I picked this book up because it won the Newbery Honor Award. I didn’t have a clue what it was about when I started reading page one, but it didn’t take more than a few pages for me to be laughing out loud at some of the antics of Mississippi Beaumont, AKA ‘Mibs,’ who lives […]
Review | Unspoken (The Lynborn Legacy 1) by Sarah Rees Brennan
2013-01-09 · by ·
Kami Glass has always wondered if there might be a something a little wrong with her. Since she was born, she’s been talking to a boy in her head named Jared. When she was young, people said it must just be an imaginary friend. Now at 16, Kami is still having internal conversations with this […]
Review | The Diviners by Libba Bray
2013-01-05 · by ·
As a punishment, Evie O’Neill has been sent to live with her uncle in New York City–and she is ‘pos-i-toot-ly’ thrilled. Evie’s Uncle Will is the curator of The Museum of American Folklore, Superstition, and the Occult–also known as “The Museum of the Creepy Crawlies.” Soon after her arrival to NYC, Evie’s uncle is called […]
Review | Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin and Daniel Salmieri
2013-01-02 · by ·
Description: Dragons love parties. Dragons love tacos. Most of all, dragons love taco parties. But beware, if you throw a taco party for some dragons, then do not put spicy salsa on the tacos. Dragons do NOT like spicy salsa! Story: The first time I read this book to my daughter I thought, “Meh.” But […]
Britt’s Favorite Reads of 2012
2013-01-01 · by ·
In no particular order, here is a list of my favorite reads for 2012: Rip Tide by Kat Falls – This book is a sequel to one of my favorites from 2010, Dark Life. In Rip Tide, Ty and Gemma find an underwater township that is chained to a sunken submarine. Not only is Ty […]
Review | Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt
2012-12-27 · by ·
One of Gary D. Schmidt’s characters from his Newbery Honor winning book, The Wednesday Wars is back. Doug Swieteck’s father has just lost his job and as a result the family must move to a small town in upstate New York. Shortly after his arrival into town, Doug meets the sassy Lil Spicer. Because of […]
Review | Say Hello! by Rachel Isadora
2012-12-26 · by ·
Description: On her way to see grandma, a young girl encounters people of all different ethnicity’s throughout her neighborhood and greets them in their respective languages. Story: I liked Say Hello! for multiple reasons. The first being the interactive part of learning how to say hello in different languages. I liked even more that there […]
Review | The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen
2012-12-26 · by ·
Sage and three other boys are quietly taken from different orphanages by a nobleman. The four boys all seem to resemble the kingdom’s missing prince who is believed to have been killed by pirates. Sage must compete with the other boys to stay alive by learning to pass as royalty. At the end of two […]
Recommendations | Christ-Centered Christmas Picture Books
2012-12-19 · by ·
Despite the reason that we celebrate Christmas being Christ, there seems to me, to be a lack of good Christmas picture books on the subject. Here is a list of a few CHRIST-mas books I have found that I really like: This is the Stable by Cynthia Cotten and Delana Bettoli – I love the […]
Review | Follow the Line Through the House by Laura Ljungkvist
2012-12-18 · by ·
Description: Open the front door and step inside a house full of surprises. Travel through each room of the house to discover hidden secrets in each room. Story: Simple story but very fun to read with little ones and find the different objects that are hidden, but easily found, in each room of the house. […]
