by redfive | Mar 13, 2024 | REVIEWS
This board book features Spot and his friend, Helen the Hippo, as they go on a lift-the-flap easter egg hunt. The text is playful and engaging, with lots of questions that our little one gets to answer as she lifts each flap. I love how some of the flaps show them...
by redfive | Feb 27, 2024 | REVIEWS
This beautiful watercolor book tells a child’s first-person story of a moving, simple story about a complex and moving issue. Nowadays, it seems like helping and housing refugees and other immigrants has become a major controversy in every nation. But ours are...
by redfive | Feb 27, 2024 | REVIEWS
My kids and I all love this charming book! In it, a little dog travels around the world looking for his favorite human’s “favorite” stick. The text is a delight to read, yet the illustrations are wondrous. I love the circular composition throughout,...
by redfive | Feb 14, 2024 | REVIEWS
Lola and the Troll is a darling illustrated children’s book about bravery, self-acceptance, how to deal with harsh criticism (and not), why bullies are cruel, and how to successfully deal with bullies. There is also a bit about how adults can help children with...
by redfive | Jan 22, 2024 | REVIEWS
Amanda Gorman’s new book, National Youth Poet Laureate of the United States, wrote this inspiring and well-illustrated book about how, in the face of adversity and problems that seem too big for us to fix, we can still find “Something that worked....
by redfive | Jan 22, 2024 | REVIEWS
This charming and heartwarming book explains the daily life and interactions that the author, an actress who has Down’s syndrome, often experiences, as well as her enlightening affirmations and insightful beliefs about herself and others. As she notes about her...