Nightsong by Sally Soweol Han
Nightsong by Sally Soweol Han is a story about a young boy who is tired of visiting the adults with his adult (assuming mother). But soon it is time to go home and the adult and child head for the bus, hop on and are leaving the city behind. Until the wheels on the bus don’t go round and round, and one needs to be fixed. A long day got longer, but our young boy decided to listen to the sounds around him and explore […]
The Eidi Bag by Shazia Afzal
The Jellyfish Bus by Suhyeon Lee
What if Marty Doesn’t Like My Party? by Katie Arthur
Three books I enjoyed, but am not really able to give a full review to each individual are below. This is because if you try to write up a “full review” you just end up telling the story. And then, you, the reader of this review, will not want to read the actual books! (Each one was read via an online reader copy.) Starting with The Eidi Bag by Shazia Afzal and illustrated by Shiva Delsooz, we have a book (currently available) that dives into […]
All That Remains by Sue Black
Best for: Those interested in forensic anthropology. Not for those who find the discussion of death (and specifics surrounding the investigation of it) to be traumatizing. In a nutshell: Forensic Anthropologist Black shares her experience with the dead and the living. Worth quoting: “If we cannot influence it, perhaps we shouldn’t waste precious time worrying about it.” Why I chose it: I’ve been interested in the field of forensic anthropology for awhile. Review: If you’ve read my reviews a bunch of the years (or if […]
Not a Monster by Claudia Guadalupe Martinez
Not a Bean by Claudia Guadalupe Martinez
Not a Dog by Claudia Guadalupe Martinez
While doing some browsing of the 2025 online readers I have access to, I found a few “not a series-series.” One series was about having a crazy parent (a mermaid and unicorn) or an odd teacher (a T-Rex dinosaur) and then I found another not a series-series about science. The first series was fiction and I also wanted a non-fiction book, so I was lucky I found both. The second series was found when I looked at a cover that was an axolotl. Yes! I […]
The Paper Bridge by Joelle Veyrenc and Seng Soun Ratanavanh
One morning I opened my emails to find a Floris Books email saying I was a winner from the Grabbing a Galley from the Publishers Weekly campaign and there was an online link that was in the email. It hadn’t been that long since I had entered, but I had forgotten the titles I had hoped for. Therefore it was Christmas and I was opening the book present I always love getting. This one was the picture book, The Paper Bridge created by Joelle Veyrenc, […]
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World by Steve Brusatte
This, friends, is a dinosaur. I believe Pesto’s ancestors would be confused by him, but that’s the beauty of nature. It’s super weird and always doing unexpected things. This book manages to impart a lot of information about the evolution, time on earth, and extinction of (most) dinosaurs while at the same time being very readable and fun to consume. At one point the author uses the phrase “crow-sized weirdos with wings on their arms and legs” to describe a species of dinosaur that differed […]
