The City Tree by Shira Boss
You ever see a tree in the city? Well as a girl who grew up around trees, had a swing tied to a tree, and got her cowboy boot stuck between two limbs once (don’t ask) I never thought much of it. That is until I went to the city and saw them. That looks odd and really out of place I thought. I mean what good is a tree in the city? Little did I know that the city needs trees, and The City […]
Stranded!: A Mostly True Story from Iceland by ÆVar þÓr Benediktsson
CBR15Passport other country (Iceland) What would you do if you were stranded on a brand new, active volcano? Well, I do not know about you, but I do not think I would fall asleep like the two characters of ÆVar þÓr Benediktsson’s book, Stranded!: A Mostly True Story from Iceland did. You see, back in the mid-to-late 1960s a volcano was created off the coast of Iceland. This brand-new island was really hot stuff (literally)! It was still flowing molten lava to the point if you […]
A Vaccine Is Like a Memory by Rajani Larocca
CBR15Passport genre (science in a fictionalized format) If you are pro or anti-vaccine, that is not important as A Vaccine Is Like a Memory by Rajani Larocca is more the history of vaccines and the way they work is the secondary piece of information. Because you can agree or disagree all you want, but that does not change the fact that in the 1770’s “this happened” or in 2020 “that happened.” Sure, you then get how a vaccine is supposed to work, how it evolved […]
What Will I Discover by Tanya Lloyd Kyi
CBR15Passport, Genre (science simplified & how you can do it) What Will I Discover is at the surface an easy story. It is just about scientists and what they know, but then it goes deeper into what they do not know. And our narrator starts explaining all the wonderful things that are still left to be discovered, and they might be the person to do so. Tanya Lloyd Kyi has a sweet story about science and even a little about imagination. Yes, it says it […]
Bibi by Jo Weaver
CBR15Passport, author from other country (lives in England/Scotland) Jo Weaver, you are a mean mean person. You made me almost cry. And I am sure had I been just a bit over the tired edge, I would still be crying. Bibi is a beautiful story about caring for those who need help, especially when they are too small, tired, or perhaps too old to do it by themselves. The idea of family (or in this case flock) and what they do for each other is […]
I Live in a Tree Trunk by Meg Fleming
I live in a tree trunk. I live in a barn. I live in a shoebox. I’m down on the farm… So say the animals (and much more) of I Live in a Tree Trunk. Each animal, in simple text by Meg Fleming and simple art by Brandon James Scott, tell us where they live. Things are aimed at the aged three and up, with a few rhymes to help pass the time. There is nothing OMG Best Book Ever! to this picture book, […]
