OMG!!!! Cute overload. The entire book is not in the Twinkle Twinkle sing song pattern, but the book does rhyme and does do it well. The goal is to make it through the day/book without an accident. Lots of love for this story and I think it will be around for years to come.

This book is interesting for may reasons. The first being that it is about “imaginary” animals and the rest of the series is about actual animals. But this book makes you think maybe they are not so imaginary. It looks at 20 types of dragons as found in mythology the world over. It gives you an idea of what was thought at the time and the place about these creatures. Each one also goes into detail about the type of bite the dragon may have had. Included are dragons such as the Wyvern, Hydra, and a Chimera. Their illustrator does an excellent job, my favorite is the Knucker dragon because it looks like Jar Jar Binks.

From the cover with its glow in the dark stickers i was a little put off, but that all changed when I opened the book and started reading. What I really like about this book, and others coming from this publisher, is that while it is an animal book, the author picks a topic and shows the reader how it differs in different animals. In this case its bio-luminescence and light. Lots of amazing animals are covered. The information included is everything from size comparisons, location on earth rangers, and interesting factoids. Well done, and well worth the read.

Wow! One of the best space books out for kids right now. The pictures are real and amazing. It covers everything from planets, galaxies, moons (and not just ours), and dwarf planets. One thing I really liked is how the book notates that some of these pictures are not one picture, but hundreds a pictures amalgamated to create the image we are seeing.

I do not like this story at all. It’s too much. It's too complicated, too wordy, and to all over the place. The main character has autism and the moral of the story is to be yourself, but it takes a magic ball to get Ari to notice that he is good even though he is different. Nope. Does not work for me.

From the moment I picked up this book something felt off. Turns out book five was not illustrated by Telgemeier. Gale Galligan does a similar style to Raina, but it feels older. That is appropriate as the BSC grows older. But the storyline also grows older. This one I feel covers a much weightier topic, but without the finesse as previous volumes. Dawn has been baby sitting over and over and over again for one family. And it’s not just babysitting, but cleaning, and acting like mom. But without all the knowledge of mom. This storyline is heavy and it brooches an important topic in today's culture, but I feel that the parental child snatching was too glossed over. And this volume also fells its age. These books were written when cell phones were not common, and now… its hard to explain. It will make more sense when you read it yourself.

I was originally going to give this book 4 stars, but it got knocked down because of the ending. It follows the standard “Old lady who swallowed…" books. This time a pirate starts with a fish. It was slimy. Yoo Hoo Hoo watch his belly grow. Overall it was a fun book with colorful and eye catching illustrations. But if you thought the lady dying was bad, this isn’t much better of an ending.

I know this is an Illinois Author and I should be happy and love this book, but I don’t. It’s about a cat who wants to be Dear Abby. Animals in Critterville, IL write in with their problems and Tabby offers advice. The advice is good and everything, but the story is long, and nothing really holding it together.

This is one of the better “There was an old… Who Swallowed…” books around. While yes the monkey swallows strange things like a frog, a tapir, a crock, and a vine, it has a satisfying ending. No one dies, the rhymes work well, and make sense. And the illustrations are the icing on this fun cake.

Such a lovely little book. It’s not a counting book, but it’s also not exactly an animal book. It’s a little bit of both. It really looks at size and shape. I really love the concepts. I love the illustrations. They are not boring, and pretty simple, but still fun and enjoyable.