Children’s Books – Page 4 – Looking For a Good Book

October 17, 2019

LITTLE CREATURES – Ana Gerhard

When you can educate a child while you are entertaining her or him, then you’ve succeeded. Little Creatures, by Ana Gerhard does this with gusto. Introducing a child to an art form, especially something in the ‘classics’ (i.e. classical music, art, literature) is often a challenge (typically because a child is exposed to so much Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, ENTERTAINMENT, MEMOIR, NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

4 stars, Biography, Book Reviews, Books, Children’s Books, Music, non-fiction, Picture books, Reviews

October 8, 2019

BIRD COUNT – Susan Edwards Richmond and Stephanie Fizer Coleman

A young girl, Ava, joins her family on the annual Christmas Bird Count in and around her New England community. The leader of the group, Big Al, asks her to keep a record of what her team sees (and hears). It is a big honor for Ava and she takes on the role with excitement Continue reading

CHILDREN’S

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Children’s Books, Reviews

September 6, 2019

THE PLAYER KING – Avi

If you have spent any time at all reading or even looking for books for young readers then you’ve undoubtedly already run across the author Avi. His body of works and awards is lengthy, and deservedly so. Some of his works that I’ve enjoyed the most have been those that are more along a historical Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, HISTORICAL FICTION, Uncategorized, YA

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Children’s Books, Historical Fiction, Reviews, Young Adult

August 7, 2019

THE STORY OF THE TREASURE SEEKERS – E. Nesbit

I don’t remember when I first discovered author Edith Nesbit, but I do remember being surprised at how much I enjoyed her writing. At the time, I considered ‘classics’ to be slow and dull reading – good for teaching but not for enjoyment. But there’s a very good reason that these books are still around Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, Uncategorized

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Children’s Books, Reviews

July 24, 2019

SOME SNOW IS… – Ellen Yeomans

In full disclosure I will say that I know Ellen Yeomans, the author of this book. It has been a couple of decades since we’ve communicated (Ellen was in charge of a chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators and I did some work for her at that time). Snow can be Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, Uncategorized

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Children’s Books, Picture books, Reviews

July 3, 2019

IT’S UP TO CHARLIE HARDIN – Dean Ing

It is the summer of 1942 and young boys don’t sit around the house – they go outside and they explore and more than likely get into a little bit of trouble. Charlie Hardin is a pretty typical boy in that regard. His parents have given him just one rule … stay out of trouble. Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, Uncategorized, YA

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Children’s Books, Reviews, Young Adult

May 21, 2019

ARLO FINCH IN THE VALLEY OF FIRE – John August

Arlo Finch and his mother have moved to the small town of Pine Mountain, Colorado while Arlo’s father is in China. It’s never fun being the new kid in school, but Arlo joins the local Rangers organization, hoping to build his wilderness skills. And though it takes a little patience, he makes friends with the Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized, YA

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Children’s Books, Reviews, SF/Fantasy, Young Adult

May 15, 2019

RED DOVE, LISTEN TO THE WIND – Sonia Antaki

I have a long backlog of ARC books that I’m determined to read and review and because of that I have gotten much more selective about the books I request. This is a long way of saying that I really hoped to like this book. I’ve had some great reading with other indigenous people children’s Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, Uncategorized, YA

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Children’s Books, Mythology/Legend, Reviews, Young Adult

May 13, 2019

WILL IN SCARLET – Matthew Cody

Thirteen year old Will Shackley is the son of a lord. But his father is fighting in the crusades with King Richard the Lionheart and his home becomes a site for a local power struggle. Young Will is no match for those uprooting the communities and so he flees into the nearby Sherwood Forest where Continue reading

MYTHOLOGY, Uncategorized, YA

5 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Children’s Books, Mythology/Legend, Reviews, Young Adult

April 19, 2019

MY FOOTPRINTS – Bao Phi & Basia Tran

Thuy is a Vietnamese-American little girl who is bullied and teased at school – in part because of her appearance/heritage, and also because she has two mothers instead of a mother/father parent base. On her way home from a particularly bad day at school she notices her footprints in the snow and her childhood imagination Continue reading

CHILDREN’S

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Children’s Books, Picture books, Reviews

April 10, 2019

THE ADVENTURERS GUILD – Zack Loran Clark & Nick Eliopulos

People have asked me what is the hardest part about writing book reviews and it’s an easy answer … reviewing perfectly average books. Books that are outstanding and books that are terrible are easy to review because you can go in-depth on why you think they are outstanding or terrible. But there is almost nothing Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Children’s Books, Reviews, SF/Fantasy

March 29, 2019

DON’T DANGLE YOUR PARTICIPLE – Vanita Oelschlager

The only thing wrong about this book is that it wasn’t around when my children were growing up. With truly delightful artwork by Mike DeSantis, author Vanita Oelschlager offers up some silly examples of dangling participles: a deer on a skateboard; a girl blowing away in the wind; a girl melting while eating ice cream, Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, Uncategorized

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Children’s Books, Picture books, Reviews