Non-Fiction
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Non-Fiction Reviews: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Elements & Earth’s Incredible Oceans
Two phenomenal non-fiction titles on the review docket today! First, I will be taking a look at Lisa Congdon’s The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Elements: The Powers, Uses, and Histories of Every Atom in the Universe, courtesy of friends at Raincoast Books; second, I will be talking about Earth’s Incredible Oceans by Jess French, illustrated Read more
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Children’s Graphic Novel Reviews: Jop and Blip Wanna Know (#1) by Jim Benton & Bad Sister by Charise Mericle Harper and Rory Lucey
Hi folks and welcome back to new children’s reviews! Thanks to the lovely folks at Benton Arts, I will be talking about the first book in the brand spanking new Jop and Blip Wanna Know graphic novel series by Jim Benton called Can You Hear a Penguin Fart on Mars?: And Other Excellent Questions. Thanks Read more
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Children’s Reviews: Outside, You Notice, Sunny Days & Listen Up! Train Song
Some lovely, perfect-for-the-summer children’s book on the review docket today! Thanks to the kind folks over at Pajama Press, I have three books I will be talking about today. I will take a look at the children’s non-fiction book by Erin Alladin and Andrea Blinick called Outside, You Notice; the picture book Sunny Days by Read more
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Children’s Reviews: Monarch Butterflies by Ann Hobbie and Olga Baumert & Starboy by Jami Gigot
More children’s titles on the review docket today! Thanks to the lovely folks at Thomas Allen & Son, I will first be talking about the stunning children’s non-fiction title Monarch Butterflies: Explore the Life Journey of One of the Winged Wonders of the World by Ann Hobbie, illustrated by Olga Baumert. Next, I will take Read more
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Children’s Non-Fiction Reviews: The No-Cook Cookbook and Guinea Pigs Go Gardening
Hello everyone! Welcome to a brand new post featuring reviews of two wonderful titles courtesy of friends at DK Children and Penguin Random House Canada. I will be taking a look at: The No-Cook Cookbook: More than 50 heat-free recipes for young chefs, recipes by Rebecca Woollard; as well as Guinea Pigs Go Gardening by Read more
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Great Children’s Non-Fiction! (7)
Let’s take a peek at some terrific children’s non-fiction titles! Reviews of kid’s non-fiction titles have been interspersed among the fiction reviews, but it’s been A WHILE since a true round-up! So without further adieu, let’s turn our attention to some of the great non-fiction books that have caught my attention. Just a note that Read more
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Children’s Reviews: When Elephants Listen with Their Feet, Raven, Rabbit, Deer and Benjamin’s Blue Feet
Hello to you all and welcome to a roundup of terrific children’s books all featuring animals! On the review docket today are three titles courtesy of the kind folks at Pajama Press. We’ll be taking a look at: When Elephants Listen with Their Feet: Discover Extraordinary Animal Senses, a non-fiction title from Emmanuelle Grundmann and Read more
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Children’s Book Picks featuring Dinosaurs, How Tos, and No Reading Allowed…!
On a streak of picture book review posts lately! I truly cannot help it as I have been the very lucky recipient of so many terrific picture books that need talking about! Thanks to kind friends at Raincoast Books, I have quite a roster of FIVE awesome titles to talk about today: two books featuring Read more
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Review: The Lost Spells by Robert Macfarlane & Jackie Morris
Well hello there, dear readers! I have been on hiatus the last month, but what could be a better book to come back to than The Lost Spells? Yes, the spotlight today is on The Lost Spells, the follow-up to the critically acclaimed, reader-beloved The Lost Words, by creators Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris. Read Read more
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Children’s Reviews: Madame Badobedah, Make Your Mark Gallery: A Coloring Book-ish & more!
A selection of beautiful children’s fiction and non-fiction titles on the review docket today! Thanks to the kind friends at Penguin Random House Canada, I have had the great pleasure of taking a look at the following: Madame Badobedah by Sophie Dahl and Lauren O’Hara; Peter H. Reynolds’ Make Your Mark Gallery: A Coloring Book-ish; Read more
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