Type: chapter bookAges: 7-12Author: Eleanor H. Porter Being in so many books lately, I haven’t been able to read this aloud to my kids as I wished to! Fortunately, we found it on Hoopla and enjoyed it over lunches for…
Type: wordless picture bookAges: 2-6Author: David Wiesner I’m not sure I’d pay full price for this book, despite it winning a Caldecott and being on popular book lists; however, it’s definitely worth checking out at the library! Clean fun.
Type: hardcoverAges: 4-8Illustrator: Hilda Offen Our home has a number of “Mother Goose” books, and this is one of the better ones. It’s well laid-out and fun to read with littles!
Type: picture bookAges: 6-10Author: Barbara CohenIllustrator: Jennifer Bricking The idea for this book is brilliant: broadening children’s views of the world, understanding different cultures, painting a negative picture of bullying, and so on. However, it fell flat with us. The…
Type: non-fiction picture bookAges: 4-8Authors: Marie & Douglas Gorsline When I read this to my kids, both of them enjoyed it! We would flip back to the beginning and glance at the map as needed. Many different tribes are covered…
Type: picture bookAges: 2-8Author: Cynthia RylantIllustrator: Sergio Ruzzier This was a sweet little library find for us! It lists quite a few things to be thankful for that a child surely wouldn’t have thought of at first.
Type: very long picture bookAges: 7+Author: P.J. Lynch This is definitely a “multiple sitting” book, in my opinion, but that’s mostly because Mama wanted a break. 🙂 It kept the kids’ attentions and was an interesting take on the famous…
Type: picture bookAges: 2-7Author: Paulette BourgeoisIllustrator: Brenda Clark It wouldn’t be a Thanksgiving season in our house without reading this one! The Franklin books are one of my favorite series–particularly the artwork. Hard not to be biased when nostalgia is…
Type: picture bookAges: 5-9Author: Laurie Halse AndersonIllustrator: Matt Faulkner What could have been a really interesting historical story was told in an almost worshipful way of this lady, Sarah Hale. I’m sure she did some good things (i.e., of course…
Type: picture bookAges: 2-5Author: Ann Whitford PaulIllustrator: David Walker This book is full of fun onomatopoeias and, overall, is a pleasant book to read!
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