How can I not love All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon when it’s illustrated by Marla Frazee? I adore Frazee. And All the World is no exception. How does Frazee do it? I discovered Frazee last year (links to other reviews at end of post) and am still in shock with how much [...]
Dear Vampa by Ross Collins is such a cute Halloween book although I admit that I didn’t think so on first impressions from thumbing through it. Once I sat down and read it, I thought it was fun.
The Pires, who live in Pennsylvania aren’t getting along with their new human neighbors. Can you believe that [...]
I had no idea what Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman was about when I put it on hold at the library. It was chosen for my Children’s Literature Book Club (we were reading all Beehive Award nominees) and being the dutiful member that I am put it on hold but failed to actually look [...]
How could I resist a book like Anything but Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin with a cover like that? As soon as I saw this book on display at my local library I snatched it right up. Didn’t even read the back cover or anything. I just knew that this looked like a special book. [...]
What in the world is a behemoth? From Job 40:15 in the Bible, “Look at the land beast, Behemoth. I created him as well as you . . . “ In addition to an animal being described in the Bible it also means something large in size or power. It’s these two ideas that form [...]
