tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85852924113253971002023-10-10T02:34:07.545-07:00Books, Babies, and BowsWhizzpoppers, Wild Things, and Wonder Through Children's Books Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276643404117230382noreply@blogger.comBlogger201125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585292411325397100.post-10225821989047343912018-03-12T19:14:00.000-07:002018-03-12T19:14:06.399-07:00Seed School: Growing Up Amazing by Joan Holub
Title: Seed School: Growing Up Amazing
Author: Joan Holub
Illustrator: Sakshi Mangal
Age Range: 5 - 8 years
Grade Level: Preschool - 2
Hardcover: 32 pages
Publisher: Seagrass Press (February 6, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1633223744
ISBN-13: 978-1633223745
About the book:
Welcome to the wondrous world of seeds! Just like people, seeds come in all shapes and sizes. In Seed School by Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276643404117230382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585292411325397100.post-53319540712592063672018-01-29T15:43:00.004-08:002018-01-29T20:03:57.035-08:00To my very own Hermoine GrangerTo my dearest, very own Hermoine Granger,
As I watch you reading book seven of the Harry Potter Series, I feel that now is the best time to share with you the hardest lesson I have had to learn as a parent. When I had you, the strongest instinct I felt was the desire to protect you from sadness and harm. However, as you have grown, I have realized this is a futile exercise. There are few things Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276643404117230382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585292411325397100.post-63012045225439204242017-12-18T18:34:00.000-08:002017-12-18T18:34:29.218-08:00An Important Shopping Message from a Very Overwhelmed Momma
This dang Santa countdown clock is driving me crazy. It lurks in our living room telling me, "You will never get it all done. Ho Ho Ho!" Seriously, I just got finished submitting my grades for the course I was teaching, stayed up half the night grading finals and projects, only to realize that it is now magically six days until Christmas. This means I will now be fore-fitting lunch breaks to Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276643404117230382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585292411325397100.post-14017567902611379392017-10-01T08:32:00.000-07:002017-10-01T08:32:30.249-07:00Click'd by Tamara Ireland Stone
Title: Click'd
Author: Tamara Ireland Stone
Release date: September 5, 2017
Grade Level: 3 - 7
Series: CLICK'D
Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion; hardcover edition (September 5, 2017)
Language: English
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About the Book
New Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276643404117230382noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585292411325397100.post-57003913071334096782017-09-12T16:14:00.000-07:002017-09-12T16:14:00.824-07:00Hilde Cracks the Case: Hero Dog!
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Title: Hero Dog! (Hilde Cracks the Case #1)
Author: Hilde Lysiak with Matthew Lysiak
Illustrator: Joanne Lew-Vriethoff
Release: September 12, 2017
Publisher: Scholastic
Recommended for ages 6-8
About the Author
Hilde Kate Lysiak is the reporter and publisher of the Orange Street News. Since starting her paper at the age of seven Hilde has written and published hundreds ofAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276643404117230382noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585292411325397100.post-74469951329445942712017-09-03T12:39:00.000-07:002017-09-03T12:39:29.126-07:00The Bravest Worrier A couple of weeks ago I found myself arriving way too early for an eye doctor appointment. To waste the minutes away, I walked over to the Barnes and Nobel and wandered aimlessly through the store. My mind spun round in a frantic state of worries- work, home, family. anything, and everything. A lot is going on right now- personally, professionally, and in the world- and my mind is moving at 100 Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276643404117230382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585292411325397100.post-63339557111836297112017-08-31T04:11:00.001-07:002017-08-31T11:49:43.937-07:00Duck and Hippo Lost and Found (Duck and Hippo Series) + Giveaway
Duck and Hippo Lost and Found (Duck and Hippo Series)
Author: Jonathan London
Illustrator: Andrew Joyner
Age Range: 3 - 7 years
Lexile Measure: 480 (What's this?)
Series: Duck and Hippo Series (Book 2)
Hardcover: 32 pages
Publisher: Two Lions (August 15, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1542045622
ISBN-13: 978-1542045629
About the Book
Duck and Hippo have a Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276643404117230382noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585292411325397100.post-88263938917252295262017-08-13T13:21:00.000-07:002017-08-13T13:21:35.843-07:00Sports Illustrated Kids: The Football Fanbook by Gary GramlingAbout 12 years ago I took my current job working for a university in the South. Before that, neither the undergrad or grad school that I attended had a football team. (Or, as we liked to say at Emory University, we were undefeated in football.) However, this lack of watching football left me woefully unprepared for my job, where I have to travel throughout the state to meet with businesses. I Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276643404117230382noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585292411325397100.post-22626753847764388022017-07-12T20:45:00.001-07:002017-07-12T20:47:00.867-07:00I'm Going to Give You a Bear Hug by Caroline B. Cooney #bearhugbook
I’m Going to Give You a Bear Hug!
I am so excited to be working with Zonderkidz to celebrate this very special snuggle-up-and-hug-your-kid-book!
Author: Caroline B. Cooney
Illustrator: Tim Warnes
For Ages 4-8
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HashtagAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276643404117230382noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585292411325397100.post-62268473281775347542017-06-04T10:01:00.000-07:002017-06-04T10:01:38.278-07:00If Found Please Return to Elise Gravel - Review
Title: If Found, Please Return to Elise Gravel (http://amzn.to/2s6Mf8Y)
Author and Illustrator: Elise Gravel
Age Range: 8 and up
Grade Level: 3 and up
Hardcover: 100 pages
Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly (June 6, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1770462783
ISBN-13: 978-1770462786
Product Dimensions:
6.8 x 0.6 x 9.1 inches
I have been struggling for days to write this book Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276643404117230382noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585292411325397100.post-46724074383660574172017-05-21T11:11:00.000-07:002017-05-21T11:11:01.238-07:00Thunder & A Lightning Bug Named Lou by Rosalind Bunn - A ReviewMy children's interest in fireflies or lightning bugs, as we call them, has grown since reading The Firefly Letters by Margarita Engle. For that reason, I was so excited to be invited to review Thunder and A Lightning Bug Named Lou by Rosalind Bunn. And it is great!
Title: Thunder & A Lightning Bug Named Lou
Author: Rosalind Bunn
Illustrator: Angela G. Hawkins
Hardcover: 34 pages
Publisher: Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276643404117230382noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585292411325397100.post-43365690362716492952017-04-25T19:44:00.000-07:002017-04-25T19:44:18.965-07:00Wonderful You- An Adoption Story by Lauren McLaughlin
Wonderful You- An Adoptive Story (http://amzn.to/2q3g7iq)
Author: Lauren McLaughlin
Illustrator: Meilo So
Age Range: 3 - 7 years
Grade Level: Preschool - 2
Library Binding: 40 pages
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers (April 25, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0553510037
ISBN-13: 978-0553510034
About the Book
A lyrical adoption story that tenderly addresses a baby’s Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276643404117230382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585292411325397100.post-19752854581206423722017-04-19T19:54:00.000-07:002017-04-19T19:54:02.323-07:00In Celebration of Earth Day! Animal Planet: Animal Bites Series
A couple weeks ago, we received a package with two books from the Animal Planet Animal Bites series in the mail. We were on our way to gymnastics practice, so I handed the books to my youngest daughter to read on the way there. The books we received were: Animals on the Move and Baby Animals. Little J had the Baby Animals. For the next 20 minutes during the drive, all I heard coming Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276643404117230382noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585292411325397100.post-34008739619783412582017-04-10T17:07:00.000-07:002017-04-12T09:04:20.964-07:00Happy Dreamer by Peter H. Reynolds Prize Pack Giveaway! During the day, I work as a scientist at a college. The students right now are ragged. They are desperately trying to make it through the end of the semester and finals. I wonder how many of them could use a little motivation as they sprint to the finish line? I hope, as my mom did, that they were given motivational books at graduation from high school, and they can sneak some inspiration before Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276643404117230382noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585292411325397100.post-36447867473895797792017-04-01T20:48:00.001-07:002017-04-01T20:48:14.446-07:00Margarita Engle deserves a Bravo! My oldest daughter is 10 now, and she has no interest in reading together. Granted, I have been busy reading at night with my four-year-old, but I miss the conversations I used to have with Miss M. She is the reason I started the blog. While I don't expect her to change her desire to read solely on her own, I think I have come up with a way to engage in a dialogue about books with her.
It all Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276643404117230382noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585292411325397100.post-28427168966210448032017-02-26T05:53:00.001-08:002017-02-26T06:01:58.833-08:00I am Martin Luther King, Jr. by Brad Meltzer - Book Review
I am Martin Luther King, Jr.
Author: Brad Meltzer
Illustrated by: Christopher Eliopoulos
Amazon Link: http://amzn.to/2mwLXBw
Age Range: 5 - 8 years
Grade Level: Kindergarten - 3
Lexile Measure: 0640 (What's this?)
Series: Ordinary People Change the World
Hardcover: 40 pages
Publisher: Dial Books; First Edition/First Printing edition (January 5, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0525428526
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276643404117230382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585292411325397100.post-37175831611227007042017-01-26T19:15:00.001-08:002017-01-26T19:15:19.522-08:00Multicultural Children's Book Day! Spreading Gratitude and Positive Energy Welcome to Multicultural Children's Book Day (MCBD) 2017! I am honored and excited to share with you not one, but TWO amazing books this year that promote wonder, gratitude, and confidence for children of all cultural backgrounds.
This is my third year participating in this event. Check out my 2016 and 2015 posts. Both of these books I have previously read still mean so much to my girls.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276643404117230382noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585292411325397100.post-91502701884097705862016-07-24T16:09:00.001-07:002016-07-24T16:11:59.773-07:00Anna & Froga: Out and About by Anouk Richard
Anna & Froga: Out and About
Author: Anouk Ricard,
Helge Dascher
(Translator)
Grade Level: 3 - 5
Hardcover: 40 pages
Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly (Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276643404117230382noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585292411325397100.post-8357411171548361432016-05-15T10:17:00.001-07:002016-05-15T10:17:36.231-07:00Better DaysI should be writing reviews for books I have received the past couple of months to review, but my desire to write has been stalled. (So if you sent me a book, I haven't forgotten about you. I promise.)
An accumulation of a million excuses has dried up my drive to share the books that continue to shape my daughters' worlds. While my thoughts can't seem to formulate into complete sentences these Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276643404117230382noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585292411325397100.post-13806839709023287612016-05-01T21:22:00.000-07:002016-05-02T15:41:25.661-07:00Take me out to the ballgame! Books about baseball review
When I was a little girl, I played for our town's softball league. (I mean I mostly stood in the outfield picking flowers.) I was actually really bad at softball, and I can remember my coach begging me to not swing because I just couldn't make contact with the ball. The only thing I could do was bunt because I could outrun the ball to the base. Even though I was horrible, my dad loved watching Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276643404117230382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585292411325397100.post-140778429019334582016-04-30T19:36:00.000-07:002016-05-01T20:50:28.446-07:00Animal Planet's Animal Bites Books- Where Young Readers Discover Nature
I am so very excited to share these two, newly published books from Time Inc. and Animal Planet. These books, for the past month, have become staples in our house for reading, exploration, and contemplation about the world around us.
Animal Planet Polar Animals (Animal Bites Series)
Author: Animal Planet and Laaren Brown
Age Range: 7 - 10 years
Grade Level: Preschool - 3
Lexile Measure: Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276643404117230382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585292411325397100.post-32315878753586029962016-03-27T13:00:00.000-07:002016-03-27T13:00:05.403-07:00Megan's Brood- Book One by Roy Burdine - A Review.
Megan's Brood- Book 1
Series: Megan's Brood (Book 1)
Author: Roy Burdine
Illustrator: Shawn McManus
Paperback: 107 pages
Publisher: We Built It Publishing; Book 1 edition (February 28, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1495167763
ISBN-13: 978-1495167768
Product Dimensions:
8.3 x 5.4 x 0.3 inch
About the Book
New Edition - Featuring 6 New Full Page Illustration Megan's life Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276643404117230382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585292411325397100.post-60919904740631017892016-03-05T16:53:00.000-08:002016-03-05T16:53:23.676-08:00Zen and the Art of Running on Empty Let me start at the ending. Several months ago, I set a goal for myself to run a marathon in under four hours. Last weekend, I crossed the line in 4 hours and 52 seconds. Sigh.
Don't get me wrong, I know that my time is nothing to be ashamed of, I did pretty well; however those 52 seconds have been taunting me. I keep going over the four hours I spent running around Birmingham thinking of where Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276643404117230382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585292411325397100.post-58444119145861816592016-02-12T15:47:00.000-08:002016-02-12T15:47:00.850-08:00This LIttle President- A Presidential Primer by Joan Holub and Daniel RoodeIn celebration of President's Day weekend, I would like to share one of my favorite new publications by Joan Holub- This Little President: A Presidential Primer. So, if you are out shopping this weekend for sales, be sure to pick up this book at your local bookstore. (I know I received a 20% off coupon from Barnes and Noble in my email that is for this weekend. Just a thought.)
This Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276643404117230382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585292411325397100.post-29521916473465927082016-01-26T14:53:00.000-08:002016-01-26T14:53:06.397-08:00Ellis and the Magic Mirror by Cerece and Aryeh Rennie Murphy - A Review #ReadYourWorld
Hooray for Multicultural Children’s Book Day!!! I am so excited to share with you the wonderful book I received- Ellis and the Magic Mirror by Cerece and Aryeh Rennie Murphy.
Title: Ellis and the Magic Mirror
Author: Cerece and Aryeh Rennie Murphy
Illustrator: Gregory Garay
Paperback: 37 pages
Publisher: LionSky Publishing; 1st edition (August 18, 2015)
Language: English
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