October 2013 Book Reviews 2013-10-01 Author: Pamela Heller For Younger Readers Perfect Square by Michael Hall This is the story of a perfect square that is perfectly happy with “four matching corners and four equal sides.” On Monday, the square is cut and poked...
September Book Reviews 2013-08-31 Author: Pamela Heller For Younger Readers Stars by Mary Lyn Ray, Marla Frazee Illustrator Go out at night with your child, look up at the night sky and be amazed by the beauty and mystery of our vast universe – then read...
August 2013 Reviews 2013-07-29 Author: Pam Heller For Younger Readers Little Owl’s Orange Scarf by Tatyana Feeney Little Owl lives with his mommy in a tree house on the edge of a park. His life is full of many joys including math, ice cream and riding his...
July 2013 Book Reviews 2013-07-09 Author: Pam Heller For Younger Readers Roller Coaster by Maria Frazee It’s summertime and that means it’s time for some young adventurers to go on their first roller coaster ride. This book captures the wondrous and...
June Book Reviews 2013-05-29 Author: Pam Heller For Younger Readers If You Want to See a Whale by Julie Fogliano This is a gentle story of a young boy and his two friends (a basset hound and a bird). It is told in a series of vivid, looping, brief poems that...
May Book Reviews 2013-04-30 Author: Pam Heller For Younger Readers The Black Rabbit by Philippa Leathers This is the story of a little white rabbit that notices a large and strangely quiet black rabbit following him everywhere he goes (little does he realize...
April Reviews 2013-03-26 Author: Pam Heller For Younger Readers Sleep Like a Tiger by Mary Logue As bedtime approaches, a small girl announces to her parents that she is not tired. Her wise and understanding parents say she doesn’t have to sleep but she must put...
March 2013 Book Reviews 2013-02-26 Author: Pam Heller For Younger Readers Lovabye Dragon by Barbara Joosse She wanted a dragon; he wanted a princess. Their lovely friendship begins when she makes a tearful bedtime wish on a lonely night and he follows the trail...
February 2013 2013-02-01 Author: Pam Heller The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit by Emma Thompson One hundred ten years ago, Beatrix Potter penned the original tale of Peter Rabbit. Emma Thompson picks up the pen to add to Peter Rabbit’s adventures and introduce the...
Book Review January 2013 2013-01-02 Author: Pam Heller For Younger Readers A Kitten’s Tale by Eric Rohmann As winter approaches, three little kittens fear what will happen; they have heard that snow will cover everything and that it will be cold. But the fourth...
December 2012 Book Reviews 2012-11-26 For Younger Readers A Home for Bird by Phillip Stead Some stories are so endearing they are difficult to adequately describe; this is one of them. Vernon, a compassionate toad, meets Bird, a wooden bluebird with button eyes...
October 2012 Book Reviews 2012-09-28 Author: Hill Country Bookstore For Younger Readers Waiting for Magic by Patricia MacLachlan Take a sensitive fifth grade boy, William, his droll four-year-old sister, Elinor and their Mama. Now, go to the pet shelter to...
