Book Thoughts: Mossy (Brett)
Type: picture bookAges: 3-7Author/Illustrator: Jan Brett This is a sweet and classy picture book that does not take much time to read. It also has a few unique words that would expand most children’s vocabularies. 🙂
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Book Thoughts: Wherever You Go, I Want You to Know (Kruger)
Type: picture bookAges: 2-7Author: Melissa KrugerIllustrator: Isobel Lundie Overall, this book is fine! I just put my guard up for a couple reasons: HOWEVER, we’re going to focus on the important message and fun rhymes. It’s a book we enjoy!
Book Thoughts: Twenty and Ten (Bishop)
Type: chapter bookAges: 7-11Author: Claire Huchet BishopIllustrator: William Pene Du Bois *Only a couple more convo points: First, when Nazis showed up, they were trying to convince the non-Jewish kids to talk, and one of them tried sweet-talking a little…
Book Thoughts: Tori Comes Out of Her Shell (Flenders)
Type: picture bookAges: 4-8Story Creator: Jocelyn FlendersEditor: Jayne V. ClarkIllustrator: Joe Hox *As long as your children understand the full gospel, your discussions for this book will go well. There are messages such as “if you ask him for forgiveness,…
Book Thoughts: Stories From Africa (Koop)
Type: biographical picture bookAges: 3-5Compiled by: Kerry LoveringEdited by: Marjory Koop and Marjorie CollinsIllustrated by: Doug Driediger and J. Douglas Thompson *The possible distressing points (considering this is published by Sonlight for Pre-K ages) are: All of those are brief…
Book Thoughts: Billy and Blaze (Anderson)
Type: longer picture bookAges: 4-7Author/Illustrator: C.W. Anderson We have this whole series! Great addition to any child’s library. Have you read any of them?
Book Thoughts: My Father’s Dragon (Gannett)
Type: beginner chapter bookAges: 4-7Author: Ruth Stiles GannettIllustrator: Ruth Chrisman Gannett The only other thing I’d add to my bullet points is that running away from our problems is usually not the best solution. 🙂 But it’s a beginner chapter…
Book Thoughts: Martin and the Teacher’s Pets (Chardiet, Maccarone)
Type: longer picture bookAges: 6-8Authors: Bernice Chardiet, Grace MaccaroneIllustrator: G. Brian Karas This is a clean little book (longer picture book) that we must have inherited, since it’s been in our house longer than I can remember! I’m not sure…
Book Thoughts: The Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip (Cole)
Type: informative picture bookAges: 4-7Author: Joanna ColeIllustrator: Bruce Degen Since I am no expert on electricity, I can’t say that every single fact in this book is true. However, most of it seems trustworthy based on vague memories of old…
Book Thoughts: All-of-a-Kind Family (Taylor)
Type: chapter bookAges: 7-11Author: Sydney Taylor *This could have been a perfectly charming book that illuminates a Jewish family’s life and customs, but I was reading this to fairly young children (a common age for this chapter book) and was…