Geography & Cultures

The Princess in Black
The Princess in Black

Review:Another wonderful book by Shannon Hale! My 8 year old struggles with reading, but she started this book and didn't stop until she finished. I love the plot and the beautiful, fun pictures. I shared the book with a friend and her 7 year old son loved it just as much. Read more

Book One - Dealing with Dragons - The Enchanted Forest Chronicles
Book One - Dealing with Dragons - The Enchanted Forest Chronicles

Review:You can do much worse than to hand an impressionable young girl a copy of Patricia C. Wrede's Dealing with Dragons. The book's MC is just about the ideal role model. I gave this book to my 6-year-old niece, and we've whiled away many hours, just me reading chapters to her.

It's about 16-year-old Cimorene, perhaps fantasy literature's most unconventional princess. In the fair-sized kingdom of Linderwall, which is just east of the Mountains of Morning, Cimorene is the seventh and youngest d... Read more

Today I'll Be a Princess
Today I'll Be a Princess

Review:We love this book; however my one complaint is that the corners are not rounded even the slightest to the point where the book has scratched my infant. Not sure why a board book for small kids would be made this way. Read more

Journey (Aaron Becker's Wordless Trilogy)
Journey (Aaron Becker's Wordless Trilogy)

Review:A rare book. An outstanding feeling, touching and with fine and important details. We can talk and talk about it with my 5y.o. And we can learn from it and we can wonder and we can admire. A big book for small people. Read more

How I Live Now
How I Live Now

Review:The book is interesting and entertaining the whole way through. One thing that was a challenge to get used to was the fact that there was no dialogue. There were conversations within characters, however no distinctive quotations. It read's as if Daisy, the main character, were sitting in front of you to tell the story. Overall very good, easy read to pass time! Read more

King Bidgood's in the Bathtub
King Bidgood's in the Bathtub

Review:This was the second time purchasing this title, along with, The Napping House, as a gift for my friend's little girls. The first time was for my own girls, now 19, 17 and 11. My youngest still enjoys it, and they all would recommend it. Fun, funny verse, and the illustrations are lush & whimsical. This book is superb! Read more

Tacky the Penguin
Tacky the Penguin

Review:I have been reading/singing this book with my preschool/early elementary classes for years and it never ceases to amuse and delight my listeners. Now I see that there are more in the series. I'll have to check them out. The book is humorous, delightfully illustrated and teaches a good lesson about what is truly of value in a person. Read more

Touch and Feel: Farm (Touch & Feel)
Touch and Feel: Farm (Touch & Feel)

Review:This is a great book for small children. There are many pages that have the texture incorporated into the photo. The toddler/baby really likes to touch the textured part of the page. Fun that it is about Farm animals! Great price for a board book! Read more

Shadowshaper (The Shadowshaper Cypher, Book 1)
Shadowshaper (The Shadowshaper Cypher, Book 1)

Review:Crashing magic and daily lived experience together in the vivid streets of Brooklyn and the singular person of Sierra Maria Santiago, Older has given the SFF world a whole new mythos built on the immigrant experience and a heroine who is utterly relatable without diminishing her cultural point of view. As a third-Gen American from a multilingual extended family, reading Shadowshaper brought back a lot of memories in the best way. And made me miss Brooklyn a lot. It's an adventure worth taking, a... Read more

The Skin I'm In
The Skin I'm In

Review:The book is filled with fear hatred love bullies and everything we could not live with out I think this sets a great example what things were like during the civil rights movement I think Mandela is feeling that same way too. Read more

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