If your kid loves dinosaurs, or you own a dinosaur book at all, you should add this one to the collection. Two men, Cope and March, led the pack in discovering dinosaur bones in the US. They made paleontology cool. But they were very competitive, and raced against each other to find the most unique dinosaurs. They were so competitive that they even stooped to faking finds. This story is very interesting, but told in an entertaining and rhyming way. The rhymes can be harsh at times, and do not always flow freely, but the illustrations and ideas more than make up for it.

This is a book designed to help parents and children on the Autism Spectrum to know and understand communicating with pictures. I, as a lay person therefore will not judge this book, but say, if you need, check into it. I agree, i have seen nothing similar written for both children and partners. (the 3 star rating is because i have to give it a rating and I shall stay neutral.)

A hungry squirrel goes in search of something to eat. Along the way he discovers the colors of nature, and a little toadstool. Not bad. I think it could be a good book in a preschool classroom.

A nice slightly active bedtime book. Bobby the dog needs help flying around the moon, climbing the mountains, etc. And all that work is going to tucker him, and your little one out.

This book is a font masters dream. While it is beautiful like a coffee table book, i think of it as more of a scholarly tomb full of examples of variations on each font.

This is a war. That is it. Aric of Urth is taken from his home on this strange planet and sent to war. Why? Who knows? The Planet, somewhere in space. How did Aric get there? No idea. It is just war. It’s well drawn, but not well written. There is not really a story line yet. But at the same time, I don’t care to read any more of it either.

If you are a classic power car nut, then you need this book. It’s a look at some select and beautiful history. The book is broken up into four chapters: Classic Roadster, GTs, Sporting Coupes, and Race Bread. There are bigger books with more card, but the way these were photographed is art. Plus, the input from the author is nice to. I love to see cars I fell in love with as a child, such as the Porsche 356 or the cloud car as i grew up calling it. The book hits it out of the park from the beginning with a gorgeous black back AC Ace in metallic mermaid teal. And because it seems like the author and I have similar tastes there is also a fast time red devil Maserati 300s. A perfect gift for any gearhead.

I don’t know how I never knew that the Cadillac Automobile Company started out as the Henry Ford Company. I think Cadillac I think Chevy, not Ford. Plus the Dodge brothers (yes those Dodge brothers) originally produced (not designed) the engines, transmissions, and axles for Ford. Now I probably have heard all that before, but for some reason it just didn’t sink in. For the most part this book does not cover the history of the Ford company, just the truck. One of the things that made this company profitable was the ability to turn out new trucks quickly and at a price low enough for the emerging middle class. I will be honest, reading the book does get droning at times, but the historical pictures, advertisements, etc. are fascinating. Plus the author pulls out snippet of information to highlight for those who may just be flipping throughout the book.

The cover is the best part of this book. The second best part is the Antelope in scuba gear. It is just a bunch of animals “grouped” together for a picture. Some times they have funny props, sometimes not. The author tells you what the animals are, since they are illustrated, but otherwise there is no point to this book.

Lady Mechanika #1