AuntieSarah.com YR Book Rating: 6.5 Turning 13 can be tumultuous for anyone, but our heroine in Ingrid Law’s Savvy, isn’t like anyone else you may know. You see, Mibs is from a super-secretive, ancient magical family whos members each inherit a unique special power on their 13th birthday — their own “savvy” which they must [...]
AuntieSarah.com Chapter Book Rating: 4.5 Startling talent, bravery, and a fierce friendship shine in Masterpiece, by Elise Broach, when the most unnoticeable of creatures — a small, young beetle called Marvin teams-up with a shy but courageous boy, James, to outwit a master art thief at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art! Marvin lives [...]
AuntieSarah.com Chapter Book Rating: 4 (out of 5) What is all the giggling about? I may be a grown-up, but deep in the pages of Clementine, by Sara Pennypacker, I am unable to control the full-belly giggle of my inner 8yr old as I peer over the top of the book to see who has [...]
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 [...]
Add this to your pile of summer reading, Cool Stuff is back and just as interesting as the first edition! Cool Stuff 2.0 delves again into the realms of the unasked and unknown regarding How Stuff Works. Roller coasters to robots are covered in great detail, teaching children the mechanics behind some of the everyday [...]
The logo of this book, “Don’t throw it away- create something amazing!” is a wonderful message to be sending to kids and parents alike. And going along with the green theme, this book was published under the “Made With Care” method that DK does with some of their books. The ink is vegetable, there is [...]
Oh, what an adorable book this is! Filled with pictures of all sorts of animal babies and their parents it is sure to thrill your youngsters like it did mine. My daughter loves this book, and I can see why. Each animal is featured on a two page spread with wonderful photographs of the babies [...]
The first reaction I had when I opened this book was a sigh of delight over the lovely, 50′s style illustrations. It reminded me of the children’s books back then, wonderful pale pastels done in gentle sweeps of color. And the calm, beautiful illustrations are complimented by the sweet text that accompanies them. Leni Lovebird [...]