Some children have a hard time letting go of their pacifier.  It’s something some kids get rid of early, and some kids need to be told it’s time to go.  This book illustrates a way to get rid of the binky with a story about a fairy who collects them and places them someplace special.  In the back there are helpful tips for parents on how to toss the binkies in use at your house.

Just like the other books in this series that I have read, I find the story overlong.  However, I do really like this book for looking at Stammers and stuttering. Making it known it’s okay, and something that can be controlled.  I come from a family of stutters and when they were young books like this didn’t exist.  So they stayed quiet.  In this time, with a former VP and hopefully soon to be president with a stutter, it’s nice to see more things that say, this is okay.

This book looks at how to help a child that may not be able to express what they are feelling.  Perm Worm likes his days to go in a certain way. Food at a certain time, seeing certain people at specific times during the day, so when his class gets a substitute, he has to learn new ways to express how he is feeling.  First off, this story is overly long.  Second, what is with Cough Moth and always slamming into the light.  It’s just odd.  Overall i can see this working for some kids, but not all.

Another beginning math concepts simple book.  This time Olivia is trying to find what fits perfectly in her basket.  It looks at the concept of size.

How do little girls split 3 marshmallows between two cups. This toddler book is an early look at math.  It works well so a simple story.  I do like that the illustrator used POCs in his illustrations

This toddler book explores shapes through blowing bubbles.  It was a nice and simple book, but I wish it would have answered the question it posed, which is why are bubbles always a sphere no matter what shape you blow them out of.

I like the idea of this book.  An escape room in a book where you have to find the puzzles, figure them out and pick a path to make it out of the castle.  The problem was there was no real story for why you needed to escape.  There was no real start point and no instructions to begin to guide you.  There were answers at the end, but that just takes all the fun out of it.

To be honest, I didn’t like this. It was just hard to understand.  A group of girls all want to be in a festival, but they have to form a band.  It was like reading the feel of 90’s emo, they want to be BlackPink.  I didn’t care for it and would not pick up the second volume.

This was a simple book of things to do or to make while locked in because of pandemics, environment, etc.  It makes inside things look fun and inviting and helps alleviate the agitation of staying inside.  I do like that the illustrator at least made an effort to be inclusive, but these efforts petter out towards the end.   

I really liked this book but it is a bit of a tongue twister.  The rhymes can be harsh and the cadence is not constant.  But then again this book was not meant necessarily as a read a loud but as a primer to begin Black history at an early age.  To help the youngest of kids feel seen and heard.  I loved this book for whats on the page, the front matter, and the further information in the back matter.  Plus, the artwork is stunning.