BOOK: UNLOVABLE AUTHOR& ILLUSTRATOR: DAN YACCARINO PUBLISHER: OWLET BOOK PAGES: 32 AGE RECOMMENDED: 4+ Alfred is a little pug who is teased by his siblings, a cat, a parrot, and a goldfish. He is made fun of by neighbourhood dogs for looking different, for not being a good runner, and for having a mouth too small […]
REVIEW: Stellaluna By janell Cannon
BOOK: STELLALUNA AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR: JANELL CANNON PUBLISHER: SCHOLASTIC PAGES: 48 AGE RECOMMENDED: 3+ In a forest far away, a mother fruit bat has a new baby and names her Stellaluna. One night, an owl attacks the bats, knocking Stellaluna out of her mother’s pouch, and she falls into the forest below. Soon the baby […]
REVIEW: There Are No Cats In This Book By Viviane Schwarz
BOOK: THERE ARE NO CATS IN THIS BOOK AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR: VIVIANE SCHWARZ PUBLISHER: WALKER BOOKS PAGES: 24 AGE RECOMMENDED: 3+ Meet Andre, Tiny and Moonpie. These three adorable cats are living in a book that you are about to pick up and read. When you open the book, you are greeted by them and […]
REVIEW: Oliver And patch By Claire Freedman
BOOK: OLIVER AND PATCH AUTHOR: CLARIE FREEDMAN ILLUSTRATOR: KATE HINDLEY PUBLISHER: SIMON & SCHUSTER PAGES: 32 AGE RECOMMENDED: 3+ Oliver has moved from the countryside to the city and is feeling lonely. His new home is very different from what he’s used to, and he’s left all his friends behind. When out exploring one day, […]
Review: 10 Things I Can Do To Help My World By Melanie Walsh
BOOK: 10 THINGS I CAN DO TO HELP MY WORLD AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR: MELANIE WALSH PUBLISHER: CANDLEWICK PRESS PAGES: 40 AGE RECOMMENDED: 4+ Ten Things I Can Do to Help My World: 1. Turn Off the Lights 2. Turn Off the Faucet 3. Throw Away My Trash 4. Feed the Birds 5. Use Both Sides […]
Review: Above And Below By Patricia Hegarty
BOOK: ABOVE AND BELOW AUTHOR: PATRICIA HEGARTY ILLUSTRATOR: HANAKO CLULOW PUBLISHER: LITTLE TIGER PRESS PAGES: 22 AGE RECOMMENDED: 3+ This non-fiction picture book focuses on eight different animal habitats or ecosystems, including the arctic, the savannah, the forest, the rainforest, the north pole, a river, mountain caves, the African Savannah, and the cliff tops. There […]
Review: It Looked Like Spilt Milk By Charles Green Shaw
BOOK: IT LOOKED LIKE SPILT MILK AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR: CHARLES GREEN SHAW PUBLISHER: SCHOLASTIC PAGES: 32 AGE RECOMMENDED: 2+ A very old classic and simple book for children. This is an imaginary story of what different objects spilt milk can make. But, really, is it spilt milk? You have to find it at the end […]
Review: Desert Girl, Monsoon Boy By Tara Dairman
BOOK: DESERT GIRL, MONSOON BOY AUTHOR: TARA DAIRMAN ILLUSTRATOR: ARCHANA SREENIVASAN PUBLISHER: G.P. PUTNAM’S SONS PAGES: 32 AGE RECOMMENDED: 4+ Desert girl, the monsoon boy, talks about Rabari people, an Indigenous tribe of nomadic herders and shepherds that live in northwest India. The book represents two families of different Rabari groups. The girl is from […]
Review: The Rainbow Crossing By Vijee
BOOK: THE RAINBOW CROSSING AUTHOR: VIJEE ILLUSTRATOR: VAGMI RAGHAVA PUBLISHER: SCHOLASTIC PAGES: 24 AGE RECOMMENDED: 4+ I picked this book on a lightning deal and not much interest Nathan showed. Last week his school taught him a rhyme about traffic lights and asked him to make a traffic light activity. I used this opportunity and […]
REVIEW: The colors of Us by Karen Katz
BOOK: THE COLORS OF US AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR: KAREN KATZ PUBLISHER: SQUARE FISH PAGES: 32 AGE RECOMMENDED: 4+ Born and raised in India, I always heard people saying, hey, she looks so black or she looks so white. Never have I heard them say she looks brown. The irony is that the said person would […]