It seems appropriate that I finished my cbr10bingo for #The Book Was Better? on Halloween as it was a scary(ish) book called The House with a Clock in Its Walls by John Bellairs. I think I read this as a kid about thirty years ago. This is probably why I have no real memory of it. Therefore, I was reading it for the first time. I had hoped to read it as the movie just came out. And while I am not a Jack Black fan, […]
Celebrate the sights, sounds, and smells of the season
After my review of A Parade of Elephants, I was a little nervous about reading Winter is Here. However, I was excited to see that while I am not seeing his classic illustrations there is a story here. Of course, I still think this would be better as a board book then a normal sized picture book but could see myself buying this for a gift. Laura Dronzek is the reason the classic illustrations of Kevin Henkes are not there as she is the illustrator […]
Old Friend, New Style
The thing about recent Kevin Henkes books is that I do not see the illustration styles of Chrysanthemum, Owen or Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse anymore. What I have come to know as his style is gone. Therefore, I do not say, “THAT is a Kevin Henkes book” and I am no longer drawn to them. However, this is in the style of the more recent books, so if you prefer that, this is perfectly a representation of his style. I picked up A Parade of […]
“Sisters, sisters There were never such devoted sisters”
Another book that has potential and then just fizzled out for me was The Yin-Yang Sisters and the Dragon Frightful. It was another book that I thought pages had stuck together, I had missed something or if the unfinished copy had pages go out of order. I could tell that Nancy Tupper Ling had put in a lot of effort into her text, but sadly, it was lost on me. I just could not get into it. It was Andrea Offermann’s illustrations that made the […]
The Wonky is Not the Donkey
I finally sat down and read The Wonky Donkey by the team of Craig Smith and Katz Cowley. And as I was assuming, the funniest part of this book is that video of the crazy lady unable to stop laughing as she reads it and the poor kid with her that has no clue what is going on! Maybe I would have liked it if I had not seen that infamous video. But, I am not sure. After all the “House that Jack Built” theme […]
Isabella (Belle) Baumfree’s story
Even though I am usually not a fan of “popular books” or “popular themed” books, I do wonder what I am missing. And So Tall Within: Sojourner Truth’s Long Walk Toward Freedom is one of those popular themed books I am wondering what I missed as it is not a book I am excited over. Gary D. Schmidt’s story is interesting, but at times a smidgen choppy. I had to go back a couple times to see if I missed a page or if they […]
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