Book Review: Ellie-May & her Toy Dragon, Ben, Genna Rowbotham

Book Review: Ellie-May & her Toy Dragon, Ben, Genna Rowbotham   Picture Book: Ellie-May & her Toy Dragon, Ben, Genna Rowbotham   Tuck your reluctant sleepers into bed with this book. They will empathize with Ellie-May who is too excited to go to sleep. The straight forward story of a toy dragon taking his friend […]

Blog Tour: No More Fairy Tales: Stories to Save the Planet, edited by D.A. Baden

Book Review: No More Fairy Tales: Stories to Save the Planet, edited by D.A. Baden Short Story Collection: No More Fairy Tales: Stories to Save the Planet, edited by D.A. Baden Blog Tour February 17, 2023   I love short stories, but I don’t always love anthologies. Sometimes the anthologies feel a bit forced, “Tales […]

Blog Tour: The Land of Twydell and the Dragon Egg, Daisy Bourne

Book Review: The Land of Twydell and the Dragon Egg, Tales of Avalon Book 2, Daisy Bourne   Fantasy: The Land of Twydell and the Dragon Egg, Tales of Avalon Book 2, Daisy Bourne Blog Tour March 14, 2022   We all know we live in a dangerous world. If we did not know it before, two […]

Blog Tour: Octavia Bloom and the Missing Key, Estelle Grace Tudor

Book Review: Octavia Bloom and the Missing Key, Through the Fairy Door Book 1,  Estelle Grace Tudor   YA/Fantasy: Octavia Bloom and the Missing Key, Through the Fairy Door Book 1,  Estelle Grace Tudor Blog Tour February 14, 2022   Sometimes a book just feels like the author is trying things on to see what […]

Book Review: The Deep, Claire Nouvian

Book Review: The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss, Claire Nouvian   Nonfiction/Science: The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss, Claire Nouvian   This is one of the most exquisitely beautiful books I have seen. It is also one of the strangest. The Deep is a coffee-table sized book filled with beautiful color pictures […]

Blog Tour: Erma Does the Math, Ann Strawn

Book Review: Erma Does the Math, Ann Strawn Nonfiction/Biography: Erma Does the Math, Ann Strawn   This book is an obvious labor of for author Ann Strawn about her great aunt Erma Tynes Walker. Erma worked alongside Katherine Johnson and Mary Jackson as part of the team of African American women who calculated the flight […]

Blog Tour: The Dance of the Snow Tractors, Siena

Book Review: The Dance of the Snow Tractors, Siena and Illustrated by Shannon Wilvers   Picture Book Preschool: The Dance of the Snow Tractors, Siena and Illustrated by Shannon Wilvers   Siena, who lives in Canada, shares her story of how she spends a day after a large snowfall. The highlight of her day is […]

Book Review: Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane, Suzanne Collins

Book Review: Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane, The Underland Chronicles Book 2, Suzanne Collins   Shared Reading/Fantasy: Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane, The Underland Chronicles Book 2, Suzanne Collins   New York teenager Gregor has successfully returned from the Underland with his toddler sister Boots after rescuing their father from his captivity at the paws […]

Book Review: Gregor the Overlander, Suzanne Collins

Book Review: Gregor the Overlander, The Underland Chronicles Book 1, Suzanne Collins   Shared Reading/Fantasy: Gregor the Overlander, The Underland Chronicles Book 1, Suzanne Collins   Gregor is eleven years old, living in a New York City apartment with his mother, grandmother, and two younger sisters. Forced to grow up quickly after the disappearance of […]