Seeing that art Balthazar was the illustrator I automatically assumed this was a graphic novel. In fact, this is an early chapter book. It's a wonderfully fun story for boys are for girls. It uses balthazar's artwork To keep it in Cannon with the rest of the series. It's super fun and I want more.

This was a fun little look at various types of cranes. Dax is a mini Crane and he's on his way to a very important job. Along the way he meets various other friends and types of cranes and you the reader get an idea of what they're used for. The story is simple but informative, the illustrations are nice, and would be a nice addition to any Library collection.

This book is a perfect 10. It could have been used in the very beginning of auto mechanics in high school. Each letter represents some component or function of a car or truck. The author also goes on to explain exactly what it means. So what is Xenon besides the word for letter X? It's an element used in headlights and trust me the description goes on more than that. The author and illustrator of this book have done a fantastic job for car nuts and soon-to-be car nuts. Considering my father's way of babysitting was to hand me a carburetor, have me take it apart, and put it back together at age 3, this book is right up my alley, and it should be on yours too.
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Once again just like the author's other book, this is just a list of tools to get berries work around the house done. No explanation just this is a hammer to break down the wall Etc. Once again not impressed by the art, not impressed by the book.

This book is kind of boring. It's a list of what you need to do various work around a yard. The graphics are a step above stick figure but not in the cool trendy way. I could see someone liking this book but I wouldn't be buying it for my library.
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For a picture book this was a very involved biography. It's incredibly well done. It looks at the early life of Tesla up to and including his work at Westinghouse and Thomas Edison etc. I wish it had gone a bit further and given more of his later life. There is an afterward that says he died a lonely poor man which is unfortunate. But I wish they had gone a little bit more into his life after he became semi-successful.

It's a simple alphabet book. It has jobs you don't normally see in other alphabet books, which is a high point. However it's subtitled “a gutsy girls ABC” and this could be for girls or boys. The author has said it's a girl so I don't care for that. overall it's standard. There is nothing special, there's nothing unique. It will be read and it will fit into many collections, however I don't think it has staying power.

By the end I know the point of this book is to ask “What is the sun to you.?” However when it starts off it describes a peach and ice cream cone and other things that are yellow like a crow's eye, etc. However as it goes on it becomes a book, or time, or a sleeping cat, and that's kind of where it loses me. The Illustrations are excellent, the color work amazing, but overall I don't care for this book and I won't be purchasing it.

This book was okay. I find the story was a bit long and a bit too ordinary. The reader follows a kid who just wants to be super. His cat brings him a mask which he puts on and now he has super powers. But in reality you're just watching a kid play make believe. The concept is fine, the art is fine, I'm just not wowed and I don't think many of my patrons will be either. Somebody will like this just not me.

This book is simple but it's that simplicity that makes it perfect. It's a child's view of what is a daddy. Sometimes smelly, sometimes too big, sometimes gone too long but they're still Daddy. This book will be great at storytimes. The illustrations are lovely and very fun and I can see this being loved for years to come.
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