While putting away new reader copies, I tripped over this title (literally, I dropped it and then stepped on it….) called Hendrix the Rocking Horse. (Hendrix…rock…rocking horse…. get it?) I was a little cautious about it. The goofy illustrations of a horse (is that underwear on its head?) rocking out on stage was enough to give me pause. I then noticed Murray the Race Horse. Still the wonderfully goofy cover, but far more tame and traditional sounding. I wrong. I read Hendrix first, not realizing […]
A Season of Flowers
Amazon’s description of a Season of Flowers by Michael Garland starts off with the listing of the different flowers (Snowdrops and crocuses yield to tulips…) brings out the song “A few of my favorite things” loudly in my minds ear. The book itself brings out the inner artist eye. As well as the inner poet. And while this book many not become one of my favorite things, it is well up there in the “I like this a lot” category. From Spring to Summer to […]
I’m a Duck (Quack Quack)
Am I the only one who thinks when they see the words, “I’m a Duck”, you have to follow it up with, “Quack. Quack”? No? Just me? It is all good. But you now must read “I’m a Duck” by Eve Bunting and illustrated by Will Hillenbrand. And even if you do not quack along, you will be rooting for the little duck in this story. One day, an egg rolled out of the nest and into a deep pond. This caused the egg, now […]
Daddy Played the Blues
There are a few books that have that OMG starting sentence. Daddy Played the Blues has one with: “I was six years old the day we left the farm in Mississippi,” Our heroine Cassie is not really the focus of the book. But Music is. Blues music in fact. In a fiction format we learn about a family that packed up everything they owned in their truck with her Daddy, Uncle and Mama in the front and Cassie and her two brothers in the back. […]
For Every One
For Every One by Jason Reynolds is my first attempt at this young adult author. I have not read his novels, which are getting much praise and press, but I found this one and thought “Why not?” Unfortunately, I was surprised at the content as it did not fit what I expected. Fortunately, I was surprised at the content because it gave me something else. This book is not poems as I first thought. But one long poem. But then again, it is not a […]
Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter
I have mentioned that a perk to working in a bookstore is seeing things before they come out. The other perk is finding a book you might not have found if you were not surrounded by all types of books. Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter is one of those finds. I found this book while cleaning out older reader copies. I enjoy pictures books as an adult as they are fun, quick reads. And as someone who likes giving books, a picture book can be a […]
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