Summer Reading Day 28: Today, our selection was Ellie by Mike Wu, a cute little story about an elephant who starts painting to try and save her zoo from closing. The story is short and very sweet, and Wu is a Disney animator, so the illustrations are obviously charming. Thumbs up!
Summer Reading Day 27: Today's book was Not All Princesses Dress In Pink by Jane Yolen & Heidi E. Y. Stemple, and we adored it! It's an awesome book about how all girls are princesses, not only by showing princesses who play sports, roll in muck with animals, build treehouses and plant gardens, but also girls … Continue reading Not All Princesses Dress In Pink (Jane Yolen & Heidi E. Y. Stemple)
Summer Reading Day 26: Our book today was another from our fabulous local library, Just One Bite by Lola Schaefer. It's a fun book that shows kids, through cute illustrations, how big a variety of different animals' bites are. It's a big book with pull out pages, and JJ loved that. Not much of a … Continue reading Just One Bite (Lola Schaefer)
Summer Reading Day 25: Today's pick was Bow-Wow Birthday by Lee Wardlaw. Hate to say it, but JJ's expression about sums it up. While the premise of a little girl throwing a birthday party for her elder dog is sweet, the story itself was too long and the child characters were ill-mannered and irritating. Definitely … Continue reading Bow-Wow Birthday (Lee Wardlaw)
Summer Reading Day 24: Happy Birthday, JJ! Today we read a special birthday book that was a present from her grandma, Dr. Seuss' Happy Birthday, Baby! It's a very cute interactive version of The Birthday Book for little ones, and JJ had a grand old time pulling, flipping and smelling all the activities inside. We … Continue reading Dr. Seuss’s Happy Birthday, Baby! (Dr. Suess)
