Type: picture bookAges: 4-8Author: Kazuo Iwamura Iwamura seems to be a lesser-known author, but we LOVE him in our house. My daughter, in particular, fell in love with his squirrels a long time ago. 🙂 The little family always makes…
Type: long picture bookAges: 6-9Author: Wendy PfefferIllustrator: Linda Bleck I really wanted to love this book, with it being packed full of neat facts and superb illustrations on equinoxes and various cultures’ harvest traditions. Then I got to the sketchy…
Type: picture bookAges: 2-5Author: Alice HemmingIllustrator: Nicola Slater Gotta be honest—the vintage feeling of the artwork had my hopes too high for the text. 🙈 There’s nothing quite like beautiful, old-fashioned prose; however, this book was first published in 2020…
Type: picture bookAges: 2-6Author: Julia RawlinsonIllustrator: Tiphanie Beeke This is a perfectly cozy book for fall time. Young ages are sure to enjoy it! Also, it’s worth getting hold of a physical copy (bought or borrowed), because there is a…
Type: picture bookAges: 2-6Author & Illustrator: Bill Peet *The “suspense” is totally young child-appropriate and brief. My kids asked to get this again from the library recently, so that tells you they liked it. 🙂
Type: chapter bookAges: 6-14Author: Rebecca Davis I haven’t read any others in this series yet (though we do own one more), but if they’re anything like this—whew! So good! Btw, the age range indicates audience rather than reader age. It…
Type: picture bookAges: 8+Author: Edith KunhardtIllustrator: Michael Eagle This was part of my son’s language arts materials—he read it aloud to us in chunks. We all found it interesting!
Type: picture bookAges: 4-8Author: Judy SierraIllustrator: Eric Comstock *However, my avid reader 8-year-old found many of the puns funny (though he didn’t get all of them). This book is fun but certainly better appreciated by those who can define homophones,…
Type: lengthy picture bookAges: 8+Author: Rosalyn Schanzer Just to reiterate, the most concerning words on my graphic are each one small mention. I might have replaced them when I read them to a kindergartner, but we leave it on our…
a sweet & cozy picture book squirrel children find a way to play with owl children a naughty act isn’t properly punished(but minor part of the story) charming illustrations clean language Type: picture bookAges: 4-8Author: Kazuo Iwamura We’ve read a…
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