This story was overlong and boring.  I didn’t finish it.

As I write this review fires are one again burning in California.  So this book, while a memoir of one group's experience, is once again being lived by hundreds if not thousands of people.  This story is poignant.  I love how the author tells not just his story, but that of neighbors, friends, and other people he knew, some of which didn’t live to see the current blazes.  I think this was the perfect format to tell this story. The author mixed his visual medium with his storytelling in a way that was compelling and kept the pages turning.  A modern masterpiece of graphic novels that I think will be read for years to come, and maybe even be on future lists of best of best.

This book is a giant metaphor for calming oneself and getting in the space to meditate.  However, as an adult I barely get the metaphor, so I am not sure kids will.  I love the illustrations and the yoga poses by bear on the end papers.  In general I like the story, it has nice rhymes and a great cadence and would be a fun read aloud for 2 or 3 but I wonder how well it would work in a 30 kid story time setting.

This was just a cute story about a POC man who adopts a scruffy dog no one else wants.  They go about removing both of their scruffy appearances on a trip to being forever friends.  This book was short, in the best possible way.  It has a simple lesson that appearance isn’t everything, but that  heart and confidence is all anyone needs.

This story was amazing. It is very reminiscent of the Tortoise and the Hare, but a new take with a bit of a different moral.  It’s set in the african safari and i love that the animals are named with african names instead of what might usually be found in a typical kids picture book. So instead of Leo the Lion you get Odum, and the tortoise is Mbe, and our Gazelle is Princess Mgbada.  The other thing I am absolutely in love with is the illustrations. They are vibrant and fun, and have a life force to them that the reader can feel.  They can feel the lion dancing, and Mbe building.  This is an excellent book I would be proud to add to any library collection.

This is a very detailed Flip book about the poles of our planet.  It includes info bits on various animals, inhabitants, locations, and ways of life.  The illustrations are excellent and the read entertaining.  This would work for a classroom or just for a kid who likes being cold.

Need an easy chapter to book to entice boys and girls.  Then check out Pizza and Taco.  They have a bit of Captain Underpants nonsense, with the heart of Narwhal and Jelly.  But at a level that falls right inbetween for those struggling with reading, or struggling with liking to read.  This book is fun enough for kids and adults of all ages.

I love these books.  The author and illustrator get at exactly how thanksgiving feels.  Gathering family for a big meal, the company of others, and things to pass the day away like football and flying kits.  The cadence is on points and the rhymes flow easily in this book that has a fan base and lots of titles in the series.

Perfect.  Sesame Street knows what they are doing.  They use various muppets to illustrate different scenarios and what can be done to calm down or prepare an appropriate response.  They also use a variety of children to help illustrate that this is something everyone can do, not just muppets.  It’s simple, easy to understand, and just works.

This is a very interesting and very successful way of teaching kids about the gut or intestines, what they do, and what is good and bad for it.  It introduces microbes as things that live inside you, good and bad, that need certain things to flourish.  The illustrations are a great watercolor that help get the points across, but also swallow the reader in a visual color medium that is perfect for long swimming reads.