Children’s Book Review: Colorama By Cruschiform – Summer Read-to-Learn Series
COLORAMA From Fuchsia to Midnight Blue By: Cruschiform Published: March 20, 2018 Publisher: Prestel Non-Fiction One of the first things you teach a young child is color. You point out the grass and the sky and the ball explaining the color and asking your child to then define items by color. This thick book takes…
Read More Quick Lit: Mini Reviews of Some Recent Reads – May Edition
I’m trying to read more books that I choose for my own reading enjoyment. Not for review, but because I’ve been wanting to read them or they caught my attention. Most of them have been talked about ad nauseam or have been on my to-read list for a long time so they don’t really…
Read More Books that Came in April 2018
Boy, you can tell I have a lot going on, I only read 6 books in the last month and four of them were children’s books. I also had one audio that I was listening to, but it expired before I could finish it, so I’m currently back on the waitlist. April was full of…
Read More Children’s Book Review: Bet You Didn’t Know! From National Geographic Kids
BET YOU DIDN’T KNOW! Fascinating, Far-out, Fun-tastic Facts Published: August 8, 2017 Publisher: National Geographic Children’s Books Non-Fiction I’ve been subbing in the elementary classrooms long enough now that the students know I usually have a few fun books to share in my teaching bag. I recently taught remedial readers in fourth and fifth grades and their…
Read More Quick Lit: Mini Review of Some Recent Reads – April 2018 Edition
I’m trying to read more books that I choose for my own reading enjoyment. Not for review, but because I’ve been wanting to read them or they caught my attention. Most of them have been talked about ad nauseam or have been on my to-read list for a long time so they don’t really…
Read More Children’s Book Review: The Boo-Boos that Changed the World By Barry Wittenstein
THE BOO-BOOS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD A True Story About An Accidental Invention (Really!) By: Barry Wittenstein Illustrated by: Chris Hsu Published: February 13, 2018 Publisher: Charlesbridge Non-Fiction Who knew the story of how band-aids were invented would be so interesting! Wittenstein has a way of telling a story from history but injecting enough humor to keep…
Read More Children’s Book Review: The World of the Bible By Jill Rubalcaba
THE WORLD OF THE BIBLE Biblical Stories and The Archaeology Behind Them By: Jill Rubalcaba Published: November 7, 2017 Publisher: National Geographic Children’s Books Non-Fiction/Religion/Reference Are your children intimidated by reading the Bible, yet you still want them to know the stories and lessons from it? This book tells the important stories from the Bible…
Read More Books that Came in March 2018
Our family took a somewhat spontaneous Spring Break trip to Oklahoma and Texas.We stopped in Oklahoma City and toured the Bombing Memorial (heartbreaking, peaceful, and humbling), a car show, went to an Oklahoma Thunder NBA game, and the Myriad Botanical Gardens. Then on to Dallas to see the George W Bush Presidential Library, The 6th…
Read More Children’s Book Review: It’s A Puppy’s Life By Seth Casteel
IT’S A PUPPY’S LIFE By: Seth Casteel Published: March 20, 2018 Publisher: National Geographic Children’s Books Non-Fiction Today is National Puppy Day (yes, it’s really a thing) so sharing this new book from National Geographic Kids is the perfect way to celebrate. Through amazingly adorable photographs of all kinds of breeds of puppies, children can be…
Read More Book Review: My Kitchen Year By Ruth Reichl
MY KITCHEN YEAR 136 Recipes that Saved My Life By: Ruth Reichl Published: September 29, 2015 Publisher: Random House Non-Fiction/Cookbook/Memoir Reichl’s world as she knew it came to an end in 2009 when her role as editor-in-chief of “Gourmet” magazine came to an abrupt halt. The magazine was no longer published and Reichl had no…
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