Children’s Book Review: National Geographic Kids Weird But True! Sports
WEIRD BUT TRUE! SPORTS 300 Wacky Facts about Awesome Athletics Published: May 17, 2016 Publisher: National Geographic Kids Non-Fiction Our kids LOVED these books when they were younger. I can also attest that these are the most beat up well-loved books in the elementary classrooms I teach in. Kids love looking for the weirdest, most…
Read More Children’s Book Review: If You Were Me and Lived in…Brazil By Carole P. Roman
IF YOU WERE ME AND LIVED IN….BRAZIL A Child’s Introduction to Culture Around the World By: Carole P. Roman Illustrated by: Kelsea Wierenga Published: July 7, 2016 Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Non-Fiction With all the excitement of the 2016 Olympics, your children may be asking about the country of Brazil. Roman’s book, like her others…
Read More Book Review: Being Mortal By Atul Gawande
BEING MORTAL Medicine and What Matters in the End By: Atul Gawande Published: October 7, 2014 Publisher: Metropolitan Books Non-Fiction I learned a lot about dying during my time working in Hospice. I saw families so overcome with grief that I wasn’t sure how they could go on. But, I also saw relief in some…
Read More Children’s Book Review: National Geographic Kids Everything Sports and Funny Fill-In
EVERYTHING SPORTS All the Photos, Facts, and Fun to Make you Jump! By: Eric Zweig with Shalise Manza Young Published: March 8, 2016 Publisher: National Geographic Kids Non-Fiction With the 2016 Rio Olympics starting this evening, there is a lot of excitement in the air about sports. Watching the Olympics is a great way to…
Read More Books that Came My Way in July 2016
I’ve been catching up on my reading this month, reading four adult books and five children’s books just this month. Not bad since I also have most of my house under construction and am living in complete disarray. Just when I think I can set aside some time to read, something comes up and my…
Read More Children’s Book Review: Cave Kiddos – A Sunny Day By Eric Jay Cash
CAVE KIDDOS: A SUNNY DAY By: Eric Jay Cash Published: February 6, 2016 Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Fiction As the father of two delayed speakers, Cash wrote this book specifically for children with speech and developmental delays. This book has very few words, but will make children excited about learning to read. The story…
Read More Book Review and Giveaway: Once Upon a Wine By Beth Kendrick
ONCE UPON A WINE By: Beth Kendrick Published: July 26, 2016 Publisher: NAL Fiction Beth Kendrick has created a series of books all set in the same Delaware community of Black Dog Bay, where women go to recuperate after jilted relationships, broken marriages, or in this case, to buy a winery. Ginger has decided to…
Read More Children’s Book Review: Two Books from Carole P. Roman
CAN A PRINCESS BE A FIREFIGHTER? By: Carole P. Roman Illustrated by: Mateya Arkova Published: March 25, 2016 Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Fiction Two sweet girls ask their father if they can still be a princess no matter what else they decide to be. As he looks down at them he reassures them that…
Read More Book Review: Modern Girls By Jennifer S. Brown
MODERN GIRLS A Novel By: Jennifer S. Brown Published: April 5, 2016 Publisher: NAL Historical Fiction/Women’s Fiction I have read many books set during this turbulent time in our history, but nothing that has tackled the delicate subject of unexpected pregnancies in a mother AND a daughter. The setting is 1935, New York City. The…
Read More Book Review: Gracie’s Song By Michelle Schlicher
GRACIE’S SONG By: Michelle Schlicher Published: March 7, 2016 Publisher: Michelle Schlicher Fiction/Women’s Fiction I love finding out about Iowa authors and sharing their books with my readers. Michelle Schlicher lives near Des Moines and has written her second fiction novel which she says fits in the category of Contemporary Romance. I’d have to disagree…
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