Tweet Lifetime: The Amazing Numbers in Animal Lives is a picture book for kids that combines math and nature in a way that’s fun. Written by Lola M. Schaefer and illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal, Lifetime asks questions such as: … Continue reading
Category Archives: Reviews of Books for 7 and 8 Year Olds
Tweet Today I’m thrilled to review this great new book for young readers. I’m also excited to feature an interview with author Kathi Appelt tomorrow as part of her blog tour. Check back in then to see what she has … Continue reading
Tweet It’s springtime and Clementine has a lot to look forward to. Her mom is pregnant and she’ll soon have a baby brother or sister, the weather is great so she can go outside a lot, and her class is … Continue reading
Tweet Inside Outside by Lizi Boyd is a great picture book to show the multiple activities children can engage in both in the house and out in the yard. The house is for making art, caring for pets, reading books, … Continue reading
Tweet Round Is a Tortilla is a picture book that helps kids learn shapes as well as a few words in Spanish. Written by Roseanne Greenfield Thong, the story follows two Latino children as they dance, cook, play games, read … Continue reading
Tweet Flight 1-2-3 by Maria van Lieshout is a great picture book to give to kids before going on a trip that involves an airplane. Each page covers some part of the trip plus a number. At the beginning it … Continue reading
Tweet When family life is busy it can be easy for parents to do everything to keep things running smoothly, even if that means completing tasks that their kids could competently take on. Preparing meals often falls into that category, … Continue reading
Tweet Flora and the Flamingo by Molly Idle is a picture book in the purest sense: there are only pictures, no words. But the pictures tell a great story of a little girl named Flora who wants to be graceful … Continue reading
