I Will Read to You by Gideon Sterer
When the publisher’s review of the book starts off with “A gentle blend of spooky and sweet” you pretty much have said the majority of what you need to know about the book. However, you also could say that in I Will Read to You Gideon Sterer has a young boy who wonders who reads to the monsters of the world. He has his mom to read to him, but who do they have? When the mom says no one, because they are monsters, our […]
The Christmas Owl: Based on the True Story of a Little Owl Named Rockefeller by Gideon Sterer
When I was trying to locate The Christmas Owl: Based on the True Story of a Little Owl Named Rockefeller (and I wished they kept that name instead of shortening it to Rocky) I noticed there were six or seven different books about this owl who learns what Christmas means. I had not even heard of the real story last year, let alone Gideon Sterer and Ellen Kalish’s book. And here by accident I learn there are not one but half a dozen books about […]
Not Your Nest! by Gideon Sterer
What happens when you are a small bird, build the absolute perfect nest (the right twigs were used, the perfect softness and just the right size for one tired little bird to sleep in) and someone takes it? You build another one. And another one. And another one. Finally, all the nests our little bird friend makes in Not Your Nest! have been taken by the other animals of the jungle, so what is a poor bird to do? Even though the book does talk about […]
