The story is of a little girl, Ava, who loves the rainbow after the rain so much she wishes it would stay forever. In fact, this is such a lovely thought she dreams the rainbow did stay. And when she wakes up, she thinks she is still dreaming as the rainbow is still there! Shining bright and colorful and beautiful as ever. Ava and the town have fun enjoying the rainbow. And soon realize day or night, the rainbow is staying. People come from far […]
The Sleeping Beauty
This illustrated version of The Sleeping Beauty follows the production of the New York City Ballet’s production. The storyline, choreography, costumes and sets come to life with Valeria Docampo’s brilliant and vibrant art. The colors pop, the text of the story is complimented and we are introduced to a familiar story with a twist. This book would be an interesting book to have a disc with it and hear the music and the story read while you read along with your book. (I show my […]
Phoebe and Marigold Heavenly Nostrils are the new Calvin and Hobbes
Phoebe and her Unicorn is at times charming and touching, but mostly it is funny, and overall an entertaining read. What began in 2012 as a daily webcomic (originally titled Heavenly Nostrils) has now been gathered into seven graphic novels, and is still being posted daily by author and artist Dana Simpson. On the strong recommendation of a friend I picked up the first graphic novel, Phoebe and her Unicorn, for my six year old. She loves it, her ten year old sister loves it, and I quite […]
Edie Is Ever So Helpful or Not….
Well intentioned, but not always having her plans work out, is our Edie. She is that modern girl, with a modern take on life. The title Edie is Ever So Helpful is your first clue that Edie probably is not so helpful. And Sophy Henn in text and illustrations, follows our heroine throughout the story showing this in colors as vibrant as Edie herself. Some of the helpful things our Edie does is wake the family up… with a very loud song. She styles her […]
Just Listening
The Rabbit Listened has a lot of the things I dislike in a book: sparse text and illustrations. However, this time, they fit the theme perfectly. The theme is a young child, Taylor, does not know how to proceed with dealing with their feelings when something bad happens. But all his animal friends know how to handle it. Yet, nothing really fits until the rabbit has the perfect solution. Rabbit listens. The sparseness of the text and art is just that: listening. You do not […]
And We’re off to Bed
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Car says Kate Dopirak and Mary Peterson. And our little car is off beeping goodnight to all his friends. And by the end, pulls in back at home, sleepy and ready to go to bed himself. The end. Sadly, there is not a lot of text to this book for the toddler crowd. The text loses traction for many reasons. The least being the short amount of text. The main one is the story has been done before. However, if you are […]
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