Through the Looking Glass Book Reviews
Monday, August 29, 2016
Picture Book Monday with a review of What do you do with a problem?
›
Learning how to deal with problems is a vital skill to have. The funny thing is that many of us have no clue what to do when things go wron...
Friday, August 26, 2016
Poetry Friday with a review of What’s for dinner: Quirky, Squirmy Poems from the Animal World
›
For most of us humans, the process of getting our food is relatively simple. We go to a shop or a market and buy what we need. For animals,...
Monday, August 22, 2016
Picture Book Monday with a review of the day everything went wrong
›
Not long ago I had a day when everything seemed to go wrong. The hose attacked my ankles and I fell over. The dishwasher dumped water all o...
Friday, August 12, 2016
Poetry Friday with a review of Garvey's Choice
›
I used to consider the idea of a novel written in verse rather intimidating. How could such a thing work? Wouldn't it be hard to read? ...
Monday, August 8, 2016
Picture Book Monday with a review of This is not a picture Book
›
Many children are put off when they see a book that is full of words. They want pictures to look at, not words! After all, how can words po...
Friday, August 5, 2016
Poetry Friday with a review of G is for Gold Medal: An Olympics Alphabet
›
The opening ceremony for the 2016 Olympic Games takes place today in Rio, and so I thought it would be fitting to bring you a book that c...
Monday, August 1, 2016
Picture Book Monday with a review of Sadako's Cranes
›
On August 6th, 1945 an atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. Thousands of people died that day, and many thousands died ...
Friday, July 29, 2016
Poetry Friday with a review of The people of the town: Nursery-Rhyme Friends for You and Me
›
One of the things that makes nursery rhymes so appealing are the colorful characters that feature in them. Often the characters do wonderfu...
Monday, July 25, 2016
Picture Book Monday with a review of Little Robot
›
Graphic novels have been around for a long time, but English language titles in this genre that are suitable for younger readers are a more...
1 comment:
Friday, July 22, 2016
Poetry Friday with a review of Early Moon
›
When I was growing up, not many writers were creating poetry for young readers. We are very lucky that there are so many marvelous poets to...
‹
›
Home
View web version