A story for kids who are different! Bear is a gentle soul who prefers solitude to the company of the more lively bears who enjoy running and shouting. He experiences some mild bullying, but tends to fly under the radar and muddles along, doing his own thing. Which happens to be finding out anything and […]
Review: Welcome Baby to this World
This book is simply a love story, a celebration of the special adventure shared between a mother and her precious baby. The beautiful cover is embossed with shining gold and blue detail, which invites the reader to take time and explore the world inside. Told in simple rhyme, the story follows and bear mother and […]
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Isn’t it a delight when one of your favorite movies gets recreated as a storybook and that too a gorgeous one? It’s been a joy reading this picture book adaptation of the film “E.T.” directed Steven Spielberg with my 8-year-old. And if you think it from his perspective – alien, spaceship, adventure, and sci-fi, what’s […]
The Spirit of Springer: The Real-Life Rescue of an Orphaned Orca
Published by Little Bigfoot Summary: In January, 2002, an orca calf was discovered by herself near Seattle. Scientists could tell from her dialect that she was from a pod that lives near Vancouver Island. Using photos from that pod, they identified her as Springer, a two-year-old female. Springer was too malnourished to be transported that […]
Why Do We Cry? by Fran Pintadera, illustrated by Ana Sender
Published by Kids Can Press Summary: When Mario asks his mom why we cry, he gets a poetic answer describing different scenarios that might make a person cry: sadness, frustration, anger, and loneliness to name a few. The most important reason for crying, she concludes, is because you feel like crying. Mario notices his mom […]
Don’t Worry, Little Crab by Chris Haughton
Published by Candlewick Summary: Little Crab and Very Big Crab live in a tiny tide pool, but today they’re off to visit the ocean. It’s a long journey, and when they get there, Little Crab is scared. As one big wave after another washes over them, Little Crab is ready to turn around and go […]
What Are You Doing, Benny? by Cary Fagan and Kady Macdonald Denton
Review Copy provided by Tundra Books/ Penguin Random House Canada Where to Find What Are You Doing, Benny? [Affiliate Link] Amazon [Local Bookstore] Indiebound [Library] Worldcat In What Are You Doing, Benny? author Cary Fagan and artist Kady MacDonald Denton join together to tell the story of two brothers, their power dynamics, why NO is a limiting word, […]
The Cook and the King by Julia Donaldson and Illustrated by David Roberts
Review Copy Courtesy of Abrams Books for Young Readers [Affiliate Link] Amazon [Local Bookstore] Indiebound [Library] Worldcat I love The Cook and the King by Julia Donaldson and David Roberts so much. It is the most pure and unadulterated fun I have personally had while reading a picture book aloud to my kids in ages. When we finished […]
Review: There’s a Zoo in my Poo
There’s a Zoo in my Poo takes an educational and amusing look at gut health and how an array of bugs work together to process food through our bodies. Broken into nine sections such as You are a Bug, All about the Poo Train, Bugs in our Guts, Your Poo and You, Feed your Zoo […]
Review: Shadow
Mum and daughter have suffered some severe trauma. It’s the two of them now and they have moved to another home. The child is afraid. Mum assures her there is nothing to be afraid of here; that there are no dark places at all in the new house. But under her new bed, hiding amongst […]
Review: Hound the Detective
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]