Such a cute book! I loved the bright illustrations and the simple text. I fell in love with Bear and his connection with Bunny.
Bear was in the forest, and he discovered a stuffed rabbit under a tree. He immediately falls in love with it and “gently carries the toy Bunny home.”
Thinking the Bunny is sad, he makes some Found signs and puts them up everywhere. Bear believes that the Bunny misses his home.
Bear starts searching for the Bunny’s owner, but he can’t find anyone who is missing him. Bear feels sorry for Bunny, but he also wishes that he could keep him.
While out with Bunny the next day, they find Bunny’s owner. What a relief. Or is it?
The ending is sweet and well; the illustrations are super!! 5 stars
Is there or is there not a bear? Talking to the reader directly, the girl is convinced there is a bear outside her door. Trying to prepare her readers, she is excited about what is happening outside her door.
Yet, when someone comes rattling her doorknob, guess who wants to answer the door? Yes, the girl! Did she forget about the bear? The ending was cute and I loved the tie-in with the story we all know. 4 stars
The books in this series are so cute. I think kids love how they go on forever until they loop around to the beginning again. The dog in this story is cute and of course, who doesn’t like donuts.
So, give the dog a donut and of course, he’s going to need something to drink. He loves the juice so much, he needs more but of course, you have no more, so he’ll make his own. Throwing the apples from the tree, the dog is reminded how much he likes to play baseball and of course, he wants to play baseball! Playing baseball involves a lot of equipment and dog is such a great player, that a celebration is in store when they are finished this celebration creates more fun, and they go on an adventure with a treasure hunt and kite flying. Did I mention a kite? Yup, a kite which so happens to get caught in a tree. What kind of tree? Yup…. you got it and now….we shall start dog all over again on this wonderful story.
Cute, fun-filled illustrations that complement the storyline. I love the little boy who is trying to keep up with the dog in the story as he runs about making the dog happy. The colors are a nice shade of brightness, and the shapes are simple within the illustrations so not to take away from the text. A fun and adventurous story that everyone will enjoy. 5 stars.
You start with one pancake with sticky syrup and a pig….yes, a pig who doesn’t want to be sticky. To solve this, the pig takes a bubble bath with a rubber duck. Oh, a duck, that little duck brings back memories to the pig who now gets homesick and off you go! The pig wants to go on a trip to the farm where she was raised. Pig now has to get ready to go to the farm and that is an ordeal involving clothes, dancing, photos, and treehouse building. So many activities to get ready to go!! Has pig started on her trip to the farm yet? No, but now she’s feeling sticky again and you know what that means. Pig wants another pancake …….and you know what that means….. start reading this story over again.
A fun and lively story that will leave you smiling. The little girl is cute that is trying to keep up with the pig throughout the story, running and cleaning up and assisting the pig wherever she can. The pages are busy, yet the shapes are simple so not to take-away from the text on the pages. I love the colors used on the pages as they’re a toned-down shade of brightness.
Poop! Yes, poop. A book centered around poop. It is more important than you think and now, we can read about its importance, the history of poop, and why you can’t live without it. A nonfiction children’s book, I guarantee that you will learn something about poop before you get done reading it.
There are a dozen chapters in this book, an introduction, a glossary, and an index so this book can be used as a reference tool also. The last few pages of the book are full of fun interesting facts which along with the rest of the book make for some interesting reading. Let me entice you with some interesting facts: elephant poop is often used to fill up holes in the game reserve in South Africa, there is a dog park in Massachusetts that fuels their park’s street lamps with dog’s poop so don’t carry your dog’s poo out, dump into the convertor so you can see on your way home. Guess how many rabbit pellets a rabbit can poop in just 1 day? 500!
Now that I got you intrigued, this is just a bit of the fun and interesting information that is inside this book. You’ll learn what human and animal poop is, the hazards of poop, how the world uses it, and what we poop teaches us. Do you ever wonder, what happens to all the poo when individuals go to the bathroom? Does it go in space? Down inside the ocean or what? The answers are inside this book. The answers are not lengthy, and the author doesn’t use difficult terminology, yet this is not a book for preschool children. I think this is a good fit book for mature readers who have inquiring minds from the grade school level and up. The illustrations inside the book range from detailed drawings to cartoons explaining the text.
For being a thick graphic novel, this book went fast. I liked the combination of text bubbles, text and diary entries. The variety of fonts made the story move along quickly too.
The illustrations were simple, cute, and sometimes took up a lot of the page but that was okay as the text bubbles, or some text was added onto the page. If you like dogs: talking dogs, this story is for you.
Not always understanding one another, Bear and Bird are best friends. This children’s book consists of 4 short stories about the two friend’s adventures that are cute, entertaining, and fun. Young children will enjoy listening to this one.
Each of the stories in this book is around 15 pages long with colorful illustrations that compliment the text. Imaginations and the desire for an adventure are required as the two friends discover a cave, surprise one another, get lost in the Woody Wood, and give each other a test.
I liked how they liked to do things together, even when things were unpredictable. They wanted to make each other happy but they also had times where they did things on their own. I did feel sorry for snail though and I had hoped to see something about him later in the book. A cute storybook and I hope to read more about their adventures in the future.
They were together and then, they’re not. I heard about this book, so I picked it up. It’s a Norendy Tale about five puppets that’s told in 3 Acts consisting of 28 chapters. Kate brings us this story about a lonely sea captain who discovers five puppets and the story they were meant to tell. The wooden trunk for which they were housed becomes their home, their shelter, as they traveled about experiencing the world. They were a unique group, a bonded family who knew they held greatness within.
The sea captain, a man alone in his thoughts, was out for a walk because today was one of his good days as the weather was nice and his body felt good. On bad days, the sea captain would lie in his bed all day and just exist. Spelhorst was a lonely man as he listened and watched the world around him. Today on his walk, there’s a toy shop in the alley that grabs Spelhorst attention. Floating midair, in the glass display there are a group of puppets: a king, an owl, a wolf, a boy, and a girl. It’s the girl puppet that captures his heart. As he attempts to buy this female puppet from the merchant, the face on this female puppet fills his head with memories. Unable to buy just one of the puppets, Spelhorst buys the whole set and sets off for home.
Upon entering his home, Spelhorst sets the girl puppet on his table, casting the other puppets into a wooden chest on the floor. Spelhorst is overcome with emotions as he begins talking to the girl puppet, calling her Annalise and apologizing to her. Retiring for the night, the emotional spent sea captain takes to bed while the puppets begin to talk amongst themselves about their new surroundings. They’re finally out in the world, experiencing the world but they’re not prepared for what lies ahead.
They wanted to tell their story; they each knew they had something within them, but would they be able to tell it.
This is such a fun adventure story. As two young girls become the owners of the wooden chest, the puppets each begin to experience life outside the toy store. With individual personalities and stories, each of them has an adventure that has a lasting effect on them. Everyone dreams and has hope and this book definitely shows us that. 5 stars
If you love humor, you will enjoy this book. As you read the book, the author narrates the story, so you think that you’ll be seeing and reading a story about a cat. The author begins telling you a story about a cat but by the end of the book, a dog is the main character. You’ll learn what the cat looks like, what they are doing and what is happening to the cat, but the problem is, there’s a dog in the book. There is no cat. The author’s narration is on one side of the page, and on the opposite side of the page, there’s a dog who is responding to what the author is stating. The dog’s comments are written in text bubbles, and he’s upset that the author is confused about what animal is in the book. Soon, the author changes and he starts addressing the dog in the book and what happens with the dog and his surroundings begin to surprise him. It’s comical as the dog tries to tell the author to stop talking, to stop writing as dog doesn’t like what is happening.
We loved how funny this story was. No matter how many times we read this book, we laugh! I enjoy the easy text as this would be a perfect book for learning readers. The stories are simple, but they do have structure and meaning. The illustrations are bright and colorful. What a fun book! David LaRochelle is becoming one of our favorite authors, I hope he continues to write fantastic books.
This book is bound to get laughs and smiles. We’ve checked it out so many times at the library, I think I should just buy my own copy.
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