Category: Children

Children is the broader term for infants, toddlers and tweens. These posts are about children of all ages.

Geronimo Stilton, The Phantom Bandit is go-to elementary reading

There are a couple of book series that firmly hammer things home to those who are in elementary school. One of the most popular series of books in that category is Geronimo Stilton. Our oldest (currently in 3rd grade) has been reading this series since he was in first grade. The books started out with us reading them to him and for about the past year he’s been reading them by himself. Geronimo Stilton, The Phantom Bandit is book 70 in the series and continues to entertain the elementary school set like few others.

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Plum, neither a lump of coal nor that pony that you wanted

Plum is the back story behind the Sugar Plum Fairy. How did she get her wings? What’s up with that green outfit? Is Captain Planet her father? What are her super powers? All of these things, and more are questions that I’ve never entertained. Actually, truth be told I did see Nutcracker and the Four Realms and saw lots of a ‘Plum’ type character in that film. Thankfully that film has been purged from my short term memory and now the only notion of her is when she’s dancing in my head whilst I read The Night Before Christmas.

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Sleepy, the Goodnight Buddy-a great good-night book

Sleepy, the Goodnight Buddy absolutely nails the frustration and love that can come from putting a child to bed. Some nights it’s cute if they try ploys to delay the inevitable. Other times you’ll need them get horizontal ASAP due to the work that you need to accomplish or their questionable behavior. Sleepy, the Goodnight Buddy is an illustrated book that is a joy to read and look at for children aged 3 and up.

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Chomp Goes the Alligator, a counting board book with real bite 

To a new parent counting books might appear be quite similar. They were to us. The numbers don’t change; they go in order, what’s the difference. However, there are variables that need to be considered. If it’s a flap book (where you have to flip something up) are the flaps strong? Will they rip off easily? How thick are the pages? Will they be ripped or compromised with ease? Also, don’t forget the spine of the book-be sure that it’s strong enough to merit the cost of the book. Chomp Goes The Alligator by Matthew Van Flee gleefully devours all of those expectations into the best counting book that we’ve seen in years.

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Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol, The Scary Library Shusher review

Some first graders need a literary push. Our first grader is like that. He likes to read in theory, but he wants to read those books that he knows and for the most part they’re picture books. Kids need to love to read and parents need to challenge kids to read things that they love without it exclusively being books about toilets, poopypants and practical jokes. The struggle is real. Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol, The Scary Library Shusher is the fifth book in this series by Andres Miedoso, with illustrations by Victor Rivas.

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Born to Dance, for the dance (and photo) enthusiasts

I completely blame (or credit) Born to Dance for planting songs in my head. Ever since I received our copy of the book that fabulous (or horrible) song by Patrick Hernandez, Born to Be Alive, pops in my head. That song stays there until I’m able to clean the slate, then it’s immediately replaced by Maniac by Michael Sembello. That song is there for a moment and then it’s replaced by the current favorite, Carpenter Brut version of the song. I state all of this to say that I don’t really dance. The last time I danced was at my wedding just over a decade age-which I did because my bride was dancing and my sometimes friend Al Chol was there. Wait, I did dance last week in the house, but it was in a mocking sense that even led my still bride to ask to promptly stop.

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Bobs and Tweets, Trick or Tweet is emerging reader gold  

Somewhere in an elementary school right now you can hear a giddy eeek, immediately followed by about 10 minutes of silence. Obviously the later sound is quite soothing and educators (and young readers) that first sound is associated with joy also.  Bobs and Tweets Trick or Tweet is book #3 in the Bobs and Tweet series from Scholastic and for young readers of a certain age this staple, talk about on the playground reading.

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It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown review

It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown; the classic seasonal book by Charles M. Schulz is back in a hardcover, oversized, keepsake book. This will be one of the largest books in your children’s library both literally and figuratively. It is cut from the same vein as It’s a Charlie Brown Christmas that was released in the same format in 2017 and both could easily be mandatory editions for their library.

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