I really feel like Everything's Trash, But it's Okay by Phoebe Robinson just was not for me. And I really can't tell whether the book is very good because I just couldn't get past Robinosn's writing style. I've read a few reviews that suggest listening to the audiobook is better, but when it comes to the…
I have to give Nicola Winstanley credit here, her book was pretty amusing and I can see loads of kids getting a real kick out of it. How to Give Your Cat a Bath in Five Easy Steps begins with a little girl, her cat, and an empty bathtub. What follows is a multitude of shenanigans all centered around…
I requested What Are You Doing, Benny by Cary Fagan because, I'm sure you guessed it, the book had foxes. And for the most part, that was well worth it. I enjoyed the artwork, I loved the main character--who appears to be nameless--and most of all I loved the fact that they were foxes. I found…
Briar and Rose and Jack by Katherine Coville was not what I expected. It was much better. When you pick up a middlegrade novel, I feel like you have certain developed expectations for how the novel is going to be, but Briar and Rose and Jack surprised me. A lot. And as much as I love the…
I had to edit this review before throwing back to it, that is...I had to add the picture, change the way I was rating it--I wasn't using foxes yet--and I had to add my three links at the bottom. It's more of a "show" thing than anything else, but I just wanted the review to…
I’ll be thoroughly frank here, I didn’t really know much about selective mutism prior to reading this book. I knew a little, but certainly not enough. Even so, I did a bit of reading and while I do find the subject broached rather impressively by Collins throughout her book, After Zero, other aspects of the…
Finding Gobi is a truly heartwarming story about a young dog adopted by a racer some time after their race together when they meet. I had read the children’s book prior to reading the young reader’s edition and the interesting thing is that Gobi’s story is much darker and much longer than the brightly illustrated…