True (…sort of) Katherine Hannigan 5 Stars Delly is the type of girl that always tends to get into trouble. It isn’t because she is mean and wants to make trouble. It is just that trouble seems to find her. One day when Delly wakes up she feels that she is about to get a…
This is a Moose Richard T. Morris illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld 5 Stars Directory Billy Waddler wants to make a documentary about a moose. He finds a good subject and starts filming. The only problem is that the moose doesn’t actually act like a moose. (Probably because the moose he is filming really wants to…
The Watermelon Seed Greg Pizzoli 5 Stars In this fun story a gator declares his love for watermelon. The gator thinks that eating watermelon is the best thing ever. Unfortunately the gator accidentally swallows a watermelon seed. And now a watermelon is going to grow in his belly. He will have watermelon vines coming out…
The Storybook of Legends Shannon Hale 5 Stars In this fairy tale world the children of various fairy tale characters know that they will go to school and eventually grow up and take the place of their parents. So Apple White will eventually become the new Snow White. And Raven Queen will eventually become the…
Battle Bunny Jon Scieszka and Mac Barnett Pictures by Matthew Myers 5 Stars This is two stories in one. Yeah, I know. Lucky readers can read two stories without having to go to the library to get another book. It’s like a bonus story just for picking it up. So, according to the hand-written “dedication”…
Tug-of-War John Burningham 5 Stars Elephant isn’t very nice to Hare. Hippopotamus is just as mean when it comes to teasing Hare. Finally hare has decided he has had enough. He gets a rope and goes and challenges Elephant to a tug-of-war. Then he tells Elephant to wait until he tugs the rope. Then Hare…
Carnivores Aaron Reynolds Illustrated by Dan Santat Chronicle Books, 2013 ISBN: 978-0-8118-6690-3 FORMAT: Picture Book AGES: Preschool, Elementary School 5 Stars! This book is about three carnivores (a lion, a shark, and a wolf) who feel bad that everyone hates them. They have their “feelings hurt” about what the other animals say about them. They…
Wonder R. J. Palacio Brilliance Audio, 2012 ISBN: 9781455844203 FORMAT: Audio Book AGES: Elementary School, Middle School 5 Stars I read this book as part of the 2013 YALSA The Hub Reading Challenge. So far for the challenge I have read: 26. The Fault In Our Stars by John Green 25. The Diviners by Libba…
That is NOT a Good Idea! Mo Willems Balzer & Bray, 2013 ISBN: 978-0-06-220309-0 FORMAT: Picture Book AGES: Preschool, Elementary School 5 Stars One day a fox and a goose see each other across the street. [Yup, the goose and the fox are in a street…and they have clothes and other things that personify them.…
The Fault In Our Stars John Green Brilliance Audio, 2012 ISBN: 978-1-4558-6987-9 FORMAT: Audio Book AGES: Young Adult5 Stars I read this book as part of the 2013 YALSA The Hub Reading Challenge. So far for the challenge I have read: 25. The Diviners by Libba Bray 24. The Pregnancy Project by Gaby Rodriguez 23.…