Archive for November 2018
Children’s Book Review: First Snow By Nancy Viau – Books as Gifts
Books make the best gifts. I may be a little biased, but I love giving books as gifts. I think they offer a personal connection. You are either saying, I loved this book and I think you will too. Or, I know you love cats, science, history, etc so I thought this would be a…
Read MoreChildren’s Book Review: Explorer Academy The Nebula Secret By Trudi Trueit – Books as Gifts
Books make the best gifts. I may be a little biased, but I love giving books as gifts. I think they offer a personal connection. You are either saying, I loved this book and I think you will too. Or, I know you love cats, science, history, etc so I thought this would be a…
Read MoreChildren’s Book Review: Tough Cookie by Edward Hemingway -Books as Gifts
Books make the best gifts. I may be a little biased, but I love giving books as gifts. I think they offer a personal connection. You are either saying, I loved this book and I think you will too. Or, I know you love cats, science, history, etc so I thought this would be a…
Read MoreLiterary Book Gifts – Books as Gifts
Books make the best gifts. I may be a little biased, but I love giving books as gifts. I think they offer a personal connection. You are either saying, I loved this book and I think you will too. Or, I know you love cats, science, history, etc so I thought this would be a…
Read MoreSmithsonian Exploration Station Kits for Kids – Books as Gifts
Books make the best gifts. I may be a little biased, but I love giving books as gifts. I think they offer a personal connection. You are either saying, I loved this book and I think you will too. Or, I know you love cats, science, history, etc so I thought this would be a…
Read MoreBooks as Gifts
Books make the best gifts. I may be a little biased, but I love giving books as gifts. I think they offer a personal connection. You are either saying, I loved this book and I think you will too. Or, I know you love cats, science, history, etc so I thought this would be a…
Read MoreChildren’s Book Review: Henry is Kind By Linda Ryden
HENRY IS KIND A Story of Mindfulness By: Linda Ryden Illustrated by: Shearry Malone Published: September 4, 2018 Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers Fiction Henry and his class participate in a mindfulness project. Ms. Snowden has the class close their eyes and think of someone they want to send happy thoughts to. Afterward, she reminded the…
Read MoreChildren’s Book Review: Books by Iowa Author Terri Nekvinda
PEPPER’S DELIGHTFUL DISCOVERY By: Terri Nekvinda Published: 2016 Fiction Pepper is a porcupine and in his first book, he is an unhappy porcupine. Pepper is awake in the dark and due to his spines, no one wants to play with him. He is also slow and can’t keep up with the other animals in…
Read MoreBooks that Came My Way in October 2018
This is my monthly roundup of books that were added to my shelves in the last month. I also share an update with you on other things going on in my life. Marching band and cross country (HS and college) have ended. The musical just finished this last weekend. “Catch Me If You…
Read MoreChildren’s Book review: Lulu the Broadway Mouse By Jenna Gavigan
LULU THE BROADWAY MOUSE By: Jenna Gavigan Published: October 9, 2018 Publisher: Running Press Kids Fiction Get a peek at what it’s like to be on the Broadway stage from an author who grew up as a child actress on Broadway. In LULU THE BROADWAY MOUSE Gavigan gives middle-grade readers a backstage pass on…
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