Children’s Books – Page 5 – Looking For a Good Book

March 1, 2019

BRIAR AND ROSE AND JACK – Katherine Coville

I have to admit it … I love modern re-tellings of fairy tales and fairy tale mash-ups! This book, Briar and Rose and Jack, fits the latter as author Katherine Coville combines the classic fairy tales of Sleeping Beauty, Snow White and Rose Red, and Jack and the Beanstalk (and maybe a little Jack and Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized, YA

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

February 21, 2019

SPACE CAT MEETS MARS & SPACE CAT AND THE KITTENS – Ruthven Todd

THROWBACK THURSDAY: REVIEWING REISSUES Space Cat is back in the third volume of this 1950’s era children’s book! Flyball is now a seasoned ‘space cat’, flying regularly between the Earth and the moon and having now visited Venus as well. So when the rocketship is caught in the gravity of an asteroid, Flyball trusts his Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, Uncategorized

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

February 8, 2019

A CIRCLE OF ELEPHANTS – Eric Dinerstein

Just over two years ago I read and reviewed What Elephants Know by Eric Dinerstein. It was a tremendously beautiful novel. Now Dinerstein is back with a follow-up … A Circle of Elephants. Thirteen-year-old Nandu works for the Royal Elephant Breeding Center – a newly established program that houses and protects the royal elephants. The Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, Uncategorized, YA

5 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Children’s Books, Nature, Reviews, Young Adult

February 6, 2019

SCARLETT HART: MONSTER HUNTER – graphic novel

Ummmmm… no. I’ve tried to be a little pickier about the graphic novels I request and review, but since I’m not really familiar with a lot of the authors and artists working in the graphic novel industry today, occasionally one slips by me that doesn’t appeal on any level. Such as this one. Scarlett Hart Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, GRAPHIC NOVEL, Uncategorized, YA

2 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Children’s Books, Graphic Novels, Reviews, Young Adult

January 22, 2019

THE NOT-SO-BRAVE PENGUIN – Steve Smallman

The Not-So-Brave Penguin by Steve Smallman is an adorable little book. Who doesn’t love penguins? And who can resist a not-so-brave penguin that steps up and does something brave? Percy and Posy are young penguins. Percy is outgoing and adventurous while Posy is cautious and timid. Percy loves to slide down icy slopes on his Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, Uncategorized

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

January 17, 2019

RECENTERING THE UNIVERSE – Ron Miller

This is a really interesting little book! This is a history/science book targeted at an advanced middle school reader, but really it’s the perfect book for someone like myself. As a youngster I probably wouldn’t have cared for this book too much. There are a lot of names that don’t roll off the tongue, and Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, NON-FICTION, Uncategorized, YA

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Children’s Books, non-fiction, Reviews, Young Adult

December 3, 2018

EARTHRISE – James Gladstone & Christy Lundy

If I still had children of picture-book age, this is most definitely a book I would have and that I would read to them as often as I could. In thirty-two keenly illustrated pages, author James Gladstone and illustrator Christy Lundy manage to not only tell the story of Apollo 8 and the famous, iconic Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, NON-FICTION

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

October 15, 2018

THE CAT WHO ATE CHRISTMAS – Lil Chase & Thomas Docherty

The Hudson family is looking forward to enjoying their Christmas, but their curious cat, Jingles, is exploring Christmas just the way any feline might. First, there’s the Christmas tree, with its shiny ornaments and attractive lights that needs to be explored. But the poor cat didn’t expect a tree to actually come crashing down! And Continue reading

CHILDREN’S

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Children’s Books, Holiday, Reviews

October 5, 2018

WHY THE MONSTER – Sean and Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley

Why the Monster is an absolutely phenomenal book. Sean and Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley have written a book for young readers that captures the mythology or legend of the Inuit people and also understands the concerns and fears of a child – being preyed upon by bullies, being uncomfortable trying to live up to an adults expectations, Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, MYTHOLOGY, Uncategorized, YA

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

September 25, 2018

BLACKWELLS AND THE BRINY DEEP – Philippa Dowding

Next up from the fabulous Philippa Dowding is the next book in her Weird Stories Gone Wrong series. This is not a sequential series in which you must read each book in order, but instead this is a series in which you can always expect to be entertained and spooked out just a little bit. Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized

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

September 3, 2018

9 FROM NINE WORLDS – Rick Riordan

How do you appeal to the younger (late elementary/middle school) readers? You give them a popular series with some recognizable characters and you add some crude humor (“Thor was letting out farts like a sputtering engine.”). This book is nine short stories told from the point of view of different characters. We start with Asgard: Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, MYTHOLOGY, SF/FANTASY, YA

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

August 16, 2018

ALEX AND THE OTHER – Philippa Dowding

Not since the Goosebumps series have we had good ‘weird’ stories for young readers until Philippa Dowding began her Weird Stories Gone Wrong series. Alex and the Other is the fourth in this series, and though I’ve only previously read the first book in the collection, it’s definitely a series to consider – especially if Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, SF/FANTASY, YA

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