Children’s Book Review: There Once Was A Man from the USA – 50 State Limericks
THERE ONCE WAS A MAN FROM THE USA 50 State Limericks By: Joshua Kraushar Illustrated By: Victoria Weiss Children’s Non-Fiction This book includes a collection of limericks about each of the fifty states. Dictionary.com states a limerick as “a kind of humorous verse of five lines, in which the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme with each other, andthe third and fourth lines, which are shorter, form a rhymed couplet.” Some of the limericks directly relate to the state mentioned and others connect to each other.…
Read More Children’s Book Review: If You Were Me and Lived in Kenya…Norway…. By Carole P. Roman
IF YOU WERE ME AND LIVED IN…..KENYA A Child’s Introduction to Culture Around the World BY: Carole P. Roman Published: October 24, 2013 Children’s Non-Fiction This is another book in the educational series that takes children on journeys to other countries. I previously reviewed IF YOU WERE ME AND LIVED IN…FRANCE. You can see that…
Read More Children’s Book Review: The Christmas Cats Chase Christmas Rats By Constance Corcoran Wilson
THE CHRISTMAS CATS CHASE CHRISTMAS RATS By: Constance Corcoran Wilson Illustrated By: Gary McCluskey Published: October 22, 2013 Children’s Fiction The Christmas Cats are at it again is Book #2 of the Christmas Cat series. In the first book, THE CHRISTMAS CATS IN SILLY HATS, children learn that it is best to get along with…
Read More Children’s Book Review: An Ordinary Toad’s Extraordinary Night By Joanne McGonagle
AN ORDINARY TOAD’S EXTRAORDINARY NIGHT By: Joanne McGonagle Illustrated by Rachael Mahaffey Published: May 17, 2013 This is the story of a young toad named Andrew, pondering whether his life would be more interesting had he been hatched a frog. Andrew decides to take his first solo hop to ask his grandpa some questions about…
Read More Children’s Book Review: Lucy the Dinosaur: Nice to Meet You by Joey Ahlbum
LUCY THE DINOSAUR! Nice to Meet You By: Joey Ahlbum Published: July 30, 2013 Fiction eBook I’m taking part in the PUMP UP YOUR BOOK Virtual Book Tour. For other host sites on the tour and their reviews of the LUCY THE DINOSAUR series, click HERE. I had the opportunity to read several of the…
Read More Children’s Book Review: How the Octopus Got Eight Arms By Yvonne Arroyo
HOW THE OCTOPUS GOT EIGHT ARMS Two Arms are Never Enough By: Yvonne Arroyo Illustrated By: Carl Wanzung Published: April 12, 2013 HOW THE OCTOPUS GOT EIGHT ARMS tells the funny story of Oscar the Octopus. When octopus, like Oscar, first came to sea, they only had two arms, like you and me. The rest…
Read More Children’s Book Review: If You Were Me and Lived In…France By Carole P Roman
IF YOU WERE ME AND LIVED IN…FRANCE… A Child’s Introduction to Cultures Around the World By: Carole P. Roman Published: May 2, 2013 Non-Fiction Carole Roman has created a series introducing young children to cultures and people across the world. Including the book above, she has also written books about Mexico, South Korea and most…
Read More Book Review: Fear No Numbers By Jose Paul Moretto
FEAR NO NUMBERS How to Multiply or Divide and Always Get It Right By: Jose Paul Moretto Published: September 21, 2012 Have you ever heard your child say, “I don’t like math!”? Well, fortunately, my kids love math, but in my time substitute teaching, I have had numerous students ask me, “When am I ever…
Read More Children’s Book Review: Why Isn’t the Zoo A Pet Store, Too? By Blake Ross
WHY ISN’T THE ZOO…A PET STORE, TOO? Author/Illustrator: Blake Ross Published: June 25, 2010 This June, I took our kids to our local Barnes and Noble for their summer reading kick off. It is a tradition for us to pick out a book or two for the summer. While there, I introduced myself to Blake…
Read More Book Review: Firebug By Daniel Berenson
FIREBUG By: Daniel Berenson Published: December 16, 2012 eBook only This book came to me through a request from the author. After reading the synopsis and since I have two sons near the age of the boys in the novel, I decided to give it a shot. FIREBUG tells the story of Curtis and Bobby,…
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