Join Hound as he tries to unravel a mystery. This is a tricky case, with a big surprise at the end. Hound is a canine Sherlock Holmes, without the Watson sidekick. He’s a detective with a ‘beagle eye’ and uses his nose to ‘sniff and snuffle’ the clues and track down answers. In this story, […]
Review: The Sloth and the Dinglewot
A flowing, rhyming story of Samuel sloth who craves adventure beyond the banks of his home in the Lazy Lagoon, and the thrills he encounters when he overcomes his fears with an intriguing feathered friend by his side. Days are slow in the Lazy Lagoon where a sloth family laze, stretch and yawn, too slow […]
Soccer With Mom: Children’s Book Review
Sometimes we think we are progressive parents raising boys/girls without any gender bias only to realize it suddenly that a lot of such biases come to kids subconsciously from the environment they live in. I had one such realization recently. We have relocated to a different country a few months back and one day my […]
The Good for Nothings by Daniel Banas!
THE GOOD FOR NOTHINGS by Danielle Banas Swoon Reads August 4, 2020 YA Science Fiction 320 pages They’re only good at being bad. Cora Saros is just trying her best to join the family business of theft and intergalactic smuggling. Unfortunately, she’s a total disaster. After landing herself in prison following […]
Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte
Published by Scholastic Press Summary: 11-year-old Mary Lambert lives in Chilmark, a community on Martha’s Vineyard, where, in 1805, many of the residents are deaf. Mary and her father are deaf; her mother is hearing, as was her brother George, who died recently in an accident that Mary feels she caused. Their community is somewhat […]
Review: If You Come to Earth by Sophie Blackall
IF YOU COME TO EARTH by Sophie Blackall Chronicle Books Picture Book 80 pages ages 5 to 8 From two-time Caldecott Winner author-illustrator Sophie Blackall! If You Came to Earth is a glorious guide to our home planet, and a call for us to take care of both Earth and each other. This stunning book […]
The Good For Nothing Frogs: Children’s Book Review
Yet another funny book from the My Crazy Stories series by Daniel Georges. We have read the earlier stories in this series and like the earlier ones, this one is also very funny but ends with a meaningful message. Wait, actually not just one meaningful message but many. The Good for Nothing Frogs is a laugh-out-loud […]
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
Anxious parents, in particular, should bear in mind that although half of grit is perseverance, “nobody works doggedly on something they don’t find intrinsically interesting”. Continue reading Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance at Parents’ Guide.
Swashby and the Sea by Beth Ferry, illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal
Published by HMH Books for Young Readers Summary: Captain Swashby and the sea have been friends throughout his sailing career, so when he retires, it’s only natural that he settles down by the sea. But avast! The captain’s peaceful retirement is interrupted by an exuberant girl and her granny who have moved into the previously […]
See the Cat: Three Stories About a Dog by David LaRochelle, illustrated by Mike Wohnoutka
Published by Candlewick (Released September 8) Summary: “See the cat,” says an omniscient narrator (later identified as Book). But all the reader sees is a dog, and he’s not happy. He is NOT a cat. He is NOT a blue cat. He is NOT a blue cat in a green dress. And his name is […]
A Field Guide for Getting Lost by Joy McCullough
The thing about robotics and coding that nine-year-old homeschooled Sutton Jensen likes is that is it always black and white – if you code correctly, your program responded as expected. Not like a mom and dad who marry and then get divorced, or a mom who’s always off studying emperor penguins in Antartica and […]
American as Paneer Pie by Supriya Kelkar
Eleven-year-old Lekha Divekar may be a first generation Indian American, but she couldn’t be prouder of her Indian heritage, culture, and her Hindu faith. And there’s nothing Lekha enjoys more than a good Bollywood movie, some delicious Indian food, and playing raas at home with her best friend Noah. But these enjoyments belong only […]
A High Five for Glenn Burke by Phil Bildner
Twelve-year-old Silas Wade loves baseball. He could play it, talk about, think about it, and probably even dream about it 24/7. And his baseball hero is Glenn Burke, a black major leaguer who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers beginning in 1976 and who, during some tense moments on the final weekend of the […]
Review: Dating Makes Perfect by Pintip Dunn
DATING MAKES PERFECT by Pintip Dunn Entangled Teen YA Romance 400 pages COMING… AUGUST 18th!!! The Tech sisters don’t date in high school. Not because they’re not asked. Not because they’re not interested. Not even because no one can pronounce their long, Thai last name—hence the shortened, awkward moniker. But simply because they’re […]
Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them
Enter a world filled with magical and mystical creatures from the world of Harry Potter and immerse yourself in the quest for knowledge. Compiled by famed Magizoologist Newton Scamander, wizards and muggles will love discovering what this updated field guide has to offer. Travelling the world through darkest jungles, mountain peaks and marshy bogs. An […]