Thelonious Mouse by Orel Protopopescu My rating: 4 of 5 stars I won a signed copy of Thelonious Mouse in a drawing held by the author on Shelf Awareness. I was drawn to the cover and the title because they implied sass and humor. I was not disappointed. The pictures are lively and the text is jazzy. Thelonious is a little bit too sure of himself and cocky, but he's a … [Read more...] about Book Review: Thelonious Mouse by Orel Protopopescu
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Harper Collins publishes Every Thing on It by Shel Silverstein
Harper Collins has published a collection of never-before-published poems and drawings by Shel Silverstein. If you are a big fan, as I am, take advantage of Amazon's limited time offer to order the book at the awesome price of $10.99 without paying shipping and handling. I received my copy today, and the poems had me laughing out loud. And as with all his other poetry … [Read more...] about Harper Collins publishes Every Thing on It by Shel Silverstein
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key is about an elementary school student with attention-deficit disorder. Joey tries very, very hard to follow the rules, but between his disorder and his vivid imagination, he finds staying out of trouble to be quite difficult (often with humorous results). The author of the Joey Pigza books, Jack Gantos, does a phenomenal job of reaching into Joey's … [Read more...] about Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
The Spiderwick Chronicles
The Spiderwick Chronicles makes a very interesting audio-book in which they have many adventures that you'll never be able to guess because of the way they tell the story. The story is about a kid who always got into trouble in school, and one day they move into a very old house where their aunt lets them stay. The three kids (Mallory, Jared, and Simon) like to explore the … [Read more...] about The Spiderwick Chronicles
Taste of Gingerbread
Yesterday my friend Dakota, age 3, stopped by the library. He, his mother and baby sister, are faithful story-time attenders, and Dakota had been singing the Gingerbread Man's infamous "Can't catch me" chant ever since hearing it in a story-time 2 weeks prior. Now he and his mother wanted to check-out the version of the story that I had shared: The Gingerbread Man retold by … [Read more...] about Taste of Gingerbread