Kid's Book Review
I have had the idea of a kids book group simmering on the back burner for several months. Unfortunately, I have too many ideas simmering there and not enough time. Solution? Blog a group! Take a few minutes and do book reviews for a few kids books and take some time to browse those already done. Then, once a month, add a few more. Feel free to add your comments to books you have read that have already been reviewed. When you do your review, please do one book per post, and use the scale on the right to rate your book. Add whatever additional information you would like!
Author - Sally Lloyd-Jones
Illustrator - Jane Chapman (of Bear Snores On)
Story - 5
Illustration - 5
Overall Kid Rating - 5
Overall Mom Rating - 5
What It Teaches - Bedtime
Length - 30 pages - mostly illustration
Audience - little kids and up
One of my new favorites, especially for bedtime. I just happened to pick this up, and I love it! It goes through a bunch of different animals and tells them all to go to bed. Then, the animals tell the kids to go to bed. The illustrations are gorgeous, and I am a sucker for good pictures. It is a fabulous book for bedtime and is part of our evening routine now.
Author - Dan Andreasen
Illustrator - Dan Andreasen
Story - 4
Illustration - 5 - adorable!
Overall Kid Rating - 4
Overall Mom Rating - 4.5
What It Teaches - Mmm, cuteness? Actually, when you are doing something nice for someone, you need to consider the work you are causing.
Length - 25(?) pages - mostly illustration
Audience - as young as 2 and up
This book is about a little pig who wants to do some special things for her mom, but makes a bunch of big messes in the process. I hate to admit it, but the little pig reminds me of Joy and Brigham! The illustrations are super cute, and the pigs just make me happy. It is very short, so it keeps the attention of even the youngest readers. I would definitely recommend this one.
story: 5
illustration:5
overall kid rating:4
overall mom rating:5
what does it teach: Family
length:30 pages but 15 with words
audience: I read it to my two year old and she liked it, but to really get it I would say 5? I'm not good at judging the age group!!
The book is about a little girl who "just tries to help" and ends up making a huge mess of things!! She decides that she better just go find another family since hers has all these reasons not to love her anymore. Then she remembers that with her family "you're always family even when you Goof."
story: 4
illustration:5
overall kid rating:4
overall mom rating:5
what does it teach: math-fractions
length:30 pages but 15 with words
audience: We read it and Makenna is 5 but probably geared toward 7 year olds?
A sultan's daughter who loves math and riddles has to find a husband, she makes up a riddle and who ever answerers the riddle correctly gets to marry her. Very cute book and I love that it teaches a math concept in a riddle form and has a girl who makes up the riddle that many men can't solve except her true love of course.
