Category: Book Reviews

By Aubre Andrus & National Geographic This summer, you’ve made a promise to yourself: you’re going to become smarter. You’re going to have a totally…

View More “101 Life Hacks” & “Almanac 2022”

various authors and illustrators, various publishers and prices This summer, you have big plans. You’re going to play in the back yard and in the…

View More Books about Dogs for kids ages 3 to 12

“Oliver for Young Readers” by Steven J. Carino and Alex Tresniowski, foreword by Laura Schroff c.2021, Thomas Nelson $16.99 / $21.00 Canada 214 pages Take…

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by Larry Dane Brimner     You can never go home.     Imagine it: the people you love, your room, your pets, you couldn’t see them again. No…

View More “Finding a Way Home: Mildred and Richard Loving and the Fight for Marriage Equality”

Uh-oh! Everybody’s watching. They’re all looking at you and now what? Your voice won’t work when all eyes are pointed your way. You can’t sing…

View More “Acoustic Rooster’s Barnyard Boogie Starring Indigo Blume

by Gary Golio, illustrated by E.B. Lewis c.2020, Nancy Paulsen Books $17.99 / $23.99 Canada 32 pages It’s almost time for lights out. Just before…

View More “Dark Was the Night: Blind Willie Johnson’s Journey to the Stars”

The Christmas tree in your living room is for your entire family. Long before you were born, your mom bought ornaments for it, for the…

View More “Everybody’s Tree” by Barbara Joosse, illustrated by Renée Graef

by Mikaila Ulmer c.2020, G.P. Putnam $17.99 / higher in Canada 240 pages Sometimes, a thousand ideas buzz around in your head. You’re creative, and…

View More Bee Fearless: Dream Like a Kid