Mem Fox and Helen Oxenbury team up in Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes to detail the plain truth that every baby across the world, despite their differences, all possess ten fingers and ten toes. The book seeks to reveal that even though babies and therefore people look different, we are a...
This book is about babies all over the world with different skin color and different living situations, but who all have one thing in common--ten little fingers and ten little toes.The concept of this book is adorable and admirable. I would like to see more picture books with children of all dif...
This is a cute rhyming story about a babies fingers and toes. The upbeat rhythm of the story is appealing to children and makes for an easy read. Even though this is a book for toddlers, this could be used in a prek or kindergarten class room. The teacher could read the story to the students and ...
All the World, by Liz Garton Scanlon This 2010 Caldecott Honor book was a pretty interesting and heartfelt read. The book, All the World, told a story about a single day in the life of a simple family and showed through pictures and simple rhymes how valuable one day can be. The start of the day ...
Text to Text: This book reminds me of Blackout by John Rocco because they both are about the quality time spent with family and appreciating the simple things in life.Text to self: This reminds me of all the talks I have with my grandmother. She share her life stories with me and I learn somethi...
Wow, what a beautiful book, with lovely small poems to tell the story of “us”. Taking a tour of the world, from the geography to food to travel, then weather and on to “All the World”, it’s the sweetest story of who we are. One couplet: “Spreading shadows, setting sun/Crickets, curtains, day is ...
For the illustrations. Writing is 3 stars. Text was OK. LOVE the illustrations. If this was a wordless book I would have given it 4 stars.
Rob Bell asks How do we reconcile faith in God with the suffering of the human experience? This pain causes us to wrestle with our spiritual beliefs. This wrestling deepens our faith. It results in an inner beauty which would be impossible to develop without suffering. Bell examines this beauty r...
I'll admit that I felt sheepish buying this book. I mean, I saw it in an Anthropologie store; it's subtitled, "A woman's journey through poems" (does it get more mawkish than that?); and the art design is just gorgeous throughout (beautiful paper, images, etc). Everything about this book was des...
I really liked the book Also Known As Harper. It was about a girl named Harper Lee who was poor, and her family couldn't afford the rent on her house anymore. Her mom started working nights and still couldn't afford the house. One she came home from school and all the furniture in the house was o...
Little dinosaurs are sometimes naughty, but they are also often quite sweet. Dinosaurs know just how to let their parents know they love them.This was a sweet selection in this series. It had more of the same, things that naughty dinosaurs do and the preferable things that good dinosaurs do, bu...
EMPOWERING........I absolutely loved this book, it literally just opened me up. I am 19 years and I thought Okay this book is going to be for younger girls ,but it wasnt. This book really made me think about the possitive side of being a girl and inspired me. this book will have you so wrapped up...
Some things happened in this book, though I don't know what. I read and was pissed off with each page I began reading for the day, hypnotized by the third. The language is clear and precise and bright, and you can see everything. Sentences smack like water balloons exploding on walls, impossible ...
I loved the illustrations, but the text did not strike me as especially moving. It had the appearance & attitude of a whimsical-and-yet-so-true work, but it didn't really strike me as true; the suggestions and observations bore no resemblance whatsoever to any whale-watching experience I have eve...
Patience is the theme of this adorable children’s book. It’s about a little boy who wants to see a whale. He tells us all the ways to stay focused on the task of seeing a whale. He instructs us that you shouldn’t sit in a chair that’s too comfy or have a blanket that’s too soft or you might fall ...