Friendship, Social Skills & School Life

The Menagerie
The Menagerie

Review:My daughter intently watches Amazon to see when the next book comes out... She LOVES them. As soon as she is able to order them she sits and waits for the mail every day until it comes. I can't get her nose out of these books! Read more

Dealing with Bullies & Bossiness and Finding a Better Way
Dealing with Bullies & Bossiness and Finding a Better Way

Review:There are good concepts in this book, however, it was designed for a girl in a rather specific set of circumstances. Great concept, I would love to see this made more applicable to a wider range of children. In more varied circumstances. I love the idea though, & there are a lot of useful things in here,but it wasn't quite right for my family. Still, it could prove more useful as they get a little older. Read more

Over 500 hidden pictures to search for - sort and count!
Over 500 hidden pictures to search for - sort and count!

Review:Excellent book to have on hand when you need your child to focus for 20-30 minutes. Highly reccomend this for long car ride or airplanes but it does require someone interact with it and the child. Some of items are harder to spy but that makes this great because you can enjoy for a couple weeks, put it away, take it back out a few months later and they will spy more things. I'd say a 2-4 year old would really enjoy this book. Read more

Thomas & Friends Story Time Collection (Thomas & Friends)
Thomas & Friends Story Time Collection (Thomas & Friends)

Review:Really dense, boring stories that sort of try to make a point but can't. Reads like a legal disclaimer on a vacuum cleaner. Tried a bunch of them and went for a better book half way every time.

I can't understand the target age. On the one hand, these stories free from any subtlety, which may work for a younger toddler. On the other hand, they're at a much higher reading level (again, think legal disclaimer).

Illustrations are nice and detailed, except individual characters are bar... Read more

Little Pea
Little Pea

Review:Very cute book. I think I have *finally* figured out why Little Pea hates the candy so much: he does not remove the wrappers before he eats them! (There are no wrappers scattered about as the candy vanishes, and for that matter he has no hands to unwrap them.) So of course he can't stand eating it! Read more

The Fourth Stall
The Fourth Stall

Review:I absolutely LOVED this book. The two main components - baseball and a mystery/thriller for middle graders hooked me right away. But, don't think this is a hardcore read, humor was woven into the story line as well, making the book well-balanced and real. Reading a book from the perspective of a sixth grade boy and seeing everything from his eyes really pulled me in. At some points, I would revert to my own thoughts as a mother - how could his parents let him do that, or how could they not know ... Read more

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