by Megan McIntyre | Mar 19, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's
Duck and Goose certainly get into the Halloween holiday spirit in this latest addition to the Duck and Goose series written and illustrated by Tad Hills. This is not a scary story, nor are its illustrations too dark. It’s instead a friendly story with inventive...
by Laura Di Giovine | Mar 8, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's, Horror, Humor
Mary McScary prides herself on being able to scare everyone, but can she frighten her unflappable cousin Harry? Mary McScary is horror master R.L. Stine’s second picture book collaboration with illustrator Marc Brown, and young kids will be delighted. [alert...
by Megan McIntyre | Mar 1, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's
While this book is penned for children and is essentially a retelling of the endless song we all know (e-i-e-i-o), the drawings are a bit dark/spooky/muted in color for our personal taste, like a sepia sort of Tim Burton style. The illustrations did not seem to...
by Megan McIntyre | Feb 12, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's
Be Brave, Little Penguin is from the creators of Giraffes Can’t Dance (a favorite book at our house currently). Pip-Pip steals the show and your heart as the main character. He is an adorable, yet hesitant and scared penguin who doesn’t want to swim. The...
by Whitney Morton Woodcock | Jan 31, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's, NW Setting
Lucky to Live in Oregon is not just a book, it’s an activity. Kids can draw, write, or collage in the provided spaces, and make their own summary of their life in Oregon. There are spaces to write about their friends, hobbies, places they have been and want to go,...
by Megan McIntyre | Jan 30, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's, Poetry
Daniel Miyares has illustrated a vivid, engaging version of Langston Hughes’ 1924 poem “Dream Variation.” And despite almost a hundred years since it was penned, Hughes’ seventy-seven-word work still rings with truth and dreams. While we don’t have...