Books that Arrived in June 2017
June began with an amazing trip with the kids to Washington DC and New York City. We soaked up the history of our country, sat in lots of traffic, had fun bartering, loved “Wicked” and “The Lion King” on Broadway, walked numerous miles, laughed, and got very little sleep. But it was a blast! So…
Read More Children’s Book Review: One Good Thing About America By Ruth Freeman
ONE GOOD THING ABOUT AMERICA By: Ruth Freeman Published: March 21, 2017 Publisher: Holiday House Fiction/Middle-Grade Fiction If you have ever moved and had to start over in a new school or new community or a new job, you can identify with that feeling of uncertainty and trepidation. But, imagine starting over in a new…
Read More Children’s Book Review: Three Career Books from National Geographic Kids
100 THINGS TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP By: Lisa M. Gerry Published: March 14, 2017 Publisher: National Geographic Kids Non-Fiction Do you want to let you kids know that they are more jobs than just the ones we hear about every day? Instead of just telling them about being a nurse, teacher, farmer, banker,…
Read More Children’s Book Review and Author Guest Post: If You Were Me and Lived in Germany by Carole P. Roman
IF YOU WERE ME AND LIVED IN…GERMANY A Child’s Introduction to Culture Around the World By: Carole P. Roman Published: February 2, 2017 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Non-Fiction I’m thrilled to participate in this Virtual Author Tour for Carole Roman. Her books are remarkably well done and I’ve even learned a lot from reading…
Read More Children’s Book Review: Two National Geographic Kids Books for Animal Lovers
CAT TALES True Stories of Kindness and Companionship with Kitties By: Aline Alexander Newman Published: April 11, 2017 Publisher: National Geographic Non-Fiction Our family has always been a “cat family”. When I met my husband, he had two cats and I had one. Our children grew up with our cats as pets and then after…
Read More Books that Came in May 2017
May was CRaaaaaZY for our family. I started off the month with two mini trips away from my family. I had a great time visiting some extended family and then going on my annual moms and daughters weekend in the Twin Cities. We had so much fun and ate some amazing food. But, as soon…
Read More Children’s Book Review: The Back to Front World of Azzie Artbuckle By Beth Montgomery
THE BACK TO FRONT WORLD OF AZZIE ARTBUCKLE By: Beth Montgomery Published: January 31, 2017 Publisher: Your Stories Matter Fiction Azzie Artbuckle is quite a talented artist and loves to create things. But, what she doesn’t love is reading. Every Sunday, Azzie dreads having to go back to school because she just doesn’t like reading…
Read More Children’s Book Review: Animal Ark By Kwame Alexander
ANIMAL ARK Celebrating Our Wild World in Poetry and Pictures By: Kwame Alexander with Mary Rand Hess and Deanna Kikaido Photography by: Joel Sartore Published: February 14, 2017 Publisher: National Geographic Kids Poetry/Education/Photography This amazing book shares the importance of taking care of our world for the animals that live in it. It gives our youngest children an…
Read More New Books from April 2017
Every month I share a post about all the new books that came my way during the past month. You can be sure to see these posts at the beginning of every month. I read four books in April including two memoirs and two fiction novels. I also read twelve children’s fiction books. I survived…
Read More Children’s Book Week – One to Ten Squirrel’s Bad Day By Carole P. Roman
Children’s Book Week is the annual celebration of books for young people and the joy of reading. Established in 1919, Children’s Book Week is the longest-running national literacy initiative in the country. Every year, events are held nationwide at schools, libraries, bookstores, homes — wherever young readers and books connect! The 98th anniversary of Children’s…
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