Book Review: Isosceles' Day by Kevin J. Meehan

Isosceles' Day by Kevin J. Meehan

Isosceles’ Day by Kevin J. Meehan is a cute book about a formerly abused dog and the animal friends that he meets at his new home.

This book is written in rhyme and was very hard for me to read without thinking of Dr. Seuss, who I enjoy very much. For most of the rhyming pages, the flow was very smooth. One or two didn’t quite work, but the images more than make up for that. The images are great! I love the lizard with the peas especially.

Meehan did an excellent job with the rhyming and the illustrations. I think any young child (and grown-up, too!) will enjoy reading about Isosceles’ Day.



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Book Review: My Pet Peeve by Renée Rodgers Barstack

My Pet Peeve by Renée Rodgers Barstack

Many of our readers on our How To Manage Your Monkey blog love children’s books about cats. This is one they should add to their collection.

My Pet Peeve by Renée Rodgers Barstack is a sweet, short story about a little girl who really wants a kitty. How she goes about getting one is priceless.

This book is very colorfully illustrated and should capture the imagination of most young children. We give it all five stars.

If you have a young reader or soon to be reader, you really should add My Pet Peeve by Renée Rodgers Barstack to your bookshelf. Oh, plan to read it again and again to those little ones who love animals.


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Book Review: Breanna & Amber Help Each Other Achieve Their Dreams by Sabrina Depina Graham

Breanna & Amber Help Each Other Achieve Their Dreams by Sabrina Depina Graham

Parents usually want what they think is best for their children. Many adults see the world in purely financial terms. In this story two young girls have dreams that are different than what their parents have for them. As the story unfolds, different magical things happen to help with the pursuit of those dreams.

Breanna & Amber Help Each Other Achieve Their Dreams by Sabrina Depina Graham is a good inspirational story. It is well-written and could be a great inspiration for those kids who have heard adults tell them why their dreams won’t work.

We give Breanna & Amber all five stars. It is a good, uplifting story. Like the saying goes, “Those people who keep saying it can’t be done should get out of the way of the people who are actually doing it.

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Book Review: A Runtamuffin Tale by Melissa Taylor and Illustrated by Marc Beauregard

A Runtamuffin Tale by Melissa Taylor and Illustrated by Marc Beauregard  

A Runtamuffin Tale by Melissa Taylor and Illustrated by Marc Beauregard is a cute little story about barnyard animals and their interactions. Most young children will find it fun and enjoyable. Older children will be expecting an adventure or a major unexpected event that never happens. This is simply a tale of life on the barnyard, no more, no less.

The book is well-illustrated and well-written for what it is. It will make a great story to read to the younger ones, but a disappointing story for the older ones.

We give A Runtamuffin Tale five stars, assuming the author’s intended audience to be younger children.

Hardcover and digital download available from www.runtavision.com

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Book Review: Amira Can Catch, New Kid in School (Hometown All Stars) by Kevin Christofora

Amira Can Catch, New Kid in School (Hometown All Stars) by Kevin Christofora

Amira Can Catch is a great book that teaches about how kids should act towards new students in their school. It also teaches some baseball fundamentals that I wish I had learned when I was in little league. If I had had anyone in my life who approached teaching baseball like the coach in this book, I might not have hated playing it.

But, this book is not just about baseball. It is about getting along. It is about kids learning from each other, helping each other, and teaching each other.

We give Amira Can Catch all five stars. It is very well-written and the illustrations are great.

This is a great book to read aloud with your kids. It even gives some great ideas to get kids up and exercising while having fun.



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Book Review: Miss Rosie’s Miraculous Journey By Kim Q

Miss Rosie’s Miraculous Journey

By Kim Q

What a wonderful children’s book.  The story, Miss Rosie’s Miraculous Journey by Kim Q, is just so sweet. It is a true story about a real baby alpaca.  

The story is very interesting.  We get to share Rosie’s first year of life.  We even get to go to her first birthday party!

We loved Miss Rosie.  Your kids will love her, too.  We give Miss Rosie’s Miraculous Journey all five stars.

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Book Review: Edward Built A Rocketship by Michael Rack and Illustrated By Graham Ross

Edward Built A Rocketship by Michael Rack and Illustrated

By Graham Ross

If you like children’s books that rhyme, and we do, you will love Edward Built A Rocketship by Michael Rack and illustrated by Graham Ross.

This is a delightful story about an imaginary trip a young boy takes to outer space. The illustrations are great and funny.

Edward Built A Rocketship will hold your child’s attention when it comes time for that bedtime story.  We give it all five stars. This would make a great Christmas present for the children on your list.

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Book Review: Lily Wool by Paula Vásquez

Lily Wool 

By Paula Vásquez

If your young‘un is always asking for a story, you will want to put Lily Wool in the lineup.  This is such an adorable story that adults will be glad to read it over and over again.

Not only is it a great story on its own, it provides a wonderful message to the imaginative child. The story is well-written and the illustrations are just downright cute, as we say in the South.

Lily Wool will make a great gift for any young child on your Christmas list.  You will find yourself hoping that this is the book your child chooses from the stack of children’s books when it is story time. We give it all five stars and know you will love it.

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Press Release: Montana Alpaca Farmer Releases Heartwarming Children’s Book About Baby Alpaca

Montana Alpaca Farmer Releases Heartwarming Children’s Book About Baby Alpaca

Kim Q. delivers inspiring tale of newborn Miss Rosie’s journey through early-life health issues

LIVINGSTON, Mont. (Aug. 21, 2017) – A Montana-based alpaca farmer has released her debut children’s book, which puts forth the uplifting true story of a baby alpaca’s journey through medical challenges to health and happiness. In “Miss Rosie’s Miraculous Journey,” Kim Q. presents a gentle examination of the emotional complexity of parent-child relationships and emphasizes the importance of celebrating personal quirks.

Told from the perspective of baby alpaca Miss Rosie, the story chronicles the newborn’s first year of life and initial struggles with walking due to abnormalities in the shape of her legs. With the relentless love of her human, Momma Q., and the help of a set of leg braces, Miss Rosie adeptly overcomes her medical challenges and presses onward through her transition to “alpacahood.”

“To have this story of the bonding between a baby alpaca and a human – it’s encouraging and heartwarming,” Kim said. “It’s one of those stories that’s just too precious to not tell. In publishing this children’s book, I hope to offer my readers a playful, vibrant and imaginative introduction to alpacas and encourage them to embrace their own uniqueness.”

Full of colorful illustrations, “Miss Rosie’s Miraculous Journey” delivers a relatable tale about the ups and downs of both parenthood and childhood. Through Miss Rosie’s “firsts” and wide-eyed wonderment, readers will learn more about raising and caring for livestock as well as the critical importance of disability advocacy and awareness.

“Miss Rosie’s Miraculous Journey”

By Kim Q.

ISBN: 978-1-5127-8081-9 (paperback); 978-1-5127-8080-2 (electronic)

Available at the WestBow Press Online Bookstore and Amazon

About the author

Kim Q. has been an alpaca farmer for more than eight years. She also has more than 30 years of experience as a registered nurse and is a certified diabetes educator. Kim and Miss Rosie currently reside in Livingston, Mont. To learn more, please visit www.dancingelkalpacas.com.

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Book Review: Mackenzie Goes Adventuring By J. L. Baumann

Mackenzie Goes Adventuring

By J. L. Baumann

This is a very delightful book about two young snookies who seek an adventure together.  Mackenzie Goes Adventuring by J. L. Baumann is a cute story that reminds children they should listen and do what they are told.

The book is very colorful and beautifully illustrated. The patter of the rhyme reminds one of Dr. Suess.  It has  the kind of feel to it of The Night Before Christmas.

We give Mackenzie Goes Adventuring all five stars.  We think kids will love the book and want you to read it to them again and again.

You will want to buy a copy of this for every child on your Christmas list.  It just may inspire a love of reading and adventure in your young charges.

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Book Review: Jimmy Dean The Longest Dog You’ve Ever Seen By Penny A. Smith

Jimmy Dean The Longest Dog You’ve Ever Seen

By Penny A. Smith

What isn’t cute about an extremely long wiener dog?  Jimmy Dean The Longest Dog You’ve Ever Seen by Penny A. Smith is the story of just such a dog.

This is a cute little story that most little ones will want to hear again and again.  We give it all five stars.  This book is very colorfully illustrated and is absolutely adorable.  

Jimmy Dean is so long he can be inside even when he is outside.  We think young kids will fall in love with Jimmy Dean.  

Jimmy Dean The Longest Dog You've Ever Seen will make a great present for anyone who is very young, or who has a very young child they want to read to.

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Book Review: Growing Friendships: A Kids’ Guide to Making and Keeping Friends. by Dr. Eileen Kennedy-Moore and Christine McLaughlin

Growing Friendships: A Kids’ Guide to Making and Keeping Friends.

by Dr. Eileen Kennedy-Moore and Christine McLaughlin

If your child is having problems making friends, Growing Friendships: A Kids’ Guide to Making and Keeping Friends by Dr. Eileen Kennedy-Moore and Christine McLaughlin just might help.

It is a guide for helping kids learn some ways that just might help them make friends, when they are dealing with that awkward situation of being the odd man out.

The concept of the book is very creative.  The authors present different scenarios and guide the reader towards what they feel are the appropriate ways to handle the situation.  The book uses regular text along with cartoons to help hold the reader's interest as well as to underscore their points.

There is a cartoon dog and cat who make light-hearted commentaries throughout the book to make the book more interesting to kids.

We give Growing Friendships all five stars.  Whereas it might not work in every situation, the approach presented is probably the best way to attempt to make and keep friendships for older children and young teens.

We think this book would make an excellent gift for any older child/young teen.  Parents will find it helpful, too.  The book could be used to open a dialogue.  

Although Growing Friendships does not have any scripture references, it may still be a good tool for churches to use in small group classes for their youth group.  

This may very well be the best way for church youth groups to empower their kids out on the mission field, also known as school.

Purchase a copy for your youth pastor and one for your church library as well.

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Book Review: Cutie Meets Mr. Lizard by Felicia Di John

Cutie Meets Mr. Lizard

by Felicia Di John

We have to say that Cutie Meets Mr. Lizard is a very sweet and cute book. The illustrations are wonderful.  In fact, if one did not know that some of the trees in it were not real, they would have a difficult time telling it.

Cutie gets tired of eating the same old thing day after day, so she starts off on an adventure while her mom is at school.  This leads to her realizing that she has things pretty good at home.

We give this book all five stars.  It is well-written and well-illustrated. We think the child on your list will love it, too.

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Book Review: Workbook For Basic Phonics: Words & Reading for Pre-K1 By Melvine Groves

Workbook For Basic Phonics: Words & Reading for Pre-K1

By Melvine Groves

The Workbook For Basic Phonics: Words & Reading for Pre-K1 by Melvine Groves is an excellent guide for young children to learn numbers, colors, words, letters, and pretty much everything a pre-K1 student is expected to know, all in one book.

The colors are very bold.  The exercises are fun and engaging.

We give Workbook for Basic Phonics all five stars.  We think it will make an excellent tool for teachers.

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Book Review: Sonya Sahni and the First Grade By Soma Mandal

Sonya Sahni and the First Grade

By Soma Mandal

Sonya Sahni and the First Grade by Soma Mandal is a wonderful book geared towards those young, international children who are struggling to fit in.

This book addresses the desire of most children to fit in.  This is not easy when your culture at home differs drastically from that of your fellow students.

Sonya Sahni and the First Grade is well-written and is colorfully illustrated.  We feel that this book is deserving of all five stars.

We would love to see this develop into a series of books where Sonya Sahni learns a little more in-depth about the mainstream American culture in different regions of the country (South, East, North, West) as well as other international cultures.

We feel that Sonya Sahni and the First Grade provides a great first step towards understanding other cultures. The idea presented in the book about International Day is spot on and should be followed in all public schools in the United States.

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Book Review: The Adventures of Alexander T. Frog By Michael Brian O’Hara

The Adventures of Alexander T. Frog

By Michael Brian O’Hara

 

The Adventures of Alexander T. Frog is a wonderfully cute story about a little frog who is not happy with who he is. He has done so wonderfully well with everything a frog should do that he is bored. He wants to do more.

This book is beautifully illustrated.  All the animals look very much like what they are supposed to represent. This beautiful story will make a great addition to your young reader’s library.

Our youngest is now grown and moved on.  We would have loved to have had The Adventures of Alexander T. Frog as one of the books we read to her.  

Reading is so important to a small child and this is one of those books that your child will love for a long time. Enjoy your little ones while they are still young.

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Book Review: Missy Piggle-Wiggle and the Won’t Walk the Dog Cure By Ann M. Martin with Annie Parnell

Missy Piggle-Wiggle and the Won’t Walk the Dog Cure

By Ann M. Martin with Annie Parnell

Missy Piggle-Wiggle and the Won’t Walk the Dog Cure is a delightful story about a young woman who is taking care of her great-aunt’s farm while the great-aunt is off searching for what happened to her pirate husband.

Missy Piggle-Wiggle is tasked with taking care of the farm while curing many of the town’s children who have come down with (mis)behaviors like Smarty-Pants, Whiny Whiners and Won’t Walk the Dog.

She does all of this from her great-aunt’s upside down house that has a mind of its own.  Is the attic the basement or is the basement the attic?  

Missy Piggle-Wiggle and the Won’t Walk the Dog Cure is very cute and creative.  It is targeted towards readers age 9-12.  Adults will find it to be a fun read, too.

We give it all five stars on our scale of zero to five stars.  It is well-written and fun.

The book will be on sale 5 September 2017, but you can pre-order your copy today. This will make a fun gift for the pre-teens in your life.  Just be careful, adults, you may pick it up and read it all the way through yourself.

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