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Book Thoughts: Scottish Seas (Jones)

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…

Book Thoughts: The Marshmallow Incident (Barrett)

Type: picture bookAges: 4-8Author: Judi BarrettIllustrator: Ron Barrett If you’re wondering why you recognize the author’s name (or the art style), it’s the same duo who produced Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs! This is another great book…though Cloudy might…

Book Thoughts: Big Bad Bruce (Peet)

Type: picture bookAges: 4-8Author: Bill Peet Sometimes I really like Bill Peet books. Other times, they’re just not for us. I’ll try to review some that we like better…one day. 🙂

Book Thoughts: 7 Days of Awesome (Byous)

Type: picture bookAges: 3-8Author: Shawn ByousIllustrator: Colin Jack *I only give one caveat to this point: Unfortunately, there was little info I could find on the author, which I like to do when reviewing Christian books. In his rhymes, he…

Book Thoughts: After the Fall (Santat)

Type: picture bookAges: 4-8Author: Dan Santat Though it’s supposed to be all inspiring, this story fell flat for me. Of course, overcoming challenges is a good thing, but ehh. There were a few weird things in the book. However, I…

Book Thoughts: Trouble with Terry (Laxau)

Type: chapter bookAges: noneAuthor: Joan M. Laxau You are correct that I did not let my kids read this after I pre-read it. 😉 We received a bundle of old books from a grandparent and I’ve slowly been working through…

Book Thoughts: Basil and the Cave of Cats (Titus)

Type: short chapter bookAges: 5-8Author: Eve TitusIllustrator: Paul Galdone This could entirely be because it was an audiobook, but, though there were a few funny parts, it seemed crazily disjointed. It bounced around from prehistoric creatures worshiping goddesses to briefly…

Book Thoughts: Basil and the Lost Colony (Titus)

Type: short chapter bookAges: 5-8Author: Eve TitusIllustrator: Paul Galdone This was an audiobook for us and the Hoopla reader’s British accent made it exciting, more accurate (geographically) and also sometimes hard to understand with our American ears. We understood book…

Book Thoughts: Basil of Baker Street (Titus)

Type: short chapter bookAges: 5-8Author: Eve TitusIllustrator: Galdone, Paul This was a Hoopla audiobook win for us! I personally wasn’t a big fan of the subsequent two books in the series (links below), but this one was great. By the…

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