The best part about this book are the lovingly drawn illustrations. The child and their mother talking about the light within and how to find it and how to feel it. You see this on the child’s face, and you see the love in the mother’s expression. The story flows well, however I wish there was more of a description of what the actual light is.  Of course it’s a metaphor but there’s nothing to explain that metaphor, so while the book is nice it could be better. 

 

This is a story about a revolutionary fighter who does not appear in standard history books. Prudence Wright is considered the only female leader of an all-women’s Minutemen group. Her group was made out of desperation to protect her community. While I did enjoy the story the book was very general. More time was spent on the surrounding history then on Prudence’s is history. However, it is explained that it was hard to find information due to lack of a historical record. Overall this is an interesting book and may lead people to research more. It would be a nice addition to any library collection. 

 

I did not enjoy this story at all. I think mostly because I have no previous knowledge of the character and the story seems to start in the middle.  The characters are either in another world or demission, maybe hell????  They want to escape and get to earth.  The reason I say hell is because they are trained to die and rebirth or reform.  But Mister Miracle has been able to escape the “school” or “training facility” but not able to help others do so yet.  The story was not holding my attention. It also felt old in illustration, both in style and color.  This could be because I was reading a galley so I will hold judgement on that factor. Over all, I did not really enjoy this book, which was sad.  Maybe a second go I will like the character better.  I do know some kids who will love it, and as such should be added to library’s DC collections. 

 

This is a sequel to Stepping Stones.  This was not known at the time it was started, it was also not known that it was just a sample, and not the full book.  The review regards just the sample (36 pages).  This book was slow.  Having not read book 1 was not a hindrance, and the story started nicely and explained things, or they were easy to figure out.  Saying that, I thought the story was a bit boring.  There was a little teasing about liking a friend that can be seen in standard tween life, and a bit about starting all over someplace new.  I didn’t not get a chance to really delve into the characters.  However, I did read enough to know that I don’t care if I ever finish the book. 

 

Rather than a full graphic novel this was a collection of short graphic stories.  They almost read like episodes to the TV show (and maybe they are).  I love revisiting big hero six, but wish the story was more congruent, and not jumping from topic to topic every time there is a new chapter. 

 

This is way too long to be a board book.  It’s like the author took criticism of her previous books being to light on information and went the opposite way with an info dumb.  I just didn’t care for this at all. 

 

This was a simple and sweet book for valentines.  Max got his mother a box of chocolates for Valentine’s day.  Too bad he ate them all.  He runs to dad for help and dad tells him the box is full of love.  And it turns out the baby bear takes after the papa bear.  A cute story for a cute holiday. 

 

I swear this is my dog.  It is.  Scruffy is missing his blanket, and he decides to follow his nose to find it.  He finds many fun things, and eventually even his blanket.  But his blanket no longer smells like him.  Time to fix that.  This was a fun short read.  It had a lovely cadence, and rhymed decently where it needed to.  The illustrations were simple, but also complex and a perfect complement to the story. 

 

Bruce enters the world of easy readers.  I liked this book, but I didn’t love it.  It has a lot of the humor a reader expects from Bruce.  The geese what to dance, but they need supplies and keep sending Bruce to town to get them.  But by the time all supplies are had, the geese want to do something different.  The illustrations are exactly what you expect.  In fact I really want a “head in hand” Bruce sticker for my notebook.  However, I expect more from a Bruce book.  This was not, just not the usual up to snuff. 

 

A girl loves being a wolf. She plays in her city den and wears her wolf clothing but is not very brave when she goes to school. She finds herself lonely but goes on an adventure and makes a new friend and learns how to be brave. I like the message within this book and I love the artwork it’s got this soft nostalgic feeling that people really enjoy. Overall this was a lovely read both in ideas and execution.