This book is amazing. The rhymes are a little harsh at times, but the message is entirely what this book is about. We start with a child going to school and all of her classmates are asking what happened to her brother Bill? Where did Bill go?  The classmates have some wild Bill scenarios that include spaceships, baseball, etc. Going into this book blind, I was very happy to find out it wasn’t something sad. Instead. we find out that Bill is now Lily, and anybody who has a problem with it just needs to chill. I loved it. This is so well done, so right to the point. Tt makes what can at times be a tough subject fun. It also states all the ways that Lily is still the exact same person. Lily is Lily with a new name. I loved absolutely everything about this, and it should be a staple in every public and school library! 

 

This book is about a friend borrowing stuff and never giving it back. It’s also about making friends. This is the second Norton and the bear book. In the first book bear was copying everything Norton was doing. Now they’re living next-door to each other, and bear is borrowing all of Norton’s stuff. What Bear really needs is a friend he can borrow all the time, not stuff. These books have grown on me. I think they have nice appealing power. Are they the best books ever written, no. But I think children will like them and understand the messages within the pages. 

 

This book is an illustration of everything that girls can do. It makes a point of saying that girls are more than pink and glitter and princesses. Girls can be that if they want to, but they can also be rockstars, welders, firemen, etc. Girls can do anything. Just because society sees them as one way does not mean they have to be that way. I love this message in this book and the book does rhyme, but some of them are harsh. It has a cadence, but the cadence is not smooth. And while overall, I do like this book, I wish there was one line that wasn’t in here. And that’s the line “God wanted you to be who you are”.  I like that line because it’s accepting of everybody but by adding the word God, it will automatically turn some parents off whether religious or not.  Based on the cover alone, I don’t think I have staying power on Library shelf. It will look old very fast. 

 

If your kids loved Unicorn Day, then they’re going to love by Mermaid Day. It’s a fun story with brightly illustrated graphics that is a sure to be a page turner for young and old alike. 

 

This was an interesting read. Papa and son go to work on a Saturday. They have many yards that they have to tend and Papa tells the son that they can tell time by the water jug. When the water jug is empty, they get to go home. However, son did a little bit more with water than drink it. He splashes his back, he waters the pets, and when the water jug is empty it’s only 10:30 am  papa has to admit that it’s not a magical water jug. It was just a way to make the day a fun adventure for Papa and son. This book is quite lovely and very smart. It shows a life of hard work, and that that work has to get done. I love this book and I love the illustrations that also prove you don’t have to color in the lines to make a great art. 

 

This was really short. And I’m not sure if that’s because this is just a sample or if this is the full book. The book had one full pattern, which was for a hat at the end. Most of the book is a sample of repeating patterns, and why I think this might not be the full book is some of the patterns in the beginning, or not actually in the book. For example, on the table of contents page, it shows ducks and horses and dragons and that’s not in the pages presented. I am assuming that this is not correct, and that this is only chapter 1, because even the chapters don’t have page numbers, and based entirely just on the table of contents most of this book is missing. 

 

This interesting book is part, biography, and part history of indigo. The author goes into how indigo is made, how green leaves become blue pigment, and how indigo has been used throughout the world. While this is not a book, I want to read every night for story time it is a very interesting book that will teach children something about where the colors of the world come from. 

 

This book was so much fun it had the staff laughing. Trying to figure out if it was a butt or a face was a lot harder than it looked. Some look easy but were hard, and some looked hard but we’re easy. Overall, this is a fantastic book and introduces children to animals not normally talked about in animal books. Plus, the information in the back about where this book came from and how it was an idea based on Botswana, farmers painting eyes on the back of their cattle to keep away predators. Perfect. This book will get checked out so often libraries are going to need more than one copy. 

 

I’m not sure I get this book. The story is lovely, and the illustrations are nice. The story has a bit of a cadence and at times tries to rhyme but does not rhyme well. The idea is we waited for you and at first read, I thought it was an adoption story. But then towards the end, there’s an illustration of a pregnant mother, so maybe it’s that sometimes parents are older, and they waited for their child. I’m not quite sure. The book is lovely but since I can’t place say or the meaning behind it, it’s not sure I would read or share with other people.