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…
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…
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…
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…
Type: board bookAges: 0-3Authors: Susan Cañizares & Daniel Moretón My kids have always loved this short board book during their youngest years. It’s been taped up many times, ha! A sweet addition to your toddler’s library. 🙂Â
Type: picture bookAges: 3-8Author: Carolyn CrimiIllustrator: Laurel Molk My kids, especially one of them, found this book hilarious. It was not what we were expecting when we first picked it up. Make sure to read with a slightly dramatic edge—particularly…
Type: picture bookAges: 4-8Author & Illustrator: Lindsay Barrett George I have seen there are other books in this series, but this is the only one we’ve read! How about you? Read any others?
Type: picture bookAges: 4-8Author/Illustrator: Chris Van Allsburg This book seemed weird and weirder to me as I first read it…but the ending eradicated all those negative feelings. 🙂 Well done, Chris.
Type: picture bookAges: 3-7Author: Peter H. Reynolds I loved how the teacher slyly caused the child to bloom in her own way. That was very touching. I didn’t like the girl’s attitude at first, but it wasn’t overwhelming. She was…
Type: picture bookAges: 2-6Authors: Jennifer Ward & T.J. MarshIllustrator: Kenneth J. Spengler This book was not only informative–it was cute, too!
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