A lovely book about a girl who loves to dance. Her mother grants her wish and tales her to dance school. There she feels out of step and wilted. But a special pair of shoes will help her re-find confidence in herself. She had the ability the entire time she just had to be reminded to be herself and do what she loves. This is a sweet book. The illustrations are lovely. The illustrator is Diane Good. I’m not sure if that’s the fancy Nancy illustrator but the illustrations remind me of that. Overall, this was a lovely book and does sound like something that Sarah Ferguson would write or tell her children. 

 This is a typical picture book. It is Illinois reads 2025. The illustrations are standard fair but the story rhymes nicely and moves quickly. While, this is a fun book. I do not think it will be a 20 years on the shelf book. 

 This picture book is about standing up for others and wanting to change the world. How when you can’t use your voice find other ways to do it until you can find your voice. This book is well written the illustrations are amazing and this is an altogether five star read. I will be picking up other books by Stacy Abrams .
 

 This is a book that has not aged well. Wendy lives in Boxville and everybody must wear their labeled box every day. Wendy’s issue is that she can’t pick a box. She doesn’t want to be just one thing she wants to be different things at different times. One day she decides just not to wear her box. It does get her in trouble in town, but eventually, her family is like hey maybe that’s an OK idea. I think what makes this weird is the end when the family pack up and move to Freedom land. Instead of the idea that you can be more than one thing spreading across their community. I guess what happens in real life, but it seems weird the way it’s written in a children’s spot. I do like the illustrations. They feel right out of the 70s but go well with the idea of Fran Dresser, and who you know her to be in her acting and public life. While this book was an interesting read. It is not one that I would share with others as it feels the 15 years old that it is. 

 The best thing I can say about this book is it sounds exactly like one would expect something coming from a Duggar family member to sound. I read this book and know one of the daughters wrote it, but I can hear their mother in my head. Between the lyrical pace, the soft voice. There’s a way where they give the title of a concept like love, do a mini four line poem that rhymes and has a cadence, then a rhyming statement that flows through over half the book. Then you get to the end. Very much about God‘s light and shining and be everything you need to be for Jesus. So I may not have been able to say what sister wrote this, but I would be able to tell you a Dugger wrote it. As for the illustrations, they are fantastic and very diverse. 

 I read this book and I hear Spike Lee in my head. This is a very good thing for a celebrity author. So often celebrity authors sound like they’ve been ghost written. This does not sound that way. Between the repetitiveness and the change up of the “please baby please”  line the other thing that is done well is the simple concepts. The illustrator does a masterful job illustrating the words that show different points in a very busy toddlers day. The illustrations are amazing. I love how the illustrator did the curly hair. I just really liked everything about this book. I think it’s well done. I think it’s entertaining. I think it’s memorable and I think it goes way beyond the celebrity in the author. 

 This book is too long. Massively too long. However, this is more of a second grader book than a storytime book, so the length is understandable. In this our main character, Tony really wants a Pictureface Lizzy, which is a type of smart device. All her friends have one and she really really wants them too. She feels constantly left out. Her parents finally get her a Pictureface Lizzy, and while she does have fun with it, she also learns and gains perspective that you can do more than play with an electronic toy, and that sometimes real life adventures are better than the ones lived online. I like the message in this book. Overall, I like the book. However, it does not sound like Josh Gad. The last line of the book, I’d say Josh wrote that but in general if someone were to blind, read this to me and say select from four creators, I never would’ve picked it to be Josh Gad. 

 Jayme Lee Curtis is at it again. It’s hard to be five celebrates being five years old. Both the things that you can no longer do as well as the things that you get to do now. This is a lovely book just like all her others. This is probably my least favorite of all her books I’ve read so far. The illustrations are always just as perfect as the books are. 

 This book is beautiful. This is a book for a non-biological child. Reiterating that while they may not have been birthed but they were wanted, waited for, and anxious to be met in the world. The illustrations are lovely they go right with the story, and this is sure to be one kids will read and parents will read to their children for years if not generations to come. 

 This book is lovely. It’s simple but it’s well done. It has a definitive pat pattern. It rhymes well and it doesn’t try to be more than it is. The illustrations by Suzie Mason are wonderful and altogether, this is a pleasant work of art that sure to be on Library shelves for you to come.