This book was really fun. Child is going on adventure tomorrow to the dim sum palace. They have never been and they dream at night of going to this palace and getting stuck in the food and becoming dinner. The real palace is nothing like their dreams but the food is even better. 

 

This book starts with all the reasons you would not want a Dino at your birthday party. It ends with all the reasons you would want to Dino at your birthday party. The start is a bit different, but it really works. Add to that the amazing illustrations that are bright and colorful and kids will be wanting to read this one time and time again. 

 

Bear discoveries a book, learns to read, and now can’t get enough. Bear leaves its home in the woods, and heads to the city. But he’s not allowed in schools, and he’s not allowed in bookstores, but there is one place he is allowed, because reading is for everyone. This book is a fantastic ode to libraries everywhere, and many people will love Bears adventures. 

 

Five-star book. The cadence of this book is spot on, and every rhyme works well. Add to that amazing and beautiful artwork and this book is the best. This book is about a bear who knows they want more books and every time they need a new friend, they use their book to help this new friend. 

 

This book is put together as a picture book, but it is way too long. Not only is it broken up in chapters, each page it is just covered in words. The information is good, so it serves its purpose, but it comes from a smaller publisher that isn’t ready to run with the Big 5 yet. Overall, I like the book but it’s not one that I would buy for my community or for my personal library. 

 

This is a comic collection of short panel daily affirmations. This is another one of those where I think as one collection the book loses half of its meaning and is much better read a panel a day. It’s not so much funny as endearing with how the characters are reminded of each other through the day or how they let them know I’m thinking of them or lets them know that it’s OK to be grumpy because they are loved anyway. Overall, I think this is well done but I also think it’s too much of a good thing. I would rather read this in a daily comic then in a collection. 

 

There’s not very much to this book. Many of the pages are just the same pronoun over and over again. They use the illustrations to show that that pronoun belonging to many different people. Towards the back, there’s a little bit about playing with pronouns and how only you know what your true pronoun is. There’s even a part with information for grown-ups. This book is a bit hard to understand and while I did like it, I’m not sure if it would help adults in the explanation of different pronouns,  but I think kids would see it and enjoy it. 

 

This book sets out to make a simple and easy to understand lesson on gender identity. It works and works well. The illustrations are lively and colorful, they make perfect sense with the information being given. This makes this a perfect book for those kids and adults who aren’t quite getting the idea of gender inclusivity. 

 

This picture book is a history of a little-known man who helped make the 1963 March On Washington the event that it was. Bayard Rustin was a Black gay man who put his heart into peaceful protest. He had learned from Gandhi that peaceful protest was the only real way to get your voice heard, and to make things happen. He was successful and the March On Washington was a success. He’s a little-known player in this big event that I am happy now gets his own stage. 

 

This graphic novel is interesting. A 16-year-old high school girl wakes up just a little above 4 inches tall. She remembers nothing before she woke up. She’s trying to survive in the house of a 22-year-old shut in woman. She is anxiety ridden and won’t take out her trash, clean etc. In fact, the shut in thinks the little girl is a figment of their imagination. Much of this story is mind banter about each of the characters, and while it goes quickly, it’s kind of annoying. The story picks up towards the end when we meet another a little person and find out who the adult recognizes the little to be. This could be interesting as a series in the hole but I’m not the biggest fan of the art. I really despise when they make the girls in anime overly voluptuous for no reason. They’ve done that here and there is once again no reason.