The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
My goal this year was to read books I tend not to read. I was doing well but quickly fell back into my comfort zones. One being YA graphic novels. As far as I know, I have not read any Kwame Alexander novels. I might have read a short story or two, but that is it. Therefore, I have wanted to add him to my To Be Read List and figured a graphic novel was a good way. What it turned out to be was […]
Rabbit Ninja by Jared T. Williams
Ninjas do not have to go to school. They use stealth. They do not sleep but mediate, look at their sword and think about being a ninja. And in Rabbit Ninja Jared T. Williams tells you this and more. But he also tells us, via his Ninja Wanting To Be Rabbit, that even though being a small rabbit can be dull when you have to brush your teeth or hurry so you are not late for school, sometimes being a little rabbit is pretty cool, […]
Titan and the Wild Boars: The True Cave Rescue of the Thai Soccer Team by Susan Hood
I gave a five to Titan and the Wild Boars: The True Cave Rescue of the Thai Soccer Team more for the illustrations by Dow Phumiruk and the several afterwards than the story itself. Not to say that it is a bad story, but the length of the text made it not an easy read and while I enjoyed it, it is not one of my absolute favorite stories that Susan Hood has created. Also, unlike her Ada’s Violin, I was familiar with the story whereas […]
Home Run, Touchdown, Basket, Goal!: Sports Poems for Little Athletes by Leo Landry
I have done my auntly duty flattening my tail-feathers on benches and bleachers, gotten eye and neck strain from trying to see a 9-year-old out in right field, been rained on, sunburned and eaten alive by a mosquito or two watching nephews playing sports. And while I can tell the difference between a puck and the goalie (usually) and which football Americans vs. Europeans are talking about, I am not a sports person. However, the other day, one of the publishes sent me a large, […]
Last night, I was looking at the box of (sadly) damaged books at work. I saw four I Can Read books. I have not read one in a while, so I picked them up. They average out to be a 2.5 for the four, but kids will enjoy and will be 5’s down the board. My biggest complaint with easy readers is companies do not have a uniform rating system. Publisher X might have these at a Level 1 but another would have them as […]
The Hen Who Sailed Around the World by Guirec Soudee is the true story of Soudee’s 3,400-mile sea voyage with his pet hen, Monique. That pretty much sums up the story. There are lots of wonderful photographs of Soudee with Monique. And lots of wonderful photographs of Monique by herself. Not to mention lots of wonderful photographs of some of the friends they meet along the way. And we cannot forget the lots and lots of photographs of ice. Lots and lots of ice. The […]
