THANK YOU, GARDEN By LIZ GARTON SCANLON Illustrated by Simone Shin Children’s Picture Book / Poetry / Environment / Ages 3-7 Publisher: Beach Lane Books / Simon & Schuster Date of Publication: March 3, 2020 Number of Pages: 32 A community garden unites neighbors in this celebration of […]
Category: Children
Author: Stephanie Ward Illustrator: Shaney Hyde Age Range: 4 – 8 years Grade Level: Preschool – 3 Synopsis Arabella is a beloved only child who has everything a little girl could want. That is, until her brother, Avery, the master of mayhem, comes along. While she certainly loves him, she finds that […]
Book Title: Alycat and the Tournament Tuesday by Alysson Foti Bourque Category: Children’s Fiction (Ages 3-7), 32 pages Genre: Children’s Picture Book Publisher: Mascot Books Release date: March 17, 2020 Synopsis A “Mom’s Choice Award Winner”! Alycat’s brother, Bugsy, is playing in a golf tournament with some of his […]
Synopsis If Goldilocks had known about the six simple machines (these are taught in every basic earth science class) she would have had a much better time at the Three Bears’ house. In this version, Goldilocks does know how to use these simple machines and she leaves the Three Bears’ house better than she […]
Synopsis The wolf huffed and he puffed. But the pigs had built wolf-proof houses. The pigs couldn’t go out. The wolf-couldn’t get in. They were all hungry. The pigs knew that a problem can be a solution out-of-place. Could they make good use of all that huffing and puffing? A problem can contain its […]
Synopsis No monster wants you to read this book. The more you know about monsters, the more you will know how to defeat them. Little kids have big fears, which they often imagine to be scary creatures, like monsters. But this book helps explain how knowing “Monster Facts” can help kids outwit them. […]
Synopsis Dinopotamus watches the children. He tries to do what they do. He follows them to school. He doesn’t fit through the door, so he climbs in the window. The children count their toes. They have 5 on each foot. He has three. The children see that he wants to learn, just like they […]
Book Title: Cowboy Joel and the Wild Wild West by The Gagnon Family Category: Children’s Fiction (Ages 3-7) Genre: Children’s book Publisher: JPV Press Synopsis Cowboy Joel and Blackbeard find themselves face to face with El Maton, the most feared desperado in the West. When El Maton mocks him for the way […]
Synopsis Sir Isaac Newton and Chicken Little did the same thing. Chicken Little would have figured it out if she had investigated. In this version, she does, and in the process saves herself and her friends from Foxy Woxy. Review This is another great STEM book that introduces physics in a simple yet […]
MAX … ATTACKS by KATHI APPELT illustrated by Penelope Dullaghan Children’s Picture Book / Humor / Stories in Verse Publisher: Atheneum / Caitlyn Dlouhy Books Date of Publication: June 11, 2019 Number of Pages: 40 Scroll down for the giveaway! Fish and birds and lizards and socks…is there anything Max won’t attack? […]