This is a simple counting book. What makes this special is the Munsch illustrations. They make you want to laugh out loud. The grandma with her purse and pursed lips, dad in his underwear, etc. A great laugh, and a great look back at my childhood.
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I think this volume would be easier to get through if it was read back to back with volume one. Herakles is still working on his impossible tasks to be made a god, but he is still under others control. Including Hera. I didn’t like volume 2 as well as I did one. The story skips around a lot and many of the illustrations are so dark they just look like black blobs. This could possibly be unfinished artwork since the copy I am reading is a galley, but it does not feel that way. To me the story was too choppy and unfinished to really like the book. But I enjoy the sass of Herakles, and the illustrations so I imagine I will be sticking around for book 3.
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This book was a fun look at what you would need to do if you ever became Tom Hanks in Castaways. Scientifically everything is accurate. The illustrations are colorful and interesting. What annoys me is that once to multiple times per page the reader is told to ask for an adults help. I’m sorry what if this was a Lord of the Flies situation and there was no parents. I’m sure the Boy Scouts handbook does not tell you to get your parents help for everything.

Follow the lives of a T Rex family has they welcome new hatch lings, and they grow to be adults. This book wants to be a National Geographic special in graphic novel format, but it tries to hard. It’s presented as fiction, but is mostly non-fiction with the dinosaurs having names, and the reader being let in on the thoughts of the characters. But for me, this book was just boring. I kept wondering, are we there yet? Is the end in site. This book will be lovely for someone, but not me.
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This book feels sooooo self published and not in the good way. It feels like grandma’s cookbook from her church picnic in the 1950’s. That doesn’t make it a bad book. I am sure the recipes are fine and delicious. But who would pick this up in a book store when placed next to fancier models on the shelves. As a library you have x amount of budget, and if you can only afford one ice cream book, this one will not be it.

I am a fan of this series, but I find this book lacking in comparison to the others. The story is similar in scope, the kids have a problem to solve, and they must use a STEAM concept to solve it. In this case it’s art. The kids are trying to sell cookies, but have no customers. Their art teacher sends them to stores to figure out why and then the kids get to work decorating and creating to get more sales. I guess the reason why this story bugs me is that, it takes more than art for sales. This story really covers marketing, but not the sales pitch portion. I think a different story line to cover art should have been used.

I can NOT believe someone is willing to publish this garbage. Besides making the main characters seem like dim witted honkies, it has misogynist tones that just disgust this reader. There are parts where the author tries to rhyme, but please don't. I’m sorry to say that Sierra and tiaras don't rhyme (unless you are speaking like a stereotypical hillbilly). Then there is the line “But it was hard to tell who was a real princess because, well, let’s face it, princes costumes just aren’t that expensive.” The use of the word costume like everything is just a act, or a play, and then equating it to money. UGGGGHHHH. Plus, when “The prince opened the door and right there was three princesses. He was so excited until they said… blaaah blaaah blaaah.” Excuse me!!! You degrade the female characters to the point they don't even get words, but a Seinfeld sound effect. Chauvinist much? Plus, while I’m at it, stop copying another author’s line: “Did princesses wear hiking books…”. This book deserves to be nowhere near that books popular catch phrase. This story story is supposed to be a melding of Cinderella and the Princess and the Pea, but instead it’s a disrespectful piece of garbage that uses phrases that harkens to an illiterate author. And please don’t get me started on the illustrations.

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This story reminds me both of The Rats of NIMH (the good parts) and an American Tail. Little Mouse Gus was always getting picked on or was constantly afraid of the world around him. One day he became trapped in a box, an upon discovering he was in a new location had to find food and water. This will be a big adventure for a little mouse. I love that a non-traditional culture in america is part of this book’s subject. I think it's nice for kids to experience new concepts. The illustrations are amazing and while the story is overly long for most picture book, you want to keep turning the pages to see what new magic the illustrator created.

As someone who has never weaved in her life, most of this book is way over my head. But the instructions and words seem doable. I won't lie, i really like looking at the all finished examples of work. And seeing how things get timed on the pegs, and sticks, etc. I find it fascinating to look at and to read. This is very much not a book for beginners, but then again I was not expecting it to be. This book has definitely intrigued me, and makes me want to see a demonstration in person, or even take a class.

I know I have been down on my of the Boys Town Books, but that is not the case this time. This book does a great job of not only introducing new cultures, but in teaching kids what to do when a person, process, or event is different from what they consider normal. Things like asking questions, trying new things, and listening to what others have to say so you can gain new knowledge. The art work goes nicely with the story, and it is all around a great book for a classroom or a library.