“It’s good to cry at fiction. It makes it real.” A friend once said that to me and like the dweeb I am I wrote it down and saved it. Because I have the coolest friends, #obvs, and because it is good to cry at fiction, it means it’s real. And let me tell you this book is the realest out there. It’s also maybe a kids book? Whatever. Chunky Rice is a turtle who decides to leave his best friend Dandel […]
With a Voice Like That
The way, What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?: The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan starts off slightly different than expected. Usually when you read about a famous person there was “something” that made them different (they were physically disable, were very ill as a child, lost siblings or a parent tragically). However, Chris Barton and Ekua Homes start off with telling you how Jordan was the same as others. The main difference is she had a voice. A voice nobody really […]
Nothing is Fishy with Something’s Fishy
Something’s Fishy is a nontraditional graphic novel. Not set up in the panels that we think of for graphic novels, still, the story and illustrations are one. The story is told while the other characters react but all naturally and flowing into one and another. There is no separation of the two. This is a casual take to present facts in a fun manner. The other pets in the story have some interesting antics that help move things along, but also makes you stop and […]
What do you do with a book like Captain Starfish?
Sometimes when you find a rated three book it can be hard to write a review. “It is a nice book. It is pretty. You should read this book.” The end. However, with Captain Starfish there is more but how does one describe the fact that the classic feel of the illustrations sets the tone of the story? How do I say that the modern theme of overcoming fear has a slightly different take this time? Is it possible to say that this time the […]
King Alice Rules Her Snow Day
I think the only book I have liked Matthew Cordell’s illustrations in is Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie by Julie Sternberg. His “scattered” style are lacking for me. There is the right amount of color and detail to compliment the story, yet, I am not “there” with him. This book is in his style from illustrations to text and I, sadly, find nothing in it I like. The characters are lacking something for me. The story is flat. It is too busy overall. […]
Sleepy time at the Zoo
c by John Hutton is a bed time story with not a lot of actual story. There are things the animals do (but not a lot to be honest) before the elephant and rhino (the “mother and father” figures without going to deeply into that part of the theme) decide everyone has to go to bed happens, but that is it. I was hoping, before they head off for sleepy time, the zookeeper (who they have woken up with the noise) might catch them and […]
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