Holbrook: A Lizards Tale by Bonny Becker is such a cute little book about following your dreams even when nobody else thinks you can reach them. From the dust jacket: Holbrook loves to paint. He has to paint. But no one in the dusty town of Rattler’s Bend understands how important art is. Hoping to [...]
“We don’t want to pressure you, son. But we’ve ordered the Perfect Son. He’s arriving today.” Thus begins My Brother, The Robot by Bonny Becker. Chip isn’t the perfect son. He’s far from it. His room is messy, he sleeps in, he slurps at the table, he forgets his multiplication tables, and he has lost [...]
I was excited to read X-Indian Chronicles by Thomas Yeahpau for the A-Z challenge hosted by Joy (see my entire list here) So I was sad when I didn’t make it past page 54. The language was just too much. Those X-Indians have quite the potty mouth. I can handle a moderate amount of foul [...]
If you have not read any of the Clementine books by Sara Pennypacker than you are seriously missing out! These are perhaps some of the most adorable books I’ve ever read. I loved them! What a treat! As if the story wasn’t enough, man, those illustrations!! Marla Frazee is fast becoming one of my favorite [...]
My husband is the one who actually checked out Horns & Wrinkles by Joseph Helgerson from the library. I wasn’t planning on reading it, but I admit that the illustrations are amazing and I couldn’t help cracking it open to see what it was like. Before I knew it, I’d read the whole thing. I [...]
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