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A Hundred Horses, Cynthia Frazier
A Hundred Horses, Cynthia Frazier
Children's Book and Media Review
Eleven year old Nell leads a very busy life full of classes and clubs that she hates. Now she is being forced to spend her spring break in the country with an aunt she can’t remember and two small cousins she doesn’t even want to get to know. On top of that, a suitcase containing a special project has been stolen by someone riding a big black and white horse. Somewhere between Maggie the pig having piglets, rescuing flying chickens, and tracking down a missing goat Nell meets an unlikely friend in a girl named Angel. People say that Angel …
There's A Giraffe In My Soup, Aylea Stephens
There's A Giraffe In My Soup, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
One boy has terrible luck in a restaurant when animals keep ending up in his soup! First it’s a giraffe, but even after he gets a fresh bowl of soup, the new bowl has an alligator in it. It’s followed by an elephant that can’t swim, a yak, walrus, and many other animals as the boy and the waiter try to get a bowl of soup that the boy can eat without any animals in it. When the waiter gets tired of the boy’s complaints, they finally discover why there are so many animals in the soup.
Chicken In Space, Lori Cunningham
Chicken In Space, Lori Cunningham
Children's Book and Media Review
Zoey an adventurous chicken and her best friend Sam, the pie loving pig, take you on amazing journey through the power of imagination. Zoey, determined to make her voyage into space, formulates a plan with her sidekick Sam to explore the great skies above. Throughout the book her other farmyard friends have doubts, but Zoey and Sam are determined to find a way and turn their problems into an opportunity. Zoey and Sam make everyday items into something extraordinary: a spaceship, asteroids, comets, and more. Once back at the barnyard, Sam--still hoping for pie--tells all their friends of the adventure …
Tractor Mac: Harvest Time, Cynthia Frazier
Tractor Mac: Harvest Time, Cynthia Frazier
Children's Book and Media Review
Life on a farm in the autumn is a busy time. The farm across the road from Stony Meadow is having its annual Pumpkin Picking Festival. Families come every year to pick out their pumpkins, ride on a hay wagon, guess the largest pumpkin’s weight, find their way through the maze, and eat yummy food. All of the animals on the farms are excited about the season also. But Mac and Small Fred, tractors on neighboring farms aren’t so excited. Small Fred is worried that pulling the heavy wagon full of pumpkins will be too much for him this year. …
My Bike, Jacquelin Marrero
My Bike, Jacquelin Marrero
Children's Book and Media Review
The main character Tom is on his way to work and although the title refers to his bike, the story actually is about how he uses it to get there. He chooses to ride a bike and describes it, and further describes everything he sees along the way on his path. Tom passes multiple types of vehicles, circus animals, and other things as well. Once he arrives at work, he also describes how he gets ready and what he does in the circus.
Little Bunny, Tracy Adler
Little Bunny, Tracy Adler
Children's Book and Media Review
Bunnies are known for being very energetic and hopping all around. In this story a baby bunny explores the world outside of its den. He gets into trouble, he experiences different textures, sounds, and nature all in a solitary day. No one is able to get him to calm down and stop running around except for his mother. When she calls him home he relaxes and tells her about his long but fruitful day.
My Lady Jane, Aylea Stephens
My Lady Jane, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
Lady Jane Grey didn’t have a happy ending in real life, but the narrators in this book are determined to give her a better story. Her cousin, King Edward, has decreed that she should marry a stranger so that her child can be their heir to the throne instead of his sister Mary who is bloodthirsty towards the group of people who have the ability to turn into animals. Shortly after Jane marries Lord Gifford (or G, as he prefers to be called) and discovers that her husband spends most of his time as a horse, she finds out that …
The Secret Life Of Pets, Charlotte Esplin
The Secret Life Of Pets, Charlotte Esplin
Children's Book and Media Review
Max is used to being his owner's one and only dog - they are best friends and he is completely loyal to her. One day everything changes when Katie brings home a stray dog she picked up at the pound. The two butt heads during a walk and end up being captured by the pound. Here they encounter a crazy bunny that has begun an army of lost pets who want to kill their owners. To try and get away from this group, the pair become close friends and realize that living together won't be so bad after all.
The Science Of Life: Animal Classification, Laura Trumbo
The Science Of Life: Animal Classification, Laura Trumbo
Children's Book and Media Review
The Science of Life: Animal Classification is a reference book that introduces young readers to how scientists classify and organize animals. Without going into depth, Jenny VanVoorst defines important terms like taxonomy, and takes the reader on a brief sampling of the animal kingdom. She begins with taxonomy's founding father, describes all the divisions of animal classification, and ends with explaining where the human reader fits within taxonomy's classification system.
What's Your Favorite Animal?, Liz Kazandzhy
What's Your Favorite Animal?, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
What’s your favorite animal and why? In this sturdy board book, this question is answered by fourteen popular children’s book authors and illustrators. It explores not only common animals like cats, bunnies, and elephants, but also unique ones like the blue carp, the octopus, and the snail.
Ivan: The Remarkable True Story Of The Shopping Mall Gorilla, Ashley Roggow
Ivan: The Remarkable True Story Of The Shopping Mall Gorilla, Ashley Roggow
Children's Book and Media Review
A young baby gorilla named Ivan is captured at birth and sold to store owners for the purpose of bringing customers to a local mall in Tacoma, Washington. For years, he was treated as a human in the owners’ home, but eventually they locked Ivan in a cage at the store as an attraction and display. Eventually, the people of the town protested his captivity and finally he was taken to a zoo where he was much happier.
Beast Feast, Jess Verzello
Beast Feast, Jess Verzello
Children's Book and Media Review
Beast Feast is just that—a plethora of fascinating facts about many different kinds of animals, and all in poetry! With fun, witty illustrations that bring each animal to life, Douglas Florian explores the life of Whales, Camels, Caterpillars, and Kiwis. What is a Rhea? Are Moles really blind? Beast Feast looks at these animals in a new perspective.
Where's Walrus? And Penguin?, Aylea Stephens
Where's Walrus? And Penguin?, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
When Walrus and Penguin manage to escape from the zoo, they are in for a lot of fun adventure. Disguising themselves as a mother and a baby, ticket takers and newspaper sellers, a pigeon feeder and a pigeon, part of a crew on a rowboat, a taxi driver and passenger, the orchestra director and member of an opera, and players on a baseball team, they manage to avoid the zookeepers trying to catch them. When Walrus gets hit on the head and has to be taken to the hospital, however, Walrus finds someone to be the love of his life.
The Somewhat True Adventures Of Sammy Shine, Tessa Mcmillan
The Somewhat True Adventures Of Sammy Shine, Tessa Mcmillan
Children's Book and Media Review
Jimmy has built a flight-ready, small aircraft, and he’s itching for a test pilot. So, he steals Hanks’ pet mouse, Sammy Shine. But the launch goes awry when Jimmy accidentally destroys the plane’s remote. Sammy takes over the controls, but he eventually crashes inside the wild Great Woods. Once there, Sammy meets a mouse clan and their friendly leader, Osmund. Osmund believes Sammy is magical because of his airplane, but warns that Mustela, the evil weasel, will want it to take over the woods. When Sammy’s aircraft disappears and Mustela isn’t to blame, Sammy searches for Goggles, an old and …
No Better Friend: A Man, A Dog, And Their Incredible True Story Of Friendship And Survival In World War Ii (Young Readers Edition), Liz Kazandzhy
No Better Friend: A Man, A Dog, And Their Incredible True Story Of Friendship And Survival In World War Ii (Young Readers Edition), Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
World War II began in the Pacific as a result of Japan’s imperialist desire to conquer its surrounding nations. In 1942, after sweeping through Siam and Malaya, Japanese forces unexpectedly overtook Britain-occupied Singapore. It was at this point that the stories of Frank Williams, a radarman in Britain’s Royal Air Force, and Judy, a loyal and talented pointer, began to collide. Having both been on ships that were attacked by the Japanese, they found themselves stranded for a time until finding a way to journey across the Indonesian island of Sumatra to the city of Padang. Unfortunately for them, Padang …
The Jungle Book, Whitney Troxel
The Jungle Book, Whitney Troxel
Children's Book and Media Review
Discovered as a small child in the jungle, Mowgli was raised by a pack of wolves. However, when Shere Khan, a tiger, learns of his presence in the jungle, he threatens not only to kill Mowgli but anyone else who tries to protect him. Bagheera, a black panther, volunteers to take Mowgli to the man village in order to protect him and the wolf pack. Angry that Mowgli escaped, Shere Khan kills Akela, the leader of the wolves, in order to bring Mowgli back. Mowgli meets Baloo, a loveable but lazy bear, on his way to the village. Desperate to …
I Get Dressed, Cynthia Phillips
I Get Dressed, Cynthia Phillips
Children's Book and Media Review
A fox in a dress, a rabbit in shoes and a turtle in a top hat are just a few of the fun characters you will encounter in this board book. The animals from the book My Mother Goose by David McPhail make an appearance wearing various everyday clothing items. The illustrations are sketch like in pastel with plain backgrounds. Each of the 11 pages introduce a simple wardrobe vocabulary word for small readers.
Tiny Rabbit's Big Wish, Ariel Woodbury
Tiny Rabbit's Big Wish, Ariel Woodbury
Children's Book and Media Review
Tiny Rabbit wants to be big! He wishes that he will grow to have "legs as tall as trees" and a tail as big as a mountain. He wishes and wishes to be big! But tiny rabbit only grows a little bit. Then tiny rabbit wishes to be strong as a gorilla. But he is still just a tiny rabbit. Tiny rabbit doesn't get very much bigger, stronger or taller, but his ears grow a lot. They let him hear all sorts of sounds and other animals. He learns to appreciate the benefits of being small, like being able to …
Have You Heard The Nesting Bird?, Ariel Woodbury
Have You Heard The Nesting Bird?, Ariel Woodbury
Children's Book and Media Review
As two children are outside they hear the calls of many different birds. But one bird is silent. The nesting bird isn't singing or moving around. Then, the eggs begin to hatch and baby robins are born.
Arctic Animals: Reindeer, Aylea Stephens
Arctic Animals: Reindeer, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
In this book of facts and photographs, basic information is presented so that readers can learn about reindeer. Also known as caribou, these animals live in the arctic. The book discusses how reindeer find their food, the type of climate they live in, their herds, mating season, how they stay warm in the winter, what kinds of foods they eat, and how the reindeer calves grow and develop. At the back of the book, there is a science lab for children to discover how reindeer hooves help the animals to walk in soft, deep snow and definitions of some of …
Whose Shoe?, Sydnee Burr
Whose Shoe?, Sydnee Burr
Children's Book and Media Review
When a helpful mouse finds a lost shoe, he desperately tries to locate its owner. Walking all over the wild neighborhood, Mouse asks his neighbors if the precarious shoe belongs to them. The various animals give their reasons why that big blue shoe could not possibly be theirs, and the mouse continues onward until the owner is found.
What This Story Needs Is A Pig In A Wig, Ariel Woodbury
What This Story Needs Is A Pig In A Wig, Ariel Woodbury
Children's Book and Media Review
This cute children's book starts with a pig in a wig on a boat, but more and more animals get on the boat until the boat is too crowded for pig! Pig exclaims, "It's getting crowded in here...off of this boat before we all sink!" The animals leave the boat one by one until pig is all alone in the boat. Pig realizes that the boat was more fun when she was sharing it with all of her friends. Pig admits she made a mistake and calls to her friends to swim back to the boat to play. The boat …
Thanksgiving Day Thanks, Aylea Stephens
Thanksgiving Day Thanks, Aylea Stephens
Children's Book and Media Review
Thanksgiving is coming, and Sam’s class couldn’t be more excited. Everyone knows of one special thing that they are grateful for, but Sam isn’t sure what his special thing is. Sam’s teacher, Mrs. Wright, wants everyone to write down something they are really grateful for while the class works on Thanksgiving projects like a pumpkin pie making contest, making place mats, and helping with a food drive. Sam is able to think of a great project: balloons just like the Thanksgiving parade on TV! Lots of wind might ruin Sam’s special project, but he is finally able to come up …
Lots Of Lambs, Liz Kazandzhy
Lots Of Lambs, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
This book shows you lambs in all kinds of conditions, with all sorts of personalities, and engaged in all types of activities! Whether they’re happy or grumpy, sitting or standing, on the phone or all alone, these lambs are irresistibly cute and entertaining. This is a book without a plot but with lots of great words and a lot of fun to be had.
If You Plant A Seed, Ariel Woodbury
If You Plant A Seed, Ariel Woodbury
Children's Book and Media Review
A rabbit and a mouse plant carrot seeds, tomato seeds, and cabbage seeds, but when the plants have grown the birds want some too! They learn that if they plant a seed of selfishness that it will grow and make them unhappy, but if they plant a seed of kindness that will grow into something sweet. When they decide to share with the birds, they all begin to help each other and the garden grows to be very large and fruitful.
Bear Says Thanks, Liz Kazandzhy
Bear Says Thanks, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
Bear wants to make a feast for his friends, but when he discovers that his cupboards are bare, he doesn’t know what to do. But soon Mouse stops by with a tasty little treat, followed by Hare with muffins, Badger with fish, and all the rest of Bear’s pals with other platters of scrumptious food. Bear says “Thanks!” every time but then gets disappointed that he has nothing to share with them in return. But the other animals aren’t worried about it—they’re just grateful that he’s their friend. The group settles down to a delicious feast and enjoy friendly conversations …
Baby Bear, Liz Kazandzhy
Baby Bear, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
When Baby Bear loses his way in the forest, he begins asking the other forest creatures if they can help him get home. One by one, they share advice on what they do when they get lost, and each bit of advice seems to lead to Baby Bear meeting another animal who then helps him further along. After chatting with a large mountain lion, a busy frog, a pair of squirrels, a wise moose, a friendly ram, and a loving owl, Baby Bear finds a salmon who finally leads him home.
Where's The Pair? A Spotting Book, Sydnee Burr
Where's The Pair? A Spotting Book, Sydnee Burr
Children's Book and Media Review
In this book of discovery, children have a challenge on every page. Each page has a rhyme and a task, such as finding the two cats who match out of an entire page of cats. Great for learning and inquisitive minds, this spotting book will keep children and parents quietly entertained.
If You Want To See A Whale, Liz Kazandzhy
If You Want To See A Whale, Liz Kazandzhy
Children's Book and Media Review
A boy and his dog go on an adventure to see a whale. Using his imagination, he and his canine friend go to the seaside, only to be distracted by a curious bird, sweet pink roses, possible pirates, a sitting pelican, a scooting caterpillar, and floating clouds. But they try to pay little attention to these fascinating things, and soon they row into the sea to wait, wait, and wait… until they finally see a whale!
Hedgehug's Halloween, Whitney Troxel
Hedgehug's Halloween, Whitney Troxel
Children's Book and Media Review
Hedgehug completely forgot about Reginald's Halloween party and he has no costume. He goes to each of his friends for help, but the costumes either rip, pop, or fall apart. Discouraged, Hedgehug decides to go home. His friend's work together to come up with the perfect costume for Hedgehug. Hedgehug goes to the party as a cactus and everyone cheers.