Type: picture bookAges: 4-8Author: Jonathan Bean This would be a great book for kids who like details or how things are made. I even found myself studying the illustration with the house plans, ha! There are several different kinds of vehicles…
Type: picture bookAges: 2-7Author: Ezra Jack Keats If you’ve been in the bookish world long, there’s probably no way you haven’t at least seen the cover of this book. 🙂 It’s a classic and a wonderful one to read when…
Type: picture bookAges: 3-7Author: Miriam YoungIllustrator: Arnold Lobel If you couldn’t tell, I love this book…always have. Reading it again to write this review made me smile! Though Miss Suzy has to yield her lovely home to some rowdy squirrels,…
Type: picture bookAges: 2-6Author: Charlotte ZolotowIllustrator: Maurice Sendak Lines which repeat themselves are not everyone’s favorite, I know, but I did enjoy it in this book. It enables us to better visualize the colors they’re discussing. The rabbit (who we…
Type: picture bookAges: 3-6Author: Lois Ehlert There was nothing inherently wrong with this book, but it was probably my least favorite of hers that we’ve read so far. The story was initially confusing–it began talking about birds but then suddenly…
Type: picture bookAges: 3-6Author: Margaret Wise BrownIllustrator: Jim LaMarche I wish someone would explain to me why Margaret Wise Brown is so popular. This book was one of her better ones, in my opinion, yet just so-so for us. After…
Type: picture bookAges: 2-6Author: Alexandra Day These Carl books are always highly unrealistic. Every good parent out there should be appalled at the situations (I’m laughing as I type that) the girl and dog find themselves in, but it’s pure…
Type: picture bookAges: 2-6Author: Felicia Sanzari CherneskyIllustrator: Susan Swan I liked this book more the second time I read it. It’s a good little winter book for your littles and ends with a scrumptious breakfast scene!
Type: picture bookAges: 3-8Author: Jan Brett As in many of her books, the borders of the pages depict a different part of the story, so take some time to study them. If you’re looking to read more wintery books or…
Type: chapter bookAges: 8+Author: Jean Craighead George What child hasn’t imagined or pretended running away at some point? My statistics are purely anecdotal, but it seems like all of us have! Sam didn’t go the whole year without seeing humans;…
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