Type: epic poemAges: 8+ as listener, 11+ as readerAuthor: unknownTranslator: Frederick Rebsamen This particular translation of the classic epic poem is highly praised and respected. Rebsamen does an excellent job of setting the reader up for success with his introduction…
Type: chapter bookAges: 5+Author: Mary Ropes I fear that the frenzied pace of our modern culture doesn’t give enough allowance for simpler tales like this one. Mary Jones’ story is not going to be appreciated by the cynical and desensitized…
Does your family have a reader who loves to travel in stories? Visit faraway lands? Experience foreign cultures through words? Read details below to see if this series might make a good fit for him or her! What is this…
Type: historical fiction chapter bookAges: 9-14Author: Joan Hiatt Harlow *The main girl and her cousin quasi-believe in a cultural superstition involving numbers of birds when they fly by–different numbers meaning different things about to happen (sometimes good things, sometimes bad).…
Type: picture bookAges: 3-7Author: Marjorie Weinman SharmatIllustrator: Ben Shecter This is a simple tale that likely will have young ones giggling at how messy Mooch the rat is. He and his father love each other, and the story shows how…
Type: chapter bookAges: 8-12Author: Kate MessnerIllustrator: Kelley McMorris Readers will feel the chill of this one! Messner vividly describes the frigid conditions the patriot soldiers experienced and fought through as they were ferried over rough waters overnight. The main character, Isaac, who Ranger…
Type: picture bookAges: 4-8Author: Ruth A. SonnebornIllustrator: Eric Gurney This story is simple yet educational. A really neat read-aloud if you know an eclipse is coming your way soon! The text-art combo is well done.
Type: picture bookAges: 4-8Author: Margaret Bloy Graham Billy leaves his spider at the zoo, because his new apartment doesn’t allow pets. The zookeeper loses track of her, and she makes herself at home–first in the lions’ enclosure, later in others’.…
Type: picture bookAges: 3-7Author: Joan Lowery NixonIllustrator: Syd Hoff It’s sad this is out of print, because David’s story is a memorable one. If I discover a publisher is reprinting it, I’ll update this review! In the meantime, definitely give…
Type: picture bookAges: 3-7Authors: Trudy Boyles, Louise MacMartinIllustrator: Helen Szepelak If you are so fortunate to stumble upon this dear little book, I hope you have some little ones to read it to! Can you imagine cooking so much popcorn,…
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