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Inside Your Insides: A Guide to the Microbes That Call You Home by Claire Eamer Itchy scratchy creepy crawly feelings are guaranteed! Interesting book about microbes that manages to make reading about a micro biome interesting. There are LOL kid jokes throughout, think knock knock and “what do you call a photo that a microbe takes itself? A […]
Read MoreA Squiggly Story by Andrew Larsen Love this book! It is a great, inspiring (as much as little kid books can) story and actually gives me ideas of how I can encourage my son with writing, creative thinking and play in the future, when he writes with implements, not just eat them or scribble on the […]
Read MoreI enjoy a good fable, parable, tale or story to help illustrate a lesson, prompt new thinking or reframe a problem. One that comes to mind really quick is the empty boat Tao story….. But in this post I want to share reviews and thoughts on six books gifted to me by August House in exchange […]
Read MoreCounting with Barefoot Critters by Teagan White An endearing counting book with adorable animal and insect illustrations. Rhyming is utilized but not in a nauseating type of way, I really like how it leads you think about the next number. The stories are sweet, not so fantastical that a child couldn’t relate and promote positive thinking and […]
Read MoreKuma-Kuma Chan’s Home by Kazue Takahashi I really wanted to fall in love with Kuma-Kuma and get invited to his house, his bear-y nice house.. The illustrations are fantastic, artsy and remind me in a way of those fun fingerprint drawings but the story line is flat for me. It just didn’t go there and just […]
Read MoreWater Wow! by Paula Ayer, Antonia Banyard, Art by Belle Wuthrich Infographic book, brimming with ‘party trivia’. What a fresh way to present some really interesting facts about water: visually pleasing, scientific but in an interesting way, and useful and meaning info to frame the climate change issue. I always enjoy a good infographic and find them […]
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