The five-year-old little boy, whom I read to, wants to learn skateboarding, so his mother borrowed EllRay Jakes and the Beanstalk by Sally Warner for me to read to him. The book is illustrated by Brian Biggs. The boy’s mother figured that a story about a boy, who skateboards would inspire her son to learn… Read More »
The five-year-old boy, whom I read to, chose The Berenstain Bears and A Job Well Done by Jan and Mike Berenstain at the library for me to borrow and to read to him. This paperback book is very thin with approximately 32 pages. There are colorful illustrations on every page and plenty of text. This… Read More »
The Velveteen Rabbit, by Margery Williams, was originally published in 1922. For this book review, I listened to an e-audiobook version. When I realized that the e-audiobook was an incomplete version of the original printed story, I borrowed an e-book to read. The Velveteen Rabbit is a classic children’s book. The story is about a… Read More »
Goodnight Moon, written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Clement Hurd, is a classic children’s picture book. This is a bedtime story. Your local library may have multiple copies of it. In Goodnight Moon, the little bunny child in bed is looking around at all of the inanimate and animate objects, it can see… Read More »
According to the Library of Congress and the Los Angeles Public Library, November is Native American Heritage Month. Check with your local library, because there may be cultural enrichment events and recommended reading lists posted on your local library’s website. Sometimes, librarians will feature select landmark books on display next to the entrances. Here are… Read More »
Hug Machine is a picture book, written and illustrated by Scott Campbell. The children’s book is about a little boy, who loves to give hugs. This is a silly book that should make your child smile. The boy can hug almost everything. People are not the only things that this little boy hugs throughout the… Read More »
Attention soccer moms and soccer dads! The children’s book, The Golden Nutmeg: A Soccer Adventure, by Christopher Tozier and illustrated by Jake Deibler, is a novel for soccer enthusiasts. If you and/or your child lives, breathes, and eats soccer, this book, as the title suggests, is a “soccer adventure.” In The Golden Nutmeg: A Soccer… Read More »
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak is a classic children’s book. This is a picture book and it is easy to read. Having finally read it as an adult, I have no idea why this book is so celebrated. Where the Wild Things Are is about a boy, who was sent to bed… Read More »
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White with pictures by Garth Williams is a classic children’s book, originally published in 1952. This book contains only a few illustrations inside the book, but I would not consider this a picture book. Charlotte’s Web is about a lucky pig, who was saved by a little girl, named Fern, who… Read More »
My Pen by Christopher Myers is a children’s picture book that encourages readers to use their imaginations. The story celebrates the colloquial “power of the pen.” The drawings of people are realistic and amazing. This is a great book for parents of young artists and teachers, who want to read a book as inspiration to… Read More »