The Iheards by Emily Kilgore
cbr14bingo Question Level 2 What are The Iheards? Emily Kilgore answers that in their book of the same name. And that was the question I asked myself when I saw the cover, and why I have chosen it for the Question category. Well, first I said, “Well that’s a bright cover. What is it about?” Then I saw, The Iheards. Then I said, “What are the Iheards?” And I assumed they were probably rumors and I was right. It is about the rumors and […]
Forever Maps by Michael Lagace
cbr14bingo Gaslight Level 2 Forever Maps could fit several of the categories, but I am picking Gaslight as this is a book started in the late 1770’s and ends “now” (or at the very least sometime after the late 1940’s), There are horses and carriages are sent to fetch people, with cars only show up at the end. There are traveling salesmen who go to trading post after western store, and a character who is a cruel, perhaps even evil, but truly sad, liar. Michael […]
Soon, Your Hands by Jonathan Stutzman
Three children and three different and diverse families are the focus of Soon, Your Hands by Jonathan Stutzman. The families are two dads and a son, a mother and father and daughter (who is hearing different), and a young boy with this mother and grandmother. We follow them (what seems to be one day) where one dad goes off to work, where the other stays home with their son to make a surprise birthday party. One father flies off (as a piolet) and the mother […]
Gustav Is Missing!: A Tale of Friendship and Bravery by Andrea Zuill
Gustav Is Missing!: A Tale of Friendship and Bravery is not necessarily the best book I have read, or the funniest, or even the most unique of messages; but it is all those things and more. Andrea Zuill created a picture book about a small mushroom, Little Cap, and his pet slug, Gustav, that was funny (when Gustav is unfortunately surprised, he falls spread eagle on the ground; there is an adorable pouty mushroom towards the end; when Little Cap thinks Gustav might be attacked […]
Maxine's Critters Get the Vaccine Jitters by Jan Zauzmer
Maxine’s Critters Get the Vaccine Jitters by Jan Zauzmer is a particularly timely story. Maxine lines up all her stuffed animals for their vaccinations, and then heads to her doctor for hers. The rhyme scheme is simple (with a few misses for me, but mostly solid), the illustrations by Corlette Douglas are noisy, creative and fun, and the pro-vaccine message is on point, especially as under-fives can finally get in line too. Understanding that it’s necessary, but also a little scary is something […]
Weird Kid by Greg Van Eekhout
The main character in Weird Kid is an alien, therefore expect a comedy of errors to happen. There is an interesting story arch that shows that that things are a not to subtle representation of puberty and the changing we go through in middle school. It is very unbelievable (though there are two interesting pieces of realism that was surprising). It is also funny. An adult can forgive the bumps that occur as kids 10 and up will get a kick out of everything happening. […]
