Ahh.  This book is adorable.  It’s about a forest of friends helping to build a home.  But Moose wants to be in charge, and his talking and not helping gets him in trouble.  He should be happy he has such good friends to help out.

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I loved the original That’s Good, that’s bad, but this one not so much.  David Catrow’s illustrations are perfect and help bring out the funny in this story.  A boy and his grandma go on vacation in the grand canyon, but lots of things happen, they start out good, but end up bad.  This just didn’t work as well as the original book. 

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This was very unique.  Other books have used the alphabet to tell a story, but they are usually long and wordy.  This book uses one word a page per letter (sometimes two) to tell a story of a dog who makes friends with a mouse.  It was lovely.

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There have been many retellings of Little Red Riding Hood.  This one has a bit different ending, but overall it’s not spectacular.  There is nothing but great artwork to differentiate it from the original.

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This is one of those stories where you know you have read it before because it has been redone so many times.  Little robin has seven vests and each day he gives one away to a friend who needs it more. In the end he is rewarded with a new vest from Santa from being so generous.

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Sometimes I wonder how authors think up new ways to make what seemed like a one trick pony into a series.  Mustache baby and his bearded friend are back in a wonderful story of babies finding that to give is better than to receive.  The stories will make readers and listeners chuckle and the illustrations are just the icing on the cake.

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Ummmm, no.  Sofie is an elf who has fallen in love with the selfie. She lets it get in the way of everything, but she is lucky enough that she can always get caught up in her job.  She even uses a selfie to help find Santa’s missing suit.  I don’t like the message in this book.  Mrs. Claus once asks her to put up her phone and help out, but right back to it she goes.  Yes it does help, but I just don’t like the message.  There should be a message about not being narcissistic, not that narcissism is good.

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This book looks at the cookie leaving for Santa tradition across the world.  The illustrations are gorgeous, but the book is long.  I wish there was a recipe for every cookie mentioned, and that they were in line with the location instead of at the back of the book.

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A mouse is chased in and around the christmas.  Most of the words are action sounds and someone yelling Stop Mouse.  The story is okay.  It feels as dated as the illustrations look.  But it could be fun with the right children.

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Typical tractor story.  Everyone gets stuck in the snow, but Mac can get them out.  It was a nice holiday read.

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