Type: picture bookAges: 4-8Author: Rebecca HickoxIllustrator: Will Hillenbrand *It was a magic fish that said to Cinderella, “Allah says a kindness never goes unrewarded.” This is the only place he is mentioned. This rendition of the famous princess story is…
Type: picture bookAges: 5-8Author: William Steig *It was, of course, heartbreakingly sad for the parents to lose their son, but what’s sadder is that they had no other hope to which to cling. Even in the most tragic of circumstances,…
Type: picture bookAges: 4-9Author: Ruth Brown I don’t often think a picture book is “too short,” but that’s the main reaction I had with this one. Before you really got into the climax of the story, it was all over.…
Type: picture bookAges: 3-7Author: William Steig Who would have thought a mouse and whale could form a friendship? 🙂
Type: picture bookAges: 3-7Author: Pamela LoveIllustrator: Linda Warner If you don’t know by now, I love lighthouse books! Each one of them portrays a different aspect of how lives looked back when lighthouses were run manually. This one reminds us…
Type: biographical picture bookAges: 4-9Author: Emily Arnold McCully To be honest, I was waiting for the blast of feminism from this book…but it didn’t come! It simply stated the facts of how women weren’t really part of the working world…
Type: picture bookAges: 5-8Author: Jan KaronIllustrator: Toni Goffe I’m torn between thinking this book is simply cute…or infused with too much narcissism. There is a whole lot of focus on how she primps and looks when she goes to church…
Type: picture bookAges: 3-7Author: Dr. Seuss All the characters, animals, and items are see as silhouettes in this book, but the artwork is still colorful and engaging. See if your library has this one!
Type: chapter bookAges: 6-9Author: Andrea ChengIllustrator: Patrice Barton The best parts of this book, in my opinion, were the encouragement to adopt and the cross-cultural aspects. Regarding the former, another couple is inspired to adopt toward the end of the…
Type: chapter bookAges: 6-10Author: Douglas M. Jones III Some of the situations can be quite intense, so if your child is easily affected you might consider a pre-read. There are deaths, thefts, a kidnapping, someone contemplates suicide, and some other…
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