Review: Three Little Birds — Cedella Marley
Three Little Birds is a wonderful board book adapted from the Bob Marley song (by Cedella Marley). The lush, colorful illustrations are beautiful. This is a board book, but is perfect for babies, toddlers, and even older kids because the message transcends. “Every little thing is gonna be all right.” My mom purchased this for [...]
Review: My Big Animal Book — Roger Priddy (board book)
Shop Indie Bookstores I bought this for Connal when he was four months old. He loved it then and continues to. The book is quite big. It has bold colors and beautiful photographs. Each animals picture has the name of the animal beneath it. This type of book can grow with your child. He started [...]
Review: Fairy Hunters Ink. — Sheila A. Dane
Rose Csorba beautifully illustrated this journal-of-sorts about a group of Fairy Hunters. Ashley and narrator Laura, aided by their friends Big Rabbit and Turtle, find the fairies that exist in every day things. Pocket Fairies, Teacup Fairies, Sock Fairies, and others have their own brief story and the story of their capture. The idea that [...]
Kids Review: Silly Suzy Goose by Petr Horacek
Shop Indie Bookstores I bought this book at an Old Navy, of all places to buy a book. The artwork looked cute and since Connal was only a month old or so, that was a good enough reason. He isn’t a huge critic of narrative (or grammar, but I’ll get to that later). The story: [...]
Dr. Seuss Book Sales
Border’s is running a sale on Dr. Seuss books now through 12/28. They are all Buy 2, Get 3rd free. Also, if you’re a Border’s Rewards member, the prices are knocked down a bit from the list price. I’m not sure if Borders does this every year, but I recall seeing this deal in a [...]
Five Childhood Favorites
I am 21 weeks along in my pregnancy, so we got to have our ultrasound done yesterday. Within a matter of seconds we found out we’re having a boy. (When I say “we” I really mean me because let’s face it, I’m the one doing the work here.) This is our first child, so we’re [...]
