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  Buy link http://a.co/d/0IgU5rc Good Morning Snowplow! is a gently engaging and reassuring picture book about a snow plow operator clearing the streets at night while everyone else sleeps. It has a poetic rhythm with rhyming couplets and smooth cadence. It begins with a snowplow worker leaving his home. He carries a small lunch box and … Continue reading Good Morning, Snowplow! by Deborah Bruss. Illustraated by Lou Fancher and Steve Johnson. Book Review.

This is another picture book in the series by Barbara Ann Mojica where a character named Little Miss History journeys to interesting places in the United States and around the world. She doesn’t just focus on history but also explores  the environment, culture, and more. In this book she shares the factual and the mythic … Continue reading Little Miss History Travels to the North Pole by Barbara Mojica. Book Review.

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Check out my video with your child. A Christmas wonderland made from Legos tells short visual stories while the music for We Wish You a Merry Christmas plays. Words appear on the screen. Then the music takes a more lively twist while the history of the song is revealed. Lego enthusiasts will be inspired to … Continue reading We Wish You a Merry Christmas

 buy link The story begins “Brianna Bright’s tiny heart longed to dance. Unfortunately, her feet didn’t follow. When practicing, she pranced and piqued and pivoted… right into the palace pool.” Brianna is heartbroken when she decides she doesn’t have the talent for dancing. She tries out a variety of things such as ice skating, baking, … Continue reading Brianna Bright Ballerina Knight by Pam Calvert. Illustrated by Liana Hee. Book Review.

This is the second book I have reviewed by Lucia Greene. Her five star review for A Tunnel in the Pines is available here. https://bferrante.wordpress.com/2016/... This book is written in the same easy-to-engage style. However, it is less intense and suspenseful than A Tunnel. Madison goes to summer camp for the first time. Her cabin has … Continue reading Crazy Moon by Lucia Greene. Illustrated by Shannon Sands. Book Review.

Having a normal Canadian son, I’ve had my share of trips to the emergency room. Mercifully, though, they’ve usually turned out to be less serious than at first panic. The case of the missing Lego is a good example. Set the scene: Mother is shampooing her hair in the shower, little boy comes into the … Continue reading Recycled Sundays – Where Is That Lego?

I won this book in a giveaway and didn’t realize until I received it that it was part three in a series. There was a lot of backstory that I had to figure out which made it difficult to connect with the main character. I suspect I would have enjoyed it a lot more if … Continue reading Julia Unbound by Catherine Egan. Book Review.

Should such a little creature be called a DRAGONfly? It should have a dragon’s name and I will tell you why… Advertisements

It is truly an eye opener when we lose our childhood innocence and learn the meaning behind many Mother Goose rhymes. Here’s a few darker ones in time for Halloween. Advertisements