Children's Book Review Single

Spike the pup’s story begins at a busy shipyard. But, unlike most dog tales, Spike’s tale starts with his nose. – opening line of Stinky Spike the Pirate Dog by Peter Meisel

Spike the pirate dog has the best nose in the whole world! He can smell treasure from miles away, and that comes in handy when you are a pirate!
[Read more…] about Stinky Spike

Nobody in Arthur Bobowicz’s family really liked turkey. – opening line of The Hoboken Chicken Emergency by Daniel Pinkwater

This year at Thanksgiving we had pot roast. None of us really love turkey, to be honest. In The Hoboken Chicken Emergency, nobody in Arthur’s family really likes turkey, either. That’s how they ended up with a 266 pound pet chicken on Thanksgiving Day. [Read more…] about The Hoboken Chicken Emergency

“Then Sunny found the brightest sunbeam in the living room and practiced her favorite yoga stretches, from downward-facing pug to pawstand.”
– line from Pug Pals by Flora Ahn

It feels like the big trends in children’s literature right now are unicorns, narwhals, llamas, and pugs. Let me just say…I’m here for it! Who doesn’t love a good llama or narwhal story?

Pug Pals is a sweet, new series by Flora Ahn. I haven’t heard much about it, but when I saw it at the library, with darling pugs on the cover, I knew it was just the kind of book we needed to check out! [Read more…] about Pug Pals

I didn’t use to cry at books. There were a few exceptions, of course, but up until a few years ago I could count the number of books that had made me cry on one hand with a few fingers to spare.

That’s all changed since having my babies – I have become a major weeper at a good story! [Read more…] about The Lighthouse Family

“Welcome to the yard!”
– opening line of The Chicken Squad: The First Misadventure

Do you ever hear a name and say, “They sound familiar…now where do I know them?”

I rarely do this in real life, because I am notoriously bad at remembering people’s names. I’m working on it, I really am!

I did have that moment at the library a few months ago, however, when I saw the book series, The Chicken Squad.

“Doreen Cronin,” I thought. “I know that name…where have I heard that before?” [Read more…] about The Chicken Squad