This is a fun book of word play.  It might be hard to do at story time, but it could be fun in a class room setting where they are studying words.  U needs some time off from Q, so they take a break.  But it causes other letters to break up as well.  The author did a great job with all the puns and word play, I just wish they could have found a way to use Q words without the U.  They do exist.  It would have been a great way to introduce them.

Lots and Lots of fun.  And lots and lots of undies.  Some parents worry about “potty” humor when it comes to underwear books.  That type of humor is absent in this work.  Just the joy of finding a new pair of undies that fit after the others rip and fall off.  The little monsters are adorable, the rhymes and cadence in line, and overall this is a fun a joyful read.

I really enjoyed how the author played with color (pun intended).  Gray is tired of being left out.  So he decides to tell a story, but the colors keep butting in and thinking something is going to eat the cat.  This is great for laughs, great for colors, and actually great for talking about difference with people and things. 

Pretty standard fare for Little Blue Truck.  A thunder storm has blown in and the farm animals would like to be with Little Blue where it is safe and dray.  After the storm Little blue tucks them all in.  Typical but still fun Little Blue Truck story.

I am so glad Little Golden books are back.  This story was adorable and reminds me of childhood.  We follow a family of dragons as they get ready for bed.  The story is simple and sweet and just a great, easy, fun read.

What fun.  This board book tells a giant story in few words.  Playing with your food and eating are sometimes the same things.  Bunny tells this story well.

I know nothing about black hair.  I wish I knew more, and books like this help with that education.  Not only is our little girl looking for her missing bonnet, she tells the reader what each member of the family does to their hair and why they do it before bed.  It is simply wonderful.  It shows a different culture than I grew up with, and helps insure all kids can see themselves in the books they are read.

This Caldacott honor book deserves all the praise it has received.  We start with a river.  Then the bear comes along.  Then the Frog, and so on, and so on.  Each animal/s helping the other and learning to lean when needed.  The Illustrations are amazing.  They propel the story and rev the excitement for the big finish.  It all blends together beautifully.

Wow what a story.  It tells both the modern story of US indigenous people trying to stop oil pipelines from running across their tribal lands, but also of tribal tales passed down through the ages.  It is completely wonderful.

Until this book I never knew there was a children’s march in Alabama for the Civil Rights Movement.  When adults were too scared or set in their ways, the children did what was needed.  They marched and they went to jail.  Audrey Faye Hendricks was one of these marchers.  She was the youngest one, and she spent a week in jail for even daring to ask to be treated like others.  This wonderful story is amazing, and it should be taught in schools.  This is something that should be in school history books, not left out as if civil rights was only an adult problem.