I wish there were more Max Spaniel books. As far as I know this is the second of only two. This easy reader is fun, and since it’s catrow, you know the illustrations are amazing, and do half the work of telling the story. This time, Max is a great chef. Hat and all. His speciality is Pizza. But order a hot dog. I dare you.

Little Critter and his puppy are at it again. This time they are playing cops and robbers. But will grandma survive the day. Check out this short board book to find out.

This is a collection of poems for kids. It’s reminiscent of Shel Silverstein. The illustrations make up for what the poems lack. They are good, but not great, and not memorable 10 years from now.

There is no real reason for this book to be called the wizard, however the title and illustrations do most of the talking. This book would be really fun at story time, or even made into a puppet show. It’s simple, but the points are easily made, and the sounds of the words will have the audience in giggles.

A typical story. A momma bear puts her baby bear to bed by showing the other animals going to sleep. The artwork is nice, but usual. You can see the same style of artwork by Karma Wilson. Only those bear books are fun and memorable and this on is just so so.

There will never be another like Dr. Seuss, though many have tried. This I Can read it book, which is part of the Cat in the Hat beginning book library is just such a try. On its own it’s a fine book about a dog, a cat, a woman, and the new cow in their life. It has it’s rhymes, and it’s tongue twisty words, and it is a fun story. But it will never be a Seuss book.

Badger and Fox seek to find the treasure at the end of the rainbow. Along the way they will find that there is more than one definition to the word treasure. This picture book was sweet and sweetly illustrated.

A got that loves to dance, a ewe that like to yodel, and a dog that plays a glockenspiel find out that a heard is what you make it, not always what you are born to think. This story was fun, and with new fun to say words for little readers like glockenspiel.

What a cute story. Benjy’s family is going on a boat trip but Benjy has to stay behind with the children’s aunt. But Benjy really wants to go, so he stows away. Unfortunately he is on the wrong ship, but he is such a sweet dog, he makes friends anyway. And when the ship returns to port, Benjy finds his family again. A lovely story that stands the test of time.
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Ehhh. A typical book written by a novice to convince their kids to pick up and put away their toys.