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The Dead Bird, Carlie Smith
The Dead Bird, Carlie Smith
Children's Book and Media Review
Children learn to love and mourn a dead bird they find at the park. They are glad that they can give it a funeral. They lovingly plant flowers and compose a song. They remain dedicated to tending the grave until they forget. This deceptively simple book is another powerful story from the author of Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown. The repetition of the phrases, and sometimes illogical sentences capture the experience, reasoning, and feelings of young children. The kids in the story mimic with characteristic simplicity and sincerity the patterns of mourning that they’ve seen grown ups do. This edition …
Silly Wonderful You, Carlie Smith
Silly Wonderful You, Carlie Smith
Children's Book and Media Review
A mother addresses her toddler and explains all the tender surprises that come with a child. She mentions the gamut of childhood experiences, from giggly, splashy bath time to gluey, glittery craft projects. The biggest surprise is how much the mother ginormously loves her child and her delight that dreams really do come true. The rhythm of the text, the message of the book, and the bright pastels of the pictures will appeal to small children. However, the content of the illustrations and words might resonate more with parents than with kids. Parents can empathize with the bemusement and exhaustion …
How To Behave At A Tea Party, Kristie Hinckley
How To Behave At A Tea Party, Kristie Hinckley
Children's Book and Media Review
Julia, a spunky little girl, is bound and determined to throw the best party her brother has ever seen…a tea party! She tries to teach him, and the dog, how to mind their manners. It’s simply not Charlie’s cup of tea. She learns to take deep breaths and count to…382, but to no avail. She hears a CRASH! and can’t hold her anger in any longer. But, if she wants guests at her party she might just have to involve the frog, invite the neighbor boys, and build rocket ships out of sugar cubes. Although having a little brother can …
Ghosts, Sebastian Shiraishi
Ghosts, Sebastian Shiraishi
Children's Book and Media Review
Catrina doesn’t believe in ghosts. Or that’s what she thought, until her family decided to move to northern California due to her sister Maya’s Cystic Fibrosis, a disease that affects breathing and digestion. The small town of Bahia de la Luna is full of ghosts, particularly around an abandoned Spanish Mission. The two sisters, along with their new friend Carlos, go explore and talk to the ghosts, but Maya’s health keeps on declining so she can’t attend their annual celebration for the dead. Catrina decides to go to the party, where she meets Jose, an eight-year-old ghost, and they decide …