Children’s Books
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SPACE CAT and SPACE CAT VISITS VENUS – Ruthven Todd
THROWBACK THURSDAY: REVIEWING A REISSUE In the first of this easy reader series, pilot Captain Fred Stone finds an adventurous feline he names Flyball. Stone is a bit of a rogue – doing things the way he wants to do them, which is not always in keeping with his superior officers’ methods. But as Stone Continue reading
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THE MORTIFICATION OF FOVEA MUNSON – Mary Winn Heider
I’ll admit that I requested this book primarily because of the title since I share a surname with the titular character. Aside from that, I enjoy middle grade and young adult fiction, and the fantasy twist here is pretty unique and interesting. Most of us were embarrassed by our parents at some point in our Continue reading
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NO FIGHTING, NO BITING! – Else Holmelund Minarik & Maurice Sendak
I don’t review these older children’s books too often, but I really should. This is a Level 2/Grades 1-3 easy-to-read book. It’s quite charming, and it’s actually ABOUT something (learn to play nicely). And while many of the books at this level that are being written and published today are still didactic, they try to Continue reading
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GEEKED OUT – Obert Skye
The world is crumbling apart after bombs have nearly destroyed humanity, but that doesn’t mean kids get a pass from going to school! Uh uh, not way! It’s just that school isn’t quite the way it used to be. Sure, there’s still a hierarchy of cliques, with the jocks at the top of the heap Continue reading
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LIFE IS LIKE A MUSICAL – Tim Federle
Tim Federle’s Life is Like a Musical appears to be targeted toward the audience for his Young Adult books, but the advice he offers up is pertinent to everyone. Although many who read this book will know Federle as the author of popular books such as Tequila Mockingbird: Cocktails with a Literary Twist and the Continue reading
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IRVING BERLIN, THE IMMIGRANT BOY WHO MADE AMERICA SING – Nancy Churnin
This children’s picture book about one of America’s greatest songwriters – who wasn’t actually born in the United States of America – is an absolutely marvelous biographical tribute. Author Nancy Churnin somehow manages to tell the entire Irving Berlin life story in thirty-two gorgeously illustrated pages, hitting the highlights, catching the struggles and the passions Continue reading
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THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS – Lewis Carroll
THROWBACK THURSDAY: REVIEWING A REISSUE How many people think that they know a number of classic books when what they really know is the popular movie (or television) version of said books. For instance, who thinks that they know The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, or Peter Pan? And who thinks that they know Alice in Continue reading
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RUSTY THE SQUEAKY ROBOT – Neil Clark
Robots, friendship, music, uniqueness, and eye-catching art. This little thirty-two page book by Neil Clark, Rusty the Squeaky Robot, has everything you need to capture a child’s attention and imagination and to help it soar. Rusty doesn’t like that he squeaks all the time. ALL the time. And his squeaking has him feeling down. But Continue reading
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A KISS GOODBYE – Audrey Penn
Audrey Penn has a good thing going with her Chester Raccoon series of books. I don’t know many parents of kindergarteners who aren’t familiar with The Kissing Hand and she’s followed it up with a few other books about Chester Raccoon learning something new. In A Kiss Goodbye, Chester and family have to move. There’s Continue reading
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THOSE WHO RUN IN THE SKY – Aviaq Johnston
Aviaq Johnston’s Those Who Run the Sky is an exciting, coming-of-age story that should be read by every fifth-grader on the North American continent. Pitu is a young Inuit boy. He is out hunting when a storm hits and he becomes lost, without his dogs or weapons, and the strange storm takes him to a Continue reading
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EVERTON MILES IS STRANGER THAN ME – Philippa Dowding
If you don’t already know Philippa Dowding, you must correct that immediately. Rush out and grab everything she’s written and give it a read, and then come back to this book. Everton Miles is Stranger Than Me picks up on the story of Gwendolyn Golden from the book The Strange Gift of Gwendolyn Golden. If Continue reading
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RUNNING ON THE ROOF OF THE WORLD – Jess Butterworth
Tash is a Buddhist in Tibet, which is dangerous as Tibet is occupied by the Chinese and they have forbidden worshiping as Buddhists. Tash and her family practice their faith in secret and outwardly behave in such a way that the Chinese soldiers won’t give them a second glance. But Tash is aware of the Continue reading
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