Picture Book Review: The Fearless Little Farm Boy

The Fearless Little Farm Boy by Astrid Lindgren

The Fearless Little Farm Boy
by Astrid Lindgren, Marit Tornqvist (Illustrator), Polly Lawson (Translator)

5 of 5 stars

Goran the bull has decided to be angry and snort and charge at the farmer. He will not calm down. He roars and stalks around in the barnyard. The farmer cannot get into the barn to milk the cows. The situation goes on for hours, until the entire village has come to see the wild bull. While they are discussing how best to deal with Goran, a little boy sweetly calls to the bull. Goran stops to listen to the boy’s whispering voice. He meekly walks over and allows himself to be petted. The tiny boy holds onto the big bull’s nose ring, and gently leads him into the stall in the barn. The village are all astonished, and the boy gets a reward for his courage.

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Picture Book Review: Happy

Happy by Mies van Hout

Happy
by Mies van Hout

5 of 5 stars

Each page of this book features a fish who embodies an emotion. There are startled fish, bored fish, angry fish, delighted fish, and jealous fish. Each one is drawn in a different color, with very expressive body language and facial expressions. The curious fish is drawn with yellow scales with wide eyes. The nervous fish has wavy lines and a wobbly frown. The amazed fish is bright orange with a mouth wide open in astonishment! The sad fish is a deep blue with sleepy eyes and drooping fins. The furious fish is shouting in vibrant red and purple. Whether proud, loving, or confused, these fish reflect strong emotions!

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Picture Book Review: Percy’s Perfect Friend

Percy's Perfect Friend by Lana Button

Percy’s Perfect Friend
by Lana Button (Goodreads Author), Peggy Collins (Illustrator)

5 of 5 stars

Percy is the new kid at school. He feels very lonely until he befriends a cat toy and names her Miss Petticomb. But the moment he turns his back, another child takes Miss Petticomb away. Percy searches around the room until he finds Miss Petticomb being forced to “eat” delicious plastic cake at a tea party. Percy tries to rescue Miss Petticomb, but the other children insist that the tea party is to celebrate the cat’s birthday. Percy gets up the courage to join the tea party and make some new friends.

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Board Books from Tiger Tales

Noisy ABC by Beth Hamilton

Noisy ABC: A noisy introduction to first words (My First)
by Beth Hamilton, Tiger Tales (Compiler)

5 out of 5 stars

This ABC board book has sound buttons to push for a recording of a woman’s voice saying, “B is for Ball” or “Z is for Zipper”. Each page is full of colorful photos of animals and objects that begin with the letters of the alphabet.

This is such a cute book! I think that little kids will be excited that they can learn their ABCs and enjoy this book on their own. Kids will be delighted to be “reading” a book by themselves without help!

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Three Picture Books from Candlewick Press

How Old is a Whale?: Animal Life Spans from the Mayfly to the Immortal Jellyfish
by Lily Murray (Goodreads Author), Jesse Hodgson

4 of 5 stars

In this book we learn about the lifespans of different animals. Their habitats, their diet, and their life cycle all play a part in how they live a short or long time. We start with the mayfly, which only lives for a few minutes, and go all the way to the immortal jellyfish, which appears to be able to regenerate itself over and over.

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Five Picture Books from Tiger Tales

Mole's Quiet Place by Jane Chapman

Mole’s Quiet Place
by Jane Chapman

5 of 5 stars

Mole and Beaver light a lantern in their window each night, and the light welcomes their friends to come visit. At first they have a fairly quiet evening with a small group, but each night more and more animal friends show up for cake and music and talking. It ends up being a lot of noise! Too much for Mole, who longs for some quiet time alone. Mole confides in Beaver, who hatches a plan to make sure Mole can have the alone time she needs to rest and recharge.

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Picture Book Review: When Little Owl Met Little Rabbit

When Little Owl Met Little Rabbit by Przemysław Wechterowicz

When Little Owl Met Little Rabbit
by Przemysław Wechterowicz, Emilia Dziubak (Illustrator)

5 of 5 stars

Little Owl is only awake during the night, and Little Rabbit is only awake during the day, so the two have never met. But they long to become friends, and one moonlit night they meet at last. Little Rabbit stays up late, and Little Owl gets up early, and they have a lovely time playing together. But they aren’t able to meet very often, and they wish on a shooting star that they could spend more time together.

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Picture Book Review: Our Incredible Library Book

Our Incredible Library Book [and the wonderful journeys it took] by Caroline Crowe, John Joseph...

Our Incredible Library Book [and the wonderful journeys it took]
by Caroline Crowe, John Joseph (Illustrated by)

5 of 5 stars

A library book takes a journey from reader to reader as different children check it out from the library. Some children read it when they are sick in bed. Some children spill their hot chocolate on it a little. The book gets wet from being splashed in the rain or in the bathtub. Children read it with their grandparents, parents, friends, and siblings. They even read it out loud to their pets. One child reads the book backwards! Through all of the different children who borrow the book, they share their love of reading.

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Picture Book Review: Too Many Rabbits

Too Many Rabbits by Davide Calì

Too Many Rabbits
by Davide Calì, Emanuele Benetti (Illustrator), Angus Yuen-Killick (Translator)

5 of 5 stars

What happens when you bring home a pet rabbit? It hops around and poops and chews on your furniture. What happens when you bring home TWO pet rabbits? They make a lot of little baby rabbits, until your house is overrun with hundreds of rabbits who hop around and poop everywhere!

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Book Review: The Story of Fred Rogers

The Story of Fred Rogers by Susan B. Katz

The Story of Fred Rogers: A Biography Book for New Readers
by Susan B. Katz (Goodreads Author)

5 out of 5 stars

I loved Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood tv show as a kid, and it is lovely to read more about Mr. Roger’s life and how he started his tv show for kids. He was a wonderful Christian, and it’s incredible to see how his faith in God inspired him to help children and teach them that God loves them.

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