Children’s Book Review: Millie’s Farm Family Series by Cathryn Wellner
MILLIE’S FEATHERED FOSTER FAMILY By: Cathryn Wellner Published: April 8, 2016 Publisher: Espoir Press Fiction Millie, a pretty bantam chicken, is not able to lay eggs. When some of the farm chicks are left alone, Millie decides to take them in as her own. She takes care of them on the farm and shows them…
Read More Children’s Book Review: History Series from Carole P. Roman
IF YOU WERE ME AND LIVED IN…ANCIENT GREECE By: Carole P. Roman Illustrated by: Mateya Arkova Published: March 24, 2016 Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Non-Fiction Roman has taken her much loved cultural series IF YOU WERE ME AND LIVED IN…and changed it to a historical look at ancient civilizations. The first in the series,…
Read More Children’s Book Review: Motor Girls By Sue Macy
MOTOR GIRLS How Women Took the Wheel and Drove Boldly into the Twentieth Century By: Sue Macy Published: February 7, 2017 Publisher: National Geographic Society Non-Fiction In the late 1800’s, what began as horseless carriages or motor cars that held a driver and maybe one passenger with them exposed to the elements has led to…
Read More Children’s Book Review: Duck and Hippo in a Rainstorm
DUCK AND HIPPO IN THE RAINSTORM By: Johnathan London Illustrated by: Andrew Joyner Published: March 1, 2017 Publisher: Two Lions Fiction We loved the Froggy series when our kids were little. The author, Johnathan London, is back with a new series including adorable characters that are the best of friends. Duck and Hippo are friends…
Read More Children’s Book Review: Mapping My Day By Julie Dillemuth
MAPPING MY DAY By: Julie Dillemuth Illustrated by: Laura Wood Published: March 13, 2017 Publisher: Magination Press Fiction As a child, I loved looking at maps and atlases. We would often go on Sunday drives and trips to visit family and I would love following along on the map, seeing which town would be coming…
Read More Children’s Book Review: Ellie Camps Under the Stars By Marci Fair and Elle Fair
THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF ELLIE THE ELEPHANT Ellie Camps Under the Stars – Volume 6 By: Marci Fair and Elle Fair Published: August 1, 2016 Publisher: Pacochel Press Fiction Marci Fair and her now thirteen-year-old daughter Elle have coauthored their sixth book in the series featuring Elle’s two favorite stuffed animals, Ellie the Elephant and…
Read More Children’s Book Review: Mr. Fuzzbuster Knows He’s the Favorite By Stacy McAnulty
MR. FUZZBUSTER KNOWS HE’S THE FAVORITE By: Stacy McAnulty Illustrated by: Edward Hemingway Published: February 7, 217 Publisher: Two Lions Fiction I had the pleasure of experiencing this story for the first time along with a class of Kindergartners in the classroom I was subbing in. I read it to them during their snack time…
Read More Children’s Book Review: Shackles from the Deep By Michael Cottman
SHACKLES FROM THE DEEP Tracing the Path of a Sunken Slave Ship, A Bitter Past, and a Rich Legacy By: Michael Cottman Published: January 3, 2017 Publisher: National Geographic Non-Fiction Avid scuba diver and journalist, Michael Cottman is sharing the remarkable discovery of a sunken ship that carried slaves to Europe and North/South America during…
Read More Children’s Book Review: Two Presidential Books from Time for Kids and National Geographic Kids
PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES By: The Editors of Time for Kids Published: January 10, 2017 Publisher: Time for Kids Non-Fiction This small 9×6 inch book is packed full of information perfect for your middle grade through middle school aged child. Heck, I learned things from this book. It’s the perfect size to keep in…
Read More Children’s Book Review: If You Were Me and Lived in….Israel and Poland By Carole P Roman
IF YOU WERE ME AND LIVED IN…ISRAEL A Child’s Introduction to Culture Around the World By: Carole P. Roman Illustrated by: Kelsea Wierenga Published: November 2, 2016 Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Non-Fiction I learned a lot while reading this book about Israel. Some things I knew, of course, like about the city of Jerusalem…
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