Honestly, my big takeaway after I finished reading Breath of Flowers by Caly is that it made me deeply uncomfortable. I think a very tiny part of the problem might stem from the fact that, if you read the synopsis, you go into the book expecting something slightly different. But even the synopsis makes you suspect…

Bird's Eye View by John Farndon and illustrated by Paul Boston is another of those incredibly detailed and informative children's books that I had initially thought would be a lot more geared toward younger kids, but really fits the pre-teen age group much better. It's pretty exceptional in a lot of ways, but not the…

I should probably preface this review by admitting that I probably would not have read this book had it not been for the fact that the synopsis mentioned it featured a multiracial family and that was exciting to me. It Came From Under the High Chair by Karl Beckstrand and illustrated by Jeremy Higginbotham follows a…

The second book by Chez Rafter that I read this month comes in the form of Otto the Otter's Muddy Puddle. An adorably illustrated children's book with an incredibly similar message; pollution is harmful toward animals. Of Rafter's books raising awareness about the problems of pollution, Otto's story was the better of the two. Not only did…