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An interesting book. The illustrations are great. Geza is a little rhino who learns what bees are and how they help out the world. A few things. I like the first half of the story, but not so much the second half. The first half was light and fluffy and the second half was a downer. This should be a picture book. It is presented almost as a chapter book without chapters. I think it would do much better in a larger format. I do really like the illustrations, but I do not like the cover. I almost wish the first full page was the cover. Plus the colors seems off. The book seems self published. There is nothing bad in that, but with some polish it, it could look more mainstream and go far.

One of the reasons that I like these books, is that they have a format. They always include places to see animals, places to go shopping, something of historical significance, a type of museum, and then a culturally significant area. They are all the same, but at the same time they are as unique as the city that they are visiting.

So this book was not what I was expecting at all. It was more of a pamplet with semi-quotable ideas rather than what you expect from a book.

Not what I was expecting when I opened this coloring book, but it is fun with detailed pictures to color. There is also a little bit about what each picture is and what it means. Now having said that, I would like to see the cover redone. It goes with the book, but I think it could be better and more attention grabbing to the consumer.

Overall this story isn’t bad. It reminds me of the shorts in between saturday morning cartoons. The idea was to help you learn something new. In this case Zach is trying to get across the trapeze rings on the playground. Him and his friend Sonya come up with a plan, and try, try again to get across. They then use those same skills to remember to have perseverance in class, and all things. It’s on message, and the illustrations are fine.

A typical counting backwards book. Little Hoo wants to know if it is his birthday yet. And every day, not yet. What makes this book stand out from others is there is a search and find aspect, and even a party game in the back. However libraries always hate it when there are instructions in a book to “cut along the dotted lines”

Okay, I was tearing up at this book. Not an outright cry, but I am definitly foggy. This is a story of a little boy getting his wish through the Make-a-wish foundation. All we know is that the boy is sick. We don’t know (something with the blood) or life expectancy, just that the wish fairies are going to give him a great day. Awesome story.

So I'm reading a galley and only half the book is complete. Must of the stories are missing, but the pictures will send you on an awwhhhhhh fest. The dogs and the kids are so cute it could kill you. To pick a fav pic is hard, but the commodore pictures and the kid who looks like he is dressed for the Wizarding World are probably my favs.

This is a nonfiction book about wolves. The information is broken up up in digestible bites and easy to remember facts. It also broaches subjects not found in other books of they type such as the animal's place in fairy tales and historical types. The illustrations are stunning, but I can not help but prefer real pictures in a work of non - non-fiction.