Book Review
Kindness Matters
"Kindness Matters" is a charming picture book in which friends work together to solve a problem. Antoinette Clark’s picture book "Kindness Matters" follows bees who are collecting honey to share with the rest of their hive. Sadie wakes...
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A Trail of Honesty
"A Trail of Honesty" is a great learning tool to teach young children about the importance of being honest. J. A. Angelo’s picture book "A Trail of Honesty" teaches its audience about telling the truth and that there are consequences...
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Have You Filled a Bucket Today?
"Have You Filled a Bucket Today?" is a helpful guidebook for young children about how to be happy in their daily lives. Carol McCloud’s timeless picture book "Have You Filled a Bucket Today?" teaches kids that other people’s...
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Penguin Days
A lighthearted story, "Penguin Days" follows Lauren, who is on the autism spectrum. She sometimes misreads social cues, like not understanding why others laugh; she is not always included in groups. Still, Lauren is a rambunctious...
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A Mermaid's Journal
A Mermaid’s Journal is a sweet middle-grade fantasy in which mermaids live among us. In Melissa G. Goodmon’s middle-grade fantasy, A Mermaid’s Journal, a young mermaid writes about friendship, love, and being true to yourself....
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Nukunu College
In the young adult drama of "Nukunu College", relationships are tested, lines are crossed, and nothing is off-limits. In Z. D. Boxall’s juicy tale of love and war, "Nukunu College", a girl who just wants to avoid drama is followed by...
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Bedtime Story
"Bedtime Story" is an amusing collection of narrative poems, filled with enjoyable puns and idioms. Brett Fleishman’s smart and “punny” poetry collection, "Bedtime Story", is aimed at advanced elementary school readers and...
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Toilet Trouble
A great companion for early readers, "Toilet Trouble" will make its audience want to practice rhymes. Brett Fleishman’s poems in "Toilet Trouble" are aimed at inspiring laughter through silly concepts as their audience learns to read....