This book is interesting, however I can think of at least 10 reasons why it will either get banned, or not purchased at all. Example, illustrations that show nudity, or semi nudity, when referencing America, the references are all bad, while other countries or skipped over or praised, the fact that it believes in evolution, etc. I personally find nothing wrong with the story, but it very much reminds me of a little kid standing in front of a classroom telling his friends how people were created. It’s the way the book flows. Happy thing, sad thing, happy thing, scary thing. While personally I don’t mind this book, and wouldn't care if someone objected to it, I wouldn’t buy it for my library collection because better books on the same topic exist.

Just stop it Little People. There is no reason to take an already good book and simplify it even more for board book form. You could just print the entire book in board book form. When you do this it makes the story to simple to really tell anything about the person highlighted. Ava Lovelace wrote the first computer code. We get it. But the original book did such a better job.

Did you know the idea for the Monopoly board game came from a woman? Neither did I. Elizabeth Magie Phillips is just on woman in the pages of this book. How about protecting our “boys in blue”, yep thinks to a female scientist and her invention of Kevlar. Overall, i love this book and can not wait to add it to the collection. However my copy was a galely and has quite a few mistakes and dropped lines. If that is fixed this is a 5 star book. If it’s not it’s 2 star.

Origami 101

This book is big. And Full. It is intended for novices wanting to learn the Japanese art of paper folding. Very little would be helpful to those already versed in the art. This book takes a different direction when teaching origami. First off the book does not start with a glossary of various folding symbols and what they mean. They instead put these in special boxes or pages and teach that fold when it is needed in a specific design. It also uses color to help a novice differentiate various instructions and paper direction. The book says there is an accompanying DVD which should even more useful. Having read (but never conquered) many origami book, I can say that this one is different. Is that a good thing, I don’t know. It depends on the learner. But I do think this is an excellent book to try.

This is about your inside voice. That person who talks to you in your head. Angela is 7 years old and sometimes it takes a bit to get her to listen to her “small” voice inside her head. Mostly it's the voice telling you to do right, or make amends. The illustrations in this book are nice, but the story is long and overly wordy. The author has to use multiple examples to get their lesson across, instead of one finely streamed story.

Such a cute story about seeing the good in everyone around. How difference don’t matter and just make each person unique. The story is fun and so are the illustrations. They have color and texture, and depth. A wonderful addition to any collection.

The theme of this book is that it is what is inside that counts. It’s a nice theme. But that is about it. The book tries and fails to rhyme. Many rhymes are missed, there is no cadence, and it just comes out sounding harsh. Plus there are story threads left open that are never woven in. Such as when dad shakes his head at the price. Then the story goes into a new kid and skateboarding? It’s like a second story attached itself to the first one. As for the illustrations. Not really my thing. Nothing about this book says “buy me”.

This story is adorable. It is translated from french, so it is a bit long. It’s about Ludo and his new friend who lives in the traffic light. It shows that friends can come from everywhere, and that change will have its challenges, but can also brings new and exciting things.

This is the second or third Lucy book I have reviewed and I have enjoyed them all. This one Lucy and her friends learn to play basketball. The artist does a great job with inclusively, that pages rhyme, and the story works. My only complaint is there is no cadence to the rhymes which can make it a tongue twister when reading it aloud.

This STEM books takes art by the hand and gives us STEAM. It is all about creating new creatures, and learning about the principles behind them such as magnets, propellants, etc. I really like that this book talks to the readers. It makes you part of the events, not just a bystander. The projects are fun, and not too difficult, but each worth the time for the lesson it will teach.