BOOK NAME: SAVING SPECIES AUTHOR: JESS FRENCH ILLUSTRATOR: JAMES GILLEARD PUBLISHER: WREN & ROOK PAGES: 64 AGE RECOMMENDED: 4+ Why do we have a birdhouse in our home and why are we feeding birds? Asked my curious three-year kid. After a brief pause, I said we chopped their home to build our home. He then […]
REVIEW: A HOUSE FOR HERMIT CRAB BY ERIC CARLE
BOOK NAME: A HOUSE FOR HERMIT CRAB AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR: ERIC CARLE PUBLISHER: SIMON SPOTLIGHT PAGES: 32 AGE RECOMMENDED: 3+ This story tells about the beautiful journey of a hermit crab. Hermit crab sheds its shell a few times a year, depending on its growth. We have a salted tank aquarium at home and Nathan […]
REVIEW: IT’S A BOOK BY LANE SMITH
BOOK NAME: IT’S A BOOK AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR: LANE SMITH PUBLISHER: ROARING BOOK PRESS PAGES: 32 AGE RECOMMENDED: EVERYONE A humorous conversation between two animals, a donkey and a monkey. The monkey was reading a book and the donkey was using a laptop to pick up a conversation with the monkey. He asks what’s in […]
REVIEW: The Woods By Rob Hodgson
BOOK NAME: THE WOODS AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR: ROB HODGSON PUBLISHER: FRANCES LINCOLN CHILDREN’S BOOKS PAGES: 32 AGE RECOMMENDED: 3+ The woods are fun and the humour-filled story about foxes and their hunt for rabbits. In the woods there lived three foxes: a tiny fox, a tall fox, and around the fox. They are always in […]
REVIEW: On Sudden Hill By Linda Sarah
BOOK NAME: ON SUDDEN HILL AUTHOR: LINDA SARAH ILLUSTRATOR: BENJI DAVIES PUBLISHER: HENRY HOLT & CO PAGES: 32 AGE RECOMMENDED: 3+ A wonderful short story about friendship and learning to share with others. Birt and Etho are best friends. They play together every day on Sudden Hill, making adventures out of cardboard boxes, but one […]