Book Thoughts: Hattie & Hudson (Van Dusen)
Type: picture bookAges: 4-8Author: Chris Van Dusen It’s a fun little summertime story with the added joy of Van Dusen’s fantastic artwork. Happy reading!
Keenly Kept
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Book Thoughts: Henry’s Big Mistake (Whitman)
Type: picture bookAges: 4-8Author: Lauren WhitmanIllustrator: Joe Hox Have you read any of this series before? We love the “Good News for Little Hearts” books and hope to collect them all one day. Henry is a big brother who deals…
Book Thoughts: The Unbreakable Code (Hunter)
Type: biographical picture bookAges: 8+Author: Sara Hoagland HunterIllustrator: Julia Miner *A man speaks of almost drowning, how a clear creek was soon blood, and how he had to run past fallen soldiers and keep going in his code job. Later…
Book Thoughts: Ocean-Born Mary (Lenski)
Type: chapter bookAges: 9-14**Author: Lois Lenski *Superstitions were brief and infrequent. The main one to be pointed out is regarding the Lord’s Prayer as “a holy charm before which will flee all unholy ghosts, goblins and even the Old Gentleman…
Book Thoughts: A Boy, a Dog, and a Frog (Mayer)
Type: wordless picture bookAges: 3-7Author: Mercer Mayer Do you like wordless books? They are so fun to give to non-reading children and hear their imaginative tellings of the stories! See if your library has a copy of this one if…
Book Thoughts: The Circus Ship (Van Dusen)
Type: picture bookAges: 4-8Author: Chris Van Dusen This is our kind of picture book. Your kids are sure to enjoy hearing it and examining the details of the pictures!
Book Thoughts: Avery the Dogless Orphan and the Interdimensional Stray (Pawn)
Type: chapter bookAges: 11-15Author: Prim Pawn I’ll start out by saying that the author did very well in keeping my attention! It certainly stuck in my mind during times I wasn’t reading it. The descriptions made vivid mental pictures, allowing…
Book Thoughts: The Laughing Dragon (Mahood)
Type: picture bookAges: 3-8Author: Kenneth Mahood This is definitely out of print and a bit difficult to find secondhand, but if you see it, snatch it up! It’s a great non-scary dragon story.
Book Thoughts: Mr. Biddle and the Birds (Anderson)
Type: picture bookAges: 4-8Author: Lonzo AndersonIllustrator: Adrienne Adams It’s hard to tell if it’s an extra small man or extra large birds! Either way, its message is one of perseverance and working together. The birds weren’t usually helpful nor good…
Book Thoughts: Contending for the Faith (Beeke, Boekestein)
Type: longer picture bookAges: 5+Authors: Joel R. Beeke, William BoekesteinIllustrator: Naomi Kamphuis This story is told in a matter-of-fact way and gives life to what can be an obscure part of church history, even when many of us have used…