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 »
The Crocodile Who Didn’t Like Water by Gemma Merino is about more than what the title suggests. The crocodile, who didn’t like water, wanted to play with his brothers and sisters, but they loved to play and swim in the water and he did not. He loved to climb trees, but they did not. His… Read More »
Have you seen young children play indoors by making a mess all over the place? Then, you have witnessed the “Krazees” in action. That is what the book, The Krazees, is describing. The Krazees by Sam Swope and illustrated by Eric Brace is a children’s picture book told in rhyme about a little girl, named… Read More »
The Silence of Our Friends, by authors, Mark Long and Jim Demonakos with art by Nate Powell, is a graphic novel about real events that occurred during the Black American Civil Rights Era. When you read the Author’s Note at the end of the book, you will discover that one of the authors, Mark Long,… Read More »
If you don’t have time to read a book about Halloween for your research paper or for your own curiosity, I recommend you watch this documentary about it, The Haunted History of Halloween, produced for the History Television Network by Jeff Swimmer in 1997. The DVD is 50 minutes long according to its packaging. If… Read More »
One would think by the title, The Ugly Pumpkin by Dave Horowitz, is a seasonal story, but it isn’t. This book is not about Halloween and you can read it all-year-round. The Ugly Pumpkin is a story about finding one’s identity. The Ugly Pumpkin is a picture book and a story told in rhyme. In… Read More »