A simple and fun counting book for halloween. Colorful illustrations complement the book.

This book is so funny. Roger is riding his bike with his dog and Emily. They are on their way to go fishing, but they catch a few unintended things in the city along the way. Great illustrations and great laughs. This copy is a digital galley, and there is a few small problems with the digital galley, but I bet the print book will be amazing.

This kids cookbook will get checked out a lot. It has recipes both simple and hard for kids to make, but it's all their favorite foods. The book is broken down in chapters such as good morning, food for fairy houses, and Birds and Blooms. This cookbook is unusual in that there are more pictures of the kids cooking and eating the food, than of the actual food being made. It’s a little odd, But at the same time the pictures are not just full of little girls. They show boys having fun making and eating as well. One of the hardest both to do, and convince kids to eat, would be the candied violets. But maybe not.

Another fun book on animals for a library or school collection. I like how they tell you where the animals live, such as at the Lincoln Park Zoo, Seattle Zoo, etc.

Color me not impressed. This story is supposed to be a parable on how to earn a living. A boy sets out in the woods, meets a woman who asks him to collect the sticks in the water so the fish might eat. Along comes a stranger who pays the boy to walk over the “bridge” he has created, and from now on, he spends his days getting paid for people to walk over his bridge. It’s supposed to be a life lesson on working and providing for your family, but I didn’t think it was that well done. The story was kind of boring and too simple.

A very simple beginning reader about playing soccer. So much better than the old Dick and Jane books.

A simple book that takes you on a walk through a castle.

A very simple easy reader about a little boy trying to cheer his cat up. He tries to keep fed, and watered, and even clean. But nothing makes the cat happy. A great book for beginning readers.

This story is very much in the vein of Dewey the library cat, but this cat lives in a cathedral. She came in from the cold one night and made a permanent home. A lovely story, with nice illustrations, and real life pictures at the end.

As with the first book in the series, the characters are not really looking for Abe’s hat. It’s more of a primer of who is who in history during Abe’s time. As a very beginning primer for those of the board book age, it works.