Born in Brazil, Neymar da Silva Santos Joenior grew up imagining what it would be like to be a soccer player. As many kids who are fans of a sport, he would become the announcer, star and every player on the team as he played in his grandfather’s house. And like many kids he has the dream of making it big someday. Unlike many, however, he did make his dream come true. More of a 4.5 as I would have liked to have seen more […]
Right Now I’m going to tell you about a book I read……
I am stealing the publisher description with this book: Right Now by Jessica Olien is “a lyrical and touching ode to the importance of individuality, respect, and self-love.” The end. The main issue with this book that I have is: This has been done before. Yes, it is for the younger crowd, therefore, we can grab them early. They can grow with the other books later one. When they start reading this could be added to that stack of read-alone titles. However, the market is […]
Penguins Don’t Wear Sweaters!
Based on the true story of penguins who have been caught in the middle of an oil spill, Penguins Don’t Wear Sweaters! is an interesting story about when humans cause damage to the penguin’s environment and well-meaning humans try to help by knitting sweaters for them. However, this causes other issues to occur. As the author, Marikka Tamura, informed us with their title, penguins don’t wear sweaters and for a good reason. The illustrations of Daniel Rieley are clever, colorful and read right along with […]
Pop Goes the Bubble
One quiet afternoon, a young boy is blowing bubbles. And what was to be a nice, simple, quiet game turns into a chase to the end! Our young hero will chase that bubble to the ends of the earth if he has too, so he can pop every single last bubble he has blown. And yes, that trip does take him to places around the globe and allows him to see things he never imagined. Our hero, Dewey, will not stop until he has gotten […]
Yellow Kayak and some imagination!
I am borrowing the publisher description here “A child and his beloved best friend go on a grand sea adventure in this magical picture book by the creators of “If I Had a Little Dream.” And that is what Yellow Kayak by Nina Laden and Melissa Castrilllon (illustrator) is about. It is a straight forward story with the only surprises being the ones the boy finds on his magical journey with his magical best friend. The adult reader will pretty much know what will happen […]
The United States v. Jackie Robinson
A non-fiction book about Jack Robinson. Or better known as Jackie Robinson. The United States v. Jackie Robinson is not a typical biography of a baseball player. They start out with him being a child growing up as the only black family on their street. His mother’s strength and finally Jackie’s strength in the military. Few probably know that Jackie would not give up his seat on a bus either and it lead to a historic ruling, too. Finally, it ends with some of his […]
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