Here are the books my boys got for Christmas, from us, family members, and Santa (yes, still! With the biggest winks and nods yet!). And yes, they did get gifts other than books as well 🙂 Read more…Book bonanza!
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Book review: Ricky Ricotta’s Mighty Robot
Title: Ricky Ricotta’s Mighty Robot
Author: Dav Pilkey
Illustrator: Dan Santat
Format: Book series (9 books)
Age group: 5+
Poor Squeakyville! This town and its mousey inhabitants seem perpetually on the hit-list of some mad scientist or colony-craving alien. Luckily for Squeakyville, one of its littlest residents – boy-mouse Ricky Ricotta – has teamed up with his best buddy, The Mighty Robot, to hold chaos at bay. From facing down school bullies, to combatting all manner of mutants from around the planetary system, Ricky and his Robot embark on 9, action-packed adventures. Read more…Book review: Ricky Ricotta’s Mighty Robot
Audiobook review: The Adventures of Ulysses
Title: The Adventures of Ulysses
Author: Bernard Evslin
Narrator: Todd Haberkorn
Length: 4h 30m
Format: Full length story
Age group: 9+
The Adventures of Ulysses, by Bernard Evslin, is a vivid retelling of The Odyssey for tweens and teens. Odysseus’ desperate, decade-long quest to return home to Ithaca after the Trojan War, makes for a tale that is chock-full of adventure on the high seas. Read more…Audiobook review: The Adventures of Ulysses
The magic begins when you open a book…
This is perhaps most truly said of pop-up books, where the very act of turning a page mobilizes the mechanisms that get the book’s key characters and details leaping out at you, seemingly magically. With their hidden engineering and their vivid, 3-D imagery, pop-ups can entrance the most book-detesting kiddo. Especially because the latest pop-up book creators are taking their art and science to a whole new level. Read more…The magic begins when you open a book…
Out of the desert and into wonderland, thanks to Brian Selznick
Reading dry spells: Periods where nothing in the library entices, and the assigned books from school seem just another chore. Every reader has had those, and my boys have succumbed to them at various times. During one particularly arid spell, I was thrilled to discover Brian Selznick’s work on our public library shelves. These proved to be our ride out of the desert and back into wonderland. Read more…Out of the desert and into wonderland, thanks to Brian Selznick
Here’s looking at you, Brown Bear!
Head to Amherst, MA by October 9 to hunt for a very special Brown Bear and his friends. They’ll be waiting for you in popular spots all over town. Hike Bare Mountain (to see Brown Bear), wander through wildflowers at Hampshire College (to see Red Bird), or eat at a Black Sheep Deli (to see Black Sheep)…and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the beloved classic Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See. Organized by the Eric Carle Museum, this pop-up exhibition and scavenger hunt celebrates the book that launched Eric Carle’s amazing career as an illustrator. Read more…Here’s looking at you, Brown Bear!
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