Time to sleep and dream in this bilingual beginning book from Hillert.

I officially want a dragon snow shovel. So much quicker and easier. While this is Merry Christmas Dear Dragon, it focuses more on family and being together than the holiday. I love that the book is bilingual, and that the old easy readers are being brought to a new generation.

This is a very interesting look at the life cycle of a stick. It’s just a stick until it is used by an elephant as a fly swatter, or a crane as a nest, or a child as a magic wand. This is a story, and a fountain of information all rolled into one. While the artwork is not my favorite, I can see lots of story time, and classroom uses for this book.

A story of two cultures. One full of “stuff” and one full of love and joy. George lives in Kenya and has always wanted to go to school, and his mother tells him God will provide. Until then be happy with what you have. Across the Ocean, the Smiths are a family who are not full, but are full of “stuff”. After a trip to Kenya, and meeting the Georges, the Smiths learn that they don’t need stuff, just each other. A very lovely story. God does play a part as the kids pray, and bible verses are present in the end matter. Overall an enjoyable read.

Annabel and her cat love doing everything together. They go on adventures, read, do crafts etc. A simple book that I can see being used in many story times. But for me, it’s only okay. No real flash or bang. Just simple things, and simple lessons.

This time Bigfoot is going on vacation. The first infobits about where Bigfoot comes from appears to be the same across the series. This title looks at vacations a family might take like a cruise, deep sea diving, or going camping

A new take on Where’s Waldo. This seek and find books actually tries to teach, as it tries to make the reader cross eyed. In this series, they look at various facts of cities across the world, then send you on a hunt to not only find Bigfoot, but plains, trains, and automobiles as well.

This is a wonderful story for board book time. The print edition will slid out and show the reader who is keeping them company or lending a hand. I want to say a great thanks that the galley showed the slides open, so that we can too see what is hidden.