The Tray of Togetherness by Flo Leung
The day was a Thursday, and it was my lunch time. I was trying to not eat too many red onions, as I had paired my tuna sandwich with sour cream and onion chips. (Thank the good person who invented antacids!) I was also trying to read The Tray of Togetherness by Flo Leung. Which is appropriate as Leung was telling us about the Lunar New Year treats one girl and her family were serving during their New Year Party. And not only do they […]
The Christmasaurus by Tom Fletcher
The Christmasaurus is exactly what you expect from a Christmas story about a dinosaur who is blue, one of the kind, and lives at the North Pole. I mean I have seen candy canes less sweetly sugary than this Tom Fletcher story! That does not make it a bad book, just predictable for the adult reader. Christmasaurus wants to fly. Of course, the lessons (one a year for almost four years) do not seem to stick. But one Christmas Eve Santa came to say, Christmasaurus […]
J Is for Janucá by Melanie Romero
When I think of Hanukkah, I think of a winter celebration that I know a little about, but not enough to say much about. So, when J Is for Janucá came up on a list of books to read online via Edelweiss, I thought here is a great way to learn. And I learned more than expected. You see, this book is bilingual. Spanish and English words and phrases fill this alphabet book in ways you will be amazed at. Words you might know, such […]
Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun's Thanksgiving Story by Danielle Greendeer
Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun’s Thanksgiving Story might not be a great book (meaning it has all the bells, whistle, computer generated cuteness, and all the “I’m okay you’re okay” lovey-dovey stuff you see in a contemporary book), but it is a solid book. And it is a book with staying power that might just become a classic. It is an important book, a poetic book, and a strong representation of the Thanksgiving story told from another perspective. My score of 4 is really a 4.5 as I […]
Red and Green and Blue and White by Lee Wind
HannAfter I finished reading, Red and Green and Blue and White, I realized I have read it at least once before. It is a quiet book and one that did not seem to hit “hard” on mine, or I would assume a lot of peoples, radar after it first came out. Yet, it is a nice find regardless of when you do find Lee Wind’s holiday picture book. The two main characters are celebrating Christmas and Hanukkah when this based on a true incident starts. […]
We're Going on a Pumpkin Hunt by Mary Hogan Wilcox
She Wanted to Be Haunted by Marcus Ewert
The Little Kitten by Nicola Killen
A Unicorn Named Sparkle and the Pumpkin Monster by Amy Young
This is Halloween, this is Halloween/Pumpkins scream in the dead of night Okay, these four books are on the other side of Halloween. They are not spooky (or at least not to the level of The Nightmare Before Christmas) but they are fun, can acutely be an autumn read (or even anytime read) and can be absolutely perfect for the right audience. We’re Going on a Pumpkin Hunt by Mary Hogan Wilcox is probably my least favorite of the group. That’s not to say it is […]
