Three Cups of Tea: Young Reader’s Edition by Greg Mortenson My kids and I (age 9 boy, 14 girl) really enjoyed this book. I know there’s a lot of controversy […]
BOOK REVIEW: Three Cups of Tea: Young Reader’s Edition
BOOK REVIEW: Dear Dr. Bell…Your Friend, Helen Keller
Dear Dr. Bell…Your Friend, Helen Keller by Judith St. George Wow. This is a fascinating book! I had NO idea Alexander Graham Bell and Helen Keller were such good friends…or […]
BOOK REVIEW: Who Was Amelia Earhart?
Who Was Amelia Earhart? by Kate Boehm Jerome This was an excellent intro to Amelia Earhart! It made us (myself and my 14 and 9yr old) fascinated by this young […]
BOOK REVIEW: Lives of the Scientists
Lives of the Scientists: Experiments, Explosions (and What the Neighbors Thought), by Kathleen Krull This is an excellent children’s nonfiction book that shares short info on the lives of a […]
BOOK SERIES REVIEW: Great world cultures book series: A Child’s Day
Yikang’s Day: From Dawn to Dusk in a Chinese City, by Sungwan So Found this book at the library while researching books on China to use with this idea of […]
BOOK REVIEW: Blast Off to Earth!: A Look at Geography
Blast off to Earth!: A Look at Geography, by Loreen Leedy This book was so cute and fun! A class of kid robots from space visit the Earth on a […]
BOOK REVIEW: Many Creatures, A Song about Animal Classifications
Many Creatures, A Song about Animal Classifications, by Laura Purdie Salas This is a cute little picture book that details all the animal classifications: mammals, amphibians, fish, birds, reptiles, and […]
BOOK REVIEW: The Blues Go Birding Across America
The Blues Go Birding Across America, by Carol Malnor This is an adorable picture book written from the perspective of 5 bluebirds that travel around America, learning about the natural […]
BOOK REVIEW: The Dust Bowl Through the Lens
The Dust Bowl Through the Lens: How Photography Revealed and Helped Remedy a National Disaster, by Martin W. Sandler I just finished reading this book cover to cover. I never […]
BOOK REVIEW: The Buffalo are Back
The Buffalo are Back, by Jean Craighead George This book is just stunning. Stunning pictures, stunning story. It is just beautiful overall! This is a fabulous nonfiction picture book that […]
BOOK REVIEW: The Story of Salt
The Story of Salt, by Mark Kurlansky This book is AWESOME! Count it in the category of fabulous nonfiction picture books! Learn all about the history of salt in a […]
BOOK REVIEW: A Wizard from the Start
A Wizard from the Start: The Incredible Boyhood and Amazing Inventions of Thomas Edison, by Don Brown I am practically obsessed with finding nonfiction picture books. The vast majority of […]
BOOK REVIEW: Growing Frogs
Growing Frogs: Read and Wonder, by Vivian French Just finished reading this book to my kids. REALLY CUTE! I like the illustrations, and that it goes through the life cycle […]
Great library trip
Got some really awesome books today at the library. I have had little success getting my kids excited about picking books out from the library, so I go by myself […]