Children’s Book Review: Emily the Astronaut: The Space Case By Colette Omans Nicoletta
EMILY THE ASTRONAUT The Space Case By: Colette Omans Nicoletta Published: February 27, 2014 Publisher: Beaver’s Pond Press Fictional Nonfiction This is one of those great children’s books that tells a fictional story while giving the reader nonfictional information about a topic. In this case, Emily dreams of being an astronaut and being the first…
Read More Children’s Book Review: Because of an Acorn By Lola M Schaefer and Adam Schaefer
BECAUSE OF AN ACORN By: Lola M. Schaefer and Adam Schaefer Illustrated by: Frann Preston-Gannon Published: August 2, 2016 Publisher: Chronicle Books Non-Fiction When I stop by my favorite independent bookstore, Next Page Books, I love perusing their children’s books. This one got my attention because I love nature books for kids. As I began…
Read More Books That Came My Way in August 2016
Where did August go? I feel like every night for the past month, I fell into bed and wondered where the day had gone. Most nights I went to bed feeling frustrated because I didn’t get the things done that I wanted to accomplish that day. These same thoughts go along with my reading as…
Read More Children’s Book Review: If You Were Me and Lived In Colonial America and The American West
IF YOU WERE ME AND LIVED IN…COLONIAL AMERICA By: Carole P. Roman Illustrated by: Sarah Wright Published: April 28, 2016 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Non-Fiction Roman has expanded her IF YOU WERE ME AND LIVED IN… series from cultures and countries to eras of time. This take-off from her original series is much more detailed…
Read More 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 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 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…
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