One of my jobs at the bookstore is to help with our Book of the Month Club. I get to read, I mean wrap the books. Okay, yes, I read them, too, especially when it is a picture book. And the other day I found Goldfish on Vacation by Sally Lloyd-Jones. This yellow covered book illustrated by Leo Espinosa had me thinking, “Ho-hum another fish gets to take a walk around the block with its human friends.” Um…. nope. Not exactly…. While the three fish […]
A Sweet Pea & Friends book
A Farm for Maisie is the third title in the Sweet Pea & Friends series. These books by John and Jennifer Churchman tell the story of their farm and the animals that live there. Each story is told from the viewpoint of the animals. Their humanistic thoughts, feelings and fears come together within the text and photographs. The first, Sweet Pea & Friends is The Sheepover. It was a big hit at my bookstore. The customers like the sweet, fanciful story of animals and what […]
Just Breathe
I am always a little skeptical of these kinds of books. Mostly because they can get “preachy” and “have an agenda” to them. And, unfortunately My Magic Breath: Finding Clam Through Mindful Breathing does hit on a few of my “sore spots” (such as: instead of saying, “Did you have a sad moment?” they say, “You probably had a sad moment.” Which reinforces something is “wrong with me” if I did not because an “authority figure” is telling me I should have had a “sad” […]
Seek and you shall find!
Britta Teckentrup has her fourth seek-and-find book with Where’s the Baby? Of course, the first thing I thought of was Sid the Sloth from the first Ice Age movie playing “Where’s the Baby” (peek-a-boo) with the human child. And, this book is not too far off from that idea. You have clues in the text to where the baby is hiding on the opposite page. You then look to find the baby alligator, the baby chick, the baby giraffe and the baby frog among other […]
A couple of feel good stories
Lisa Mantchev has created a book about the fears we must face when trying something new and following our dreams in Someday, Narwhal. Narwhal is in their bowl, but they would like to travel and explore, but they cannot read the street signs, they have no feet and they do not know they can do this on their own. They will just stay home where it is warm then. But with a little help from friends, Narwhal finds a way to have some grand adventures. […]
Pearls Before Swine Collections
I had not realized that author-illustrator Stephan Pastis was the same Stephan Pastis that did the Timmy Failure series. I have been a fan of Pearls Before Swine off and on for a few years now. Like any comic, sometimes it was funny and sometimes not so much. I feel for the Crocs but love Zebra, too. Pig and I share a lot of the same qualities. And who does not think like Rat from time-to-time? Or feel like Goat trying to keep our own […]
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