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Showing posts with label children's. Show all posts
Showing posts with label children's. Show all posts
Friday, February 15, 2019

A Kid's Guide to Global Warming by Glen Murphy

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Rating: WORTHY! This large format, illustrated-book is full of facts and observations about climate change - and no, contrary to the cl...
Monday, June 26, 2017

Jilly's Terrible Temper Tantrums by Martha Heineman Pieper, Jo Gershman

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Rating: WARTY! This is from an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. This was a confusing effort for me because it appea...
Sunday, December 18, 2016

Emma and Snowbell by Mary Lee

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Rating: WORTHY! This is the last of three reviews of children's books by Mary Lee. They're seasonal, and this one is obviously...

Emma Had a Little Turkey by Mary Lee

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Rating: WORTHY! This is the second of three reviews of children's books by Mary Lee. They're seasonal, and this one is obvious...

You Are My Pumpkin by Mary Lee

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Rating: WORTHY! This is the first of three reviews of children's books by Mary Lee. They're seasonal, and this one is obviousl...
Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Kid Artists by David Stabler, Doogie Horner

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Rating: WORTHY! Errata: p114: 'permanent' should be 'permanent'. "a magazine published an article about him enti...
Tuesday, July 26, 2016

The STEM Club Goes exploring by Lois Melbourne, Jomike Tejido

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Rating: WORTHY! With some nice artwork by Jomike Tejido, and enthusiastic writing by Lois Melbourne , this story offers a much-needed g...
Monday, December 21, 2015

I Love my Dog by David Chuka

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Rating: WARTY! From the auhtor of such literary efforts as Billy and the Monster who Loved to Fart and Billy and Monster: The Superher...
Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Lillian's Right to Vote by Jonah Winter, Shane W Evans

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Rating: WORTHY! Yes, it's definitely Jonah month on my blog. I've not only reviewed two novels with characters named Jonah, I ...
Sunday, August 16, 2015

The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh

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Rating: WARTY! If I had known that this was a Newbery honor book (1955) I never would have read it. I avoid honor and medal-winning bo...
Thursday, July 16, 2015

Mammals

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Rating: WORTHY! I recommend this Scholastic Voyages of Discovery book about mammals. It's yet another in a series which offers eng...

Musical Instruments

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Rating: WORTHY! I recommend this one from Scholastic, which aims to teach the instruments of the orchestra and elsewhere - facilitated ...
Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Architecture and Construction

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Rating: WORTHY! I recommend this one for Scholastic which aims to teach the beauty and joy of architecture. As other books in this ser...

Our Changing Planet

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Rating: WORTHY! I recommend this educational book about how geological and other events change Earth. It's colorfully illustrated ...
Friday, June 26, 2015

The Adventures of Miss Petitfour by Anne Michaels

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Title: The Adventures of Miss Petitfour Author: Anne Michaels Publisher: Tundra Books Rating: WORTHY! Illustrated by Emma Blo...
Friday, April 24, 2015

The Great Depression for Kids by Cheryl Mullenbach

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Title: The Great Depression for Kids Author: Cheryl Mullenbach Publisher: Chicago Review Press Rating: WORTHY! This is a fasc...
Monday, October 6, 2014

The Future Architect's Handbook by Barbara Beck

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Title: The Future Architect's Handbook Author: Barbara Beck (no website found) Publisher: Schiffer Publis...