Picture Book Review: Boo’s Shoes

Boo's Shoes - A Rabbit and Fox Story by Sybrina Durant

Boo’s Shoes – A Rabbit and Fox Story: Learn To Tie Shoelaces
by Sybrina Durant (Goodreads Author), Pumudi Gardiyawasam (Illustrator)

2 out of 5 stars

Boo is a little rabbit who doesn’t want to learn to tie his shoes. His friend the fox helps him to learn how to tie shoelaces, and encourages him to keep learning!

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Board Book Review: Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes... by Annie Kubler

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes…
by Annie Kubler

5 out of 5 stars

This is the perfect board book for little babies who are just learning to identify parts of the body. The children in the artwork touch their heads, shoulders, knees, and toes, and then move on to eyes, ears, mouth, and nose as well. As you sing the song, you can point to each area of the body and dance along!

I really like the bright colors and simple design of this book. It’s perfect for catching the attention of little readers!

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Picture Book: Yoga Adventure!

Yoga Adventure! by Jamaica Stevens

Yoga Adventure!
by Jamaica Stevens, Roco Alejandro (Illustrations), Jamaroo Kids (Performance)

4 out of 5 stars

Children go on a journey around the world, visiting different animals and doing yoga poses in exotic locations. First we do a plane pose to travel to a new continent. Then we do a warrior pose with bison, and bicycle to a new place where we meet chinchilla doing happy baby pose. We stretch like grey wolves, pandas, frogs, and koalas. We sail the seven seas and hop on board a train.

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Picture Book: And…

And... by Philippe Jalbert

And…
by Philippe Jalbert

4 out of 5 stars

A child is warned not to touch a butterfly because a catastrophic sequence of events could unfold if the butterfly makes a flower petal fall on a dung beetle, whose ball of dung rolls onto the dam and causes an overflow of water to flood a mole’s underground home, forcing the mole to escape his home by biting the butt of a bear who was sitting on the entrance. The bear runs haywire, causing damage on a massive scale! All because of one little butterfly.

This book is really funny and I loved the cute illustrations! Each page is colorful with energetic artwork. It really brings the comedy to life in the book!

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Picture Book Review: I See the Sea

I See the Sea by Julia Groves

I See the Sea
by Julia Groves

3 out of 5 stars

As the reader explores the ocean, you see a whale, an octopus, squid, seahorse, lobster, sea turtle, and many other marine animals right down to the tiny plankton. There is an information page at the end of the book that tells more facts about each animal.

I liked the art style in this book! The pages are very colorful, and all the animals are so beautiful!

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Picture Book Review: The Dancing Trees

The Dancing Trees by Masiana Kelly

The Dancing Trees
by Masiana Kelly, Michelle Simpson (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator)

3 out of 5 stars

Thomas brags about how he could survive in the wild, until his friends tell him to prove it by spending the night in the forest with only a backpack. Thomas litters his candy wrappers in the forest, picks the bark off the trees, and makes a mess of his campsite. The trees notice. In the night, the trees move around so that Thomas becomes lost. The only way he will find his way home is if he learns to respect nature.

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Picture Book Review: Gloria’s Porridge

Gloria's Porridge by Elizabeth Laird

Gloria’s Porridge
by Elizabeth Laird

5 out of 5 stars

In this Ethiopian folk tale, Gloria is making a pot of porridge, but the cat eats it all up! Gloria chases the cat, who runs into the donkey, who bumps against the tree with a beehive. The bees fly around in a panic, startling the hen who drops all her corn. Everything is chaos! Only the fox can make sense of what is happening and make them all stop and calm down.

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Board Book Review: Zoom Farm Adventure

Zoom Farm Adventure by Susan    Hayes

Zoom Farm Adventure
by Susan Hayes

5 out of 5 stars

Bo goes on an adventure at the farm! He feeds the animals, harvests vegetables and fruit, milks the cows, and collects honey from the beehive. The goats escape from their field, and he has to round them up again by feeding them raisins. He loads up his crop onto the big farm truck to take his harvest to the market.

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Picture Book Review: Quizas…

Quizás… by Chris Haughton

Quizás…
by Chris Haughton (Goodreads Author)

5 out of 5 stars

A tres monitos se les dice que no vayan al árbol de mango porque hay muchos tigres alrededor. Pero dicen que “quizas” estaría bien solo mirar el árbol de mango. Y tal vez estaría bien comer solo un mango. Pero rápidamente aprenden que la situación es más peligrosa de lo que creían, ¡y hay tigres acechándolos por todas partes!

-Keep Reading for the Review in English!-

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Picture Book Review: The Think-Ups

The Think-Ups by Claire Alexander

The Think-Ups
by  Claire Alexander (Goodreads Author)

5 out of 5 stars

Kiki and Anna are playing a “Think Up” game. Whatever they imagine can come true! Kiki thinks up a bunch of bunnies. Anna thinks up a moose. But soon the animals are out of control! The “Think Up” game has let their imaginations run wild, and the house is a disaster. How will they ever get things back to normal again?

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