It’s not often that I’m able to find a children’s book that’s suitable for babies, toddlers and young grade schoolers, but Gideon & Otto by Olivier Dunrea fits the bill. This small book is a big-hearted story about the love between Gideon, and his friend Otto. Part of the Gossie & Friends book series, Gideon is another […]
UPDATE: We've chosen our winner! Watch the video below to see who the lucky winner is! Congratulations to them and thank you to everyone who entered the contest! “I didn't really know what to expect from detention but when I waked into the room, the first thought I had was, I don't belong in […]
There comes a time when children grow up and move away from you and it really does happen faster than you think it will. We focus so much of our time and energy on the rearing of these little people that we forget to enjoy them in the time we have in our lives. Sometimes, […]
A few years ago, one of my granddaughters got her hands on a copy of Brandn Mull’s “The Candy Shop Wars” and was smitten. Can you blame me? Just look at this book trailer: At her request, I read it, and soon, I too was hooked. In the book, Mull weaved a tale of children […]
Congratulations to Cheryl Stubbs! Stubbs was the winner of our Children’s Bookstore Facebook photo contest. Her photo of a little girl falling asleep while reading was just great. It was hard to choose, since the photos were all so cute! Thank you to everyone who entered! We’re doing another contest this week, so watch for details. […]
Challenges and setbacks are part of the human condition. Like most people, there have been many times in my life when I felt completely alone or as though I was the only one experiencing what life was throwing at me. And, as I was reading, “The Invention of Hugo Cabret” by Brian Selznic, I remembered […]
If your kids aren’t familiar with the nursery rhyme “there was an old lady who swallowed a fly”, well, then I say good. It’s a strange rhyme about an old woman who first swallows a fly and then proceeds to swallow progressively bigger and bigger animals, always to catch the previous animal she swallowed. By […]
This series of books, written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney should really be titled “The Story of Almost Every Middle School Student’s Life” because that would be a more honest title. (Interestingly, Kinney is also the developer of the online role playing game, Poptropica.) “Diary of Wimpy Kid” was first published in 2007 after Kinney […]
Mouse was first introduced to us by Laura Numeroff in 1985 with “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie”. One of the first of the “If You Give a…” series, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is the book that catapulted Mouse to stardom. Since then, Mouse has been the subject of seven books […]
I know that I’ve been posting some book reviews of new releases lately, but now I want to take the time and publish a review of a series that I’ve only recently discovered that is “The Series of Unfortunate Events” written by Daniel Handler under the pen name Lemony Snicket. First published in 1999, the […]