by Megan McIntyre | Nov 15, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's
In true pug fashion, Pig (the Pug) stole my heart with his flat little face and silly antics. This book in the Pig the Pug series highlights Pig’s character flaw of being very focused on winning, even if it means cheating, and not being a fun friend to be around...
by Megan McIntyre | Oct 25, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's, Humor
Love this story of gooey Billy Bloo! The best part of this book is that Billy and several other characters appear to be children/people of color. There are random, humorous characters (a pirate that can’t find his pants, an octopus, a bossy queen) that each...
by Megan McIntyre | Oct 18, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Social Science
Author and ‘integrator’ Jeremy Lent has written a thorough, well-researched and yet readable (not so dense) book around the core theme aptly captured in the author’s quote of “Culture shapes values, and those values shape history”...
by Megan McIntyre | Oct 6, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Home & Garden
It is certainly a niche book topic, dealing with “two important trends: first, that the value and significance of certain types of objects has changed in the past 30 years, and second, that those relegated objects symbolize a change in the meaning of value, especially...
by Megan McIntyre | Sep 15, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's, Nature, Outdoors & Animals, NW Setting
The Wise Animal Handbook Oregon, by Kate B. Jerome, featuring Oregon state animals, is a vividly colored picture book with succinct quotes for good livin’ on each page. There is a Wise Animal Handbook for most states, where the story and pictures are the same...