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Dog Man For Whom The Ball Rolls, this time with more heart

Dog Man is a publishing behemoth. Not only do the books sell millions of copies, they’re read, re-read, shared, dog-eared, suffer broken spines and can usually only be spotted in elementary school libraries by the empty space that houses it for the five minutes in-between check outs. This is Greek to you unless you have a student in elementary school. We were like that with Captain Underpants. Sure the title is catchy, but we didn’t have a kid who could read yet and oh my gosh have you seen how ridiculously entertaining this book is?! Yeah, that was our reaction when our children first started reading it too.

Dog Man is cut from the same (underwear) cloth. While Dog Man For Whom The Ball Rolls has similar elements to the first six books that made it a go-to for elementary school readers; there are elements that make this book the most mature in the series yet.

Dog Man For Whom The Ball Rolls, deepens the characters and improves the pool

Bobs’ and Tweets Scout Camp!, wide age pre-k through elementary book

Rhyming is the stuff of sight word books. Fans of Bobs’ and Tweets don’t agree with that look. This is a series that our eldest has loved for years. His copy of Trick or Treat is loaded with tears. Each entry is loaded with sight words and funny pictures. For kids through second grade, like those who might be struggling to read, this could be quite the beneficial mixture.

Bobs and Tweets Scout Camp! is the sort of fun, rhyming, emerging reader chapter book that gets them hooked into a love of reading.

For elementary school readers, all of them, and even those pre-k kids who are digging sight words

Mr. Wolf’s Class, Lucky Stars delivers the elementary reader goods

If you’re one of those elementary school parents who yearn for an original graphic novel that will appeal to your children Mr. Wolf’s Class, Lucky Stars is for you. Also, if you’re one of those elementary school students who want a think, entertaining graphic novel that perfectly captures life as you know it, check out Mr. Wolf’s Class, Lucky Stars. This book is proof that you don’t need potty humor to engage the reading bug in those students who between 6 and 9.

Mr. Wolf’s Class, Lucky Stars is the third entry in this fabulous series of original graphic novels that elementary aged readers will want to read.

If you’re looking for a great graphic novel for elementary aged kids, this is it.

Kitten Lady’s Big Book of Little Kittens, kitten fostering 101

If Kitten Lady’s Big Book of Little Kittens came with an audio soundtrack it would be the sound of elementary aged children laughing, oohing, squealing and ahhing. Then there’d be nothing, because they’d be too occupied with reading the book. This book knows its purpose, is squarely dedicated to that one segment and hits the nail on the head. Hannah Shaw is the founder of the 501c3 Orphan Kitten Club, has appeared on Animal Planet and provides rescue and adoption services to orphaned kittens in San Diego. This is a book that takes an honest, kid-friendly look at fostering kittens.

Cats, they’ve fascinated us since the time of the pyramids. This book is a go-to, kid-friendly way about being a kitten foster

If I Was The Sunshine, a big, beautiful great good-night book

If pre-K through early elementary school kids had coffee tables then If I Was The Sunshine is one of those books that would be front and center. “Oh, isn’t that book fabulous”, the clumsy kid from down the street would say. “And those illustrations, the farm animals that were drawn by Loren Long are absolutely dreamy. They’re solid, yet ethereal and remind me of a place that I’ve never been to-but I sure want to go”, said the visiting art critic from some big city on the coast. “The size of the book is great too. It’s as big around as that dwarf white pumpkin we’re grew last year”, Sam the farmer from Georgia commented.

If I Was The Sunshine is a huge, square-shaped statement children’s illustrated rhyming story that’s a great good-night book.

In this imaginary world of coffee talk all of these small children would be correct. If I Was The Sunshine is a children’s illustrated book whose mere presence makes you take notice. Boom, all one has to do is look at the book and it grabs your attention. This is a large book at over a square foot large this book takes up a lot of real estate on your shelf. Its height rivals those tall, encyclopedia-style National Geographic books. The size grabs your attention, the art keeps you engaged and the soft, rhyming narration will mellow out crabby children at the end of the day.

What is a great good-night book? This is one, read on for why it rocks for ages 3 and up

First Names: Harry Houdini -nonfiction that young readers can believe in

Books that capture the attention of elementary or middle school readers need to be entertaining. It’s a bonus if said books can fun and leave those young readers with a smile on their face or a sense of wonder. Rare is the book that can be entertaining and fun, all the while doing it in a non-fiction book that upper elementary aged readers will enjoy. First Names is a line of books from Abrams Books for Young Readers and if this first book is any indication of their things to come it’ll be a go-to series for this age group. First Names: Harry Houdini by Kjartan Poskitt with illustrations by Geraint Ford is a book that has you smiling from couple pages into the book and weaves a breathlessly true tale that you don’t know.

This book reads like an adventure-comedy and kids 8 and (way up…) will love it

Sophie Johnson, Unicorn Expert transcends the alicorn crowd

Sophie Johnson loves unicorns. In way she’s like any dreamy-eyed kid between four and eight who wants to believe in magical things. For a short period of our lives trolls, elves and unicorns populate our world. For some people it’s a combination of these creatures, while others are fully invested in one of them. Sophie Johnson, Unicorn Expert is what her business card would say, if six year-olds started carrying them around. What makes this book work is that it goes beyond the imagination of a young child, has fabulous colors and has just a touch of meta to make any kid in that age range enjoy it.

Sophie Johnson, Unicorn Expert is a books that transcends those that like alicorns because of the succinct story and friendly art.

Unicorn fans and more will love this book, read on……

Ruby Finds A Worry, lovely message + great art=fabulous book

A worry is not a physical thing. The moment you stop obsessing over said ‘worry’ it magically disappears into the background of life. It’s natural to have illustrated books about being worried because some miss and some hit. Ruby Finds a Worry is by Tom Percival and expertly brings his warmth, pacing, sublime story telling ability and art to a worthy book about a topic that we need to address…but not be worried about.

Ruby Finds A Worry is a fabulous illustrated book. It’s about a worry, but it allows kids to realize how not to act, instead of telling them how to behave.

Ruby Finds a Worry, kids 4-8 will find a jammin book, read on for proof