Quick Lit: Mini Reviews of Some Recent Reads – July/August 2019 Edition
Today is one of our very last days of summer around here. Patrick leaves Sunday to head back to college and then leave with his cross-country team for a quick camp before school starts. Bennett moves into to his dorm on Wednesday. Reagan starts her freshman year of high school on Friday. This next week…
Read More Children’s Book Review: What If Everybody Thought That? By Ellen Javernick
WHAT IF EVERYBODY THOUGHT THAT? By: Ellen Javernick Illustrated by: Colleen Madden Published: August 27, 2019 Publisher: Two Lions Non-Fiction There are all kinds of different abilities in school and it’s easy for kids to make assumptions about the kids with those abilities. Javernick takes all kinds of situations and proves our prejudices wrong and…
Read More Children’s Book Review: From an Idea to Nike By Lowey Bundy Sichol
FROM AN IDEA TO NIKE How Marketing Made Nike a Global Success By: Lowey Bundy Sichol Illustrated by: C.S. Jennings Published: February 12, 2019 Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers Non-Fiction I would be shocked if at some point in your life you didn’t have a pair of Nike shoes in your house. I can’t…
Read More Children’s Book Review: Pirates Don’t Go to Kindergarten By Lisa Robinson
PIRATES DON’T GO TO KINDERGARTEN By: Lisa Robinson Illustrated by: Eda Kaban Published: July 1, 2019 Publisher: Two Lions Fiction It’s time for Pirate Emma to start kindergarten. She has her treasure map and spy glass and she is ready to set sail with her favorite captain, Cap’n Chu. Cap’n Chu is really Ms. Chu,…
Read More Children’s Book Review: A Brief History of Life on Earth By Clemence Dupont
A BRIEF HISTORY OF LIFE ON EARTH By: Clemence Dupont Published: April 9, 2019 Publisher: Prestel Junior Non-Fiction This unique book begins at the very beginning of Earth, over 4 billion years ago. The opening picture shows the earth as an ocean of lava with volcanos all around. This age is aptly named the Hadean…
Read More Children’s Book Review: Count to 10 With A Mouse By Margaret Wise Brown
COUNT TO 10 WITH A MOUSE By: Margaret Wise Brown Illustrated by: Kirsten Richards Published: March 19, 2019 Publisher: Silver Dolphin Books Fiction The beloved Margaret Wise Brown, author of GOODNIGHT MOON and THE RUNAWAY BUNNY has a new line of classics including seventeen new books that will be published in 2019. Author, Amy Gary,…
Read More Books that Came My Way in July 2019
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. I have been LOVING summer. Many days spent on the porch and hanging out with the kids as they come and go from…
Read More Children’s Book Review: From an Idea to Disney By Lowey Bundy Sichol
FROM AN IDEA TO DISNEY How Imagination Built A World of Magic By: Lowey Bundy Sichol Illustrated by: C.S. Jennings Published: February 12, 2019 Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers Non-Fiction This new series, FROM AN IDEA, features the histories of companies and how they became the billion-dollar companies they are now. These chapter books…
Read More Book Review: Save Me the Plums By Ruth Reichl
SAVE ME THE PLUMS By: Ruth Reichl Published: April 2, 2019 Publisher: Random House Non-Fiction/Memoir I wish this memoir of Reichl’s time at Gourmet magazine would have come out before her book, MY KITCHEN YEAR. I think I would have been more sympathetic and understanding of her deep sadness and regrets about the loss of…
Read More Children’s Book Review: Make This! by Ella Schwartz
MAKE THIS! Building, Thinking, and Tinkering Projects for the Amazing Maker in You By: Ella Schwartz Photos by: Matthew Rakola Published: February 5, 2019 Publisher: National Geographic Children’s Books Non-Fiction Slow down that summer slide by keeping your kids learning and thinking and creating. Each chapter focuses on a part of science including simple machines,…
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