Xander's Panda Party by Linda Sue Park
To try and expand my reading and to have some sort of order to it I started a reading challenge of a book per letter of the alphabet. It hit a few bumps (it is not as easy as you might think) but really hit hard with the letters Q and X. I did a little research and came up with Xander’s Panda Party for X (Q will be Queer Ducks by Eliot Schrefer. Hopefully). I thought, “Pandas?” That’s good. A party? Okay, that could […]
Gurple and Preen: A Broken Crayon Cosmic Adventure by Linda Sue Park
When you like an author, you want to love everything they write. However, Linda Sue Park and Debbie Ridpath Ohi’s newest picture book, Gurple and Preen: A Broken Crayon Cosmic Adventure crumbled a tad. While I adore the illustrations of Ohi, the story Park presented was only so-so for me. But kids who like to draw and grand imaginations will appreciate it. The story is simple, a couple of characters, called Gurple and Preen, need to prepare a spaceship for the crew. But several issues […]
First book, first time, very excited. I have to say one thing though, just to get it out of the way: I cheated. I’m a teacher and I’m teaching this book to my class. I did the thing where I found a book that perfectly fit my history unit and had wonderful reviews, so I picked it. But I hadn’t actually read it until yesterday. So I cheated a little, because this is kinda work and pleasure. Not just a cannonball. Got that out of the […]
