Type: wordless picture bookAges: 3-7Author: Mercer Mayer Do you like wordless books? They are so fun to give to non-reading children and hear their imaginative tellings of the stories! See if your library has a copy of this one if…
Type: picture bookAges: 4-8Author: Chris Van Dusen This is our kind of picture book. Your kids are sure to enjoy hearing it and examining the details of the pictures!
Type: chapter bookAges: 11-15Author: Prim Pawn I’ll start out by saying that the author did very well in keeping my attention! It certainly stuck in my mind during times I wasn’t reading it. The descriptions made vivid mental pictures, allowing…
Type: picture bookAges: 3-8Author: Kenneth Mahood This is definitely out of print and a bit difficult to find secondhand, but if you see it, snatch it up! It’s a great non-scary dragon story.
Type: picture bookAges: 4-8Author: Lonzo AndersonIllustrator: Adrienne Adams It’s hard to tell if it’s an extra small man or extra large birds! Either way, its message is one of perseverance and working together. The birds weren’t usually helpful nor good…
Type: longer picture bookAges: 5+Authors: Joel R. Beeke, William BoekesteinIllustrator: Naomi Kamphuis This story is told in a matter-of-fact way and gives life to what can be an obscure part of church history, even when many of us have used…
Type: picture bookAges: 3-7Author: Clare Turlay Newberry This book was originally published in 1940, but very little indicates that in the story, allowing it to be understood by multiple generations. The father is a bit too short and ungracious in…
Type: picture bookAges: 3-8Author: Elsa Beskow What an adventure Peter has! Being shrunk down to miniature, he sees a giant (friendly) spider and blueberries the size of apples. He rides a boat made from a piece of bark and a…
Type: chapter bookAges: 9-14Author: Margot Benary-Isbert *Regarding the lying: the mother is honest about something the boys found (she reported it to the police) while her kids think she should have kept it. One girl calls her old-fashioned and says…
Have you ever read a book and wondered if it was properly translated into your language? Have you ever read an abridgment you weren’t satisfied with? Did you feel like something was missing? What do you think about publishers revising…
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