• Reviews

    Bea Learns to Be Herself in THE WAY TO BEA

    Synopsis: Bea had an amazing summer visiting family in Taiwan, but now she’s back to seventh grade… and it’s not going well at all. She lost her best friend, her mom’s having a baby and she’s not really sure where she fits into the equation. Anytime something embarrassing or frightening…

  • Reviews

    #blogbookaday: When’s My Birthday?

    Summary:  “In this enthusiastic celebration of all things BIRTHDAY, acclaimed author Julie Fogliano and award-winning illustrator Christian Robinson bring you the perfect birthday book! Join our excited narrator as she lists all the things that will make her birthday the BEST birthday. when’s my birthday? where’s my birthday? how many days…

  • Reviews

    #blogbookaday: This House, Once

    Summary:  “Deborah Freedman’s masterful new picture book is at once an introduction to the pieces of a house, a cozy story to share and explore, and a dreamy meditation on the magic of our homes and our world. Before there was this house, there were stones, and mud, and a colossal…

  • Lifestyle

    Why Matt de la Peña Writes for Children

    Why We Shouldn’t Shield Children From Darkness written by Newbery Award-Winning author Matt de la Peña was published on Time’s website just a few days ago, but what an impact it has made. I myself have read over it a handful of times and each time I do, I marvel…

  • Reviews

    #blogbookaday: The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors

    Summary:  “You’ve played the game. Now read the legend of how it all began . . . Long ago, in an ancient and distant realm called the Kingdom of Backyard, there lived a warrior named ROCK. Meanwhile in the Empire of Mom’s Home Office, a second great warrior sought the glory…

  • Reviews

    #blogbookaday: Come With Me

    Summary:  “When the news reports are flooded with tales of hatred and fear, a girl asks her papa what she can do to make the world a better place. “Come with me,” he says. Hand-in-hand, they walk to the subway, tipping their hats to those they meet. The next day, the…

  • Lists

    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 1/8/18

    This week I read through a couple of titles (still have a bunch on my desk though!) as it’s been below freezing for days on end and that’s not much else to do but snuggle up and read! I read: Awkward by Svetlana Chmakova Brave by Svetlana Chmakova Restart by Gordon…

  • Reviews

    #blogbookaday: Not Quite Narwhal

    Summary:  “In the tradition of Uni the Unicorn and Gaston, this heartwarming and adorable debut picture book tells the story of a young unicorn who was born under the sea to a family of narwhals. Growing up in the ocean, Kelp has always assumed that he was a narwhal like the rest of his…