Children’s books

Children’s Book Review: Digestion! The Musical by Adam Rex

In Digestion! The Musical, kids will learn the path a piece of candy takes through the body all the way to the bathroom visit with hilarity and science.
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Children’s Book Review: A Beginner’s Guide to Being Human by Matt Forrest Esenwine

This Beginner's Guide to Being Human offers kids a lesson on emotions and sharing kindness and forgiveness with others can go a long way.
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Children’s Book Review: Two New Books from the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Press

These two books from the San Diego Zoo Alliance remind kids of the importance of protecting the wildlife around the world and in our own backyard.
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Children’s Book Review: Ultimate Spotlight: Extraordinary Animals by Sandra Laboucarie

Our world is full of extraordinary animals. This interactive book allows older kids to have fun while learning about special skills animals have to protect themselves or others.
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Children’s Book Review: Mr. Thatcher’s House by Kristin Wauson

Mr. Thatcher just wants to build the perfect house. When his neighbors start showing up, he realizes his house may already be perfect.
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Children’s Book Review: Bookscape Board Books by Ingela Arrhenius

These Bookscape Board Books are shaped boardbooks that share about the animals in the Savanna and about a love of books and reading.
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Children’s Book Review: Construction Site Gets a Fright! by Sherri Duskey Rinker

The construction site crew dresses up for Halloween and finds things on the job site can look a little scary.
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Books that Came My Way in September 2022

My monthly roundup of books that were added to my shelves in September including fiction, historical fiction, nonfiction, and a large stack of children's books.
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Middle-Grade Book Review: Haven Jacobs Saves the Planet by Barbara Dee

Seventh grader Haven Jacobs is passionate about climate change but lets her fear about the state of our planet get in the way of her regular life. Find out what happens when her fears are realized in her own community.
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Children’s Book Review: What a Shell Can Tell by Helen Scales

Learn all about the various shells you might find on the beach including the age, how they protected themselves, and what kind of animal used them as their home.
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Stacie's bookshelf: read-in-2023

The Lazy Genius Kitchen: Have What You Need, Use What You Have, and Enjoy It Like Never Before
Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D'
The Royal Governess: A Novel of Queen Elizabeth II's Childhood
Food Fight
Spare
Foster
This Time Tomorrow
To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings
Kiss Me in the Coral Lounge: Intimate Confessions from a Happy Marriage
Save What's Left
Remarkably Bright Creatures
The Galveston Diet: The Doctor-Developed, Patient-Proven Plan to Burn Fat and Tame Your Hormonal Symptoms
Golden Hills
The Girl with the Louding Voice
The Favor
Small Things Like These
This Is How I Lied
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
Audrey L and Audrey W: Best Friends-ish: Book 1
Audrey L and Audrey W: True Creative Talents: Book 2
Chasing Giants: In Search of the World's Largest Freshwater Fish
The Puzzler: One Man's Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life
In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It
It Is Well With My Soul: My Story
Have I Told You This Already?: Stories I Don’t Want to Forget to Remember
Book Lovers
A Girl Called Samson
Finn and the Feline Frenemy
The Levee
The Golden Spoon
Only the Beautiful
Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories
The Sisters Sweet
Fish in a Tree
This Tender Land
Intermittent Fasting Transformation: The 45-Day Program for Women to Lose Stubborn Weight, Improve Hormonal Health, and Slow Aging
The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice from Dear Sugar
Ben Y and the Ghost in the Machine
The Great Gilly Hopkins
BenBee and the Teacher Griefer
We Should Not Be Friends: The Story of a Friendship
Blue Highways: A Journey into America
Beyond the Point
The Family
Hamnet
The Bookstore Sisters
And Finally: Matters of Life and Death
The Cactus
Black Cake
Ban This Book
Passing
I'm Glad My Mom Died
These Precious Days: Essays
Evidence of the Affair
The Night Travelers
Out of the Corner
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
One Day in December

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