Back To School Books: Who’s in Charge?

Politics. Rules. Government.
Yaaaaawn.
And that was me yawning, the adult who should know better.
Lucky for us, DK has published a lovely book that is witty, smart and actually entices us to get our brains moving and learn about politics and who is really “in charge”.
Ok, and it’s great for kids too. This is an excellent [...]

Back To School Books: Can You Feel The Force?

“Putting the fizz back into physics.”
What would we do without Dorling Kindersley  books? I mean truly, who else makes books that kids really, truly want to delve into?
Books about physics.
Your child, will want to learn about physics. I promise.
From the brightly colored front page, to the great intro written by Richard Hammond, it is just [...]

Back To School Books: Why Pi?

How Math Applies to Everyday Life.
This week I am concentrating on back to school books, what better time to buy some new reading material than the start of the school year. No matter the age of your child, books are a great back to school gift.
I am doing reviews of mostly educational books, but all [...]

Children’s Book Review: Purrsnikitty

Does this describe your cat?
“I’m a very special cat!I say that every day – I love myself so very much and always get my way.”
It surely describes our family cat, right down to the “love myself so very much”. Don’t get me wrong, we love her too, but there is a self-centeredness to cats that [...]

Children’s Book Review: Frankie The Walk & Roll Dog

Frankie is a real life dachshund who ruptured a disk while staying in a kennel. Her owners did not give up on her and after surgery that gave her small odds of walking again, fit the dog with a cart for her back legs.
And so the stories were born.
This first of two books in the [...]

Children’s Book Review: Granny Torrelli Makes Soup

AuntieSarah.com Rating: 7
Funny, zippy and sharp, Granny Torrelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech, is enjoyable for young readers and older alike. By the middle of the book, I wanted to invite Granny Torrelli to my own home to make her soup and soothe my heart with her funny, wise advice. I gave this book a [...]

Children’s Book Review: Climate Change

Perhaps even as short a time as a decade ago, a book like this wouldn’t have been published,certainly not one aimed towards children, teaching them about climate change and how it is affecting all of us. However, now the phrase “climate change” is one that most people and even most school aged kids are very [...]

Children’s Book Review: Go Figure

It is, in fact, a totally cool book about numbers. I know that it seem to be a oxymoron, but this book is all about fun numbers.
The basics are explained, where numbers come from, how counting began and different ancient cultures that used numerical systems, such as the Mayans and Romans.
It then moves on to [...]

Children’s Book Review: Dance

Another excellent book in the Eyewitness lineup from DK Publishing, Dance is an in-depth look into the ritual that is as old as time itself.
From the very beginnings of time, humans have danced, to celebrate, to bring luck to the hunt or ask for rain, to express emotion; whatever part it played, dance has always [...]

Children’s Book Review: The Prometheus Project: Stranded

The third book in the acclaimed Prometheus series, Stranded continues on the same excellent science fiction vein as the others. I have reviewed the other two books, Trapped and Captured and was very excited to review the next in the series.
The story opens with Ryan and Regan being given the surprise of their lives; they [...]

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