May 17, 2012

Children’s Book Review: Caillou The Jungle Explorer

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The Jungle Explorer is one of the newest books available in the popular kids series of books featuring Caillou. Full of the same colorful and bold illustrations, this books follows Caillou and his friend Sarah on their adventures through the garden and around his backyard. With a magnifying glass in hand, the two explore nature [...]

Teen Book Review: Guinness World Records 2010 Gamer’s Edition

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The third edition of this popular gaming version of Guinness World Records is packed full of stats, facts and pictures of the best games out there.  It covers everything from the tops games of the year in role-playing to puzzle games genres and if it holds a record, your old favorites might even be included. [...]

Children’s Book Review: Earth Matters

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The book Earth Matters practices what it preaches; the paper was sourced from responsibly managed forests, their printer generates 100% of it’s own electricity and it is printed using vegetable inks instead of petroleum based. Subtitled “an encyclopedia of ecology” it is exactly that, a wonderful volume full of amazing photos, facts and information about [...]

Children’s Book Review: Voyage : Ocean

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Right from the beginning this book captures your attention and draws you in; it’s round. Round like the porthole of a submarine and in fact it is just that, a rusty porthole with a view into the wonder that Earth’s oceans are. And it’s not just a round outer cover, all the pages inside are [...]

Children’s Book Review: Children Just Like Me

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This amazing book is the culmination of two years of travel to over 30 countries, recording the stories of the lives of children all over the globe. Children love reading about other kids, it gives them something to relate to, a person their own size, someone that likes the same things and puts up with [...]

Children’s Book Review: Caillou : A New Family

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This book is one of the newest in a beloved series of books based on the adventures of one little boy, the title character Caillou. Caillou is adored by many children, including my own. I am not sure if it is the bright, primary-color based illustrations that appeal the most or the simple sentences conveyed [...]

Children’s Book Review: A School Like Mine

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Another book in the unique collaboration between UNICEF and DK Publishing, A School Like Mine takes us around the globe and right into the lives of other schoolchildren and peeks into their classrooms. Wonderful color photos show us the average day of students, what their desks look like, lessons that they may have and once [...]

Children’s Book Review: Planetwatch

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Planetwatch is a beautiful yet saddening look at our planet. Beautiful due to the wonderful photos of the absolutely amazing animals and plant life that inhabit our earth; saddening because of the stark truth of the damage that overpopulation, climate change and pollution have done to our earth. I like the fact that it does [...]