(Note: I first read this in 2006)
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
The Crazy Man, by Pamela Porter
(Note: I first read this in 2006)
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
A Bedtime Kiss for Chester Raccoon, by Audrey Penn (illustrated by Barbara L. Gibson)
A Bedtime Kiss for Chester Raccoon
Author: Audrey Penn
Illustrator: Barbara L. Gibson
Publisher: Tanglewood
Publication Date: August 15, 2011
What a fantastic twist on the "afraid of the dark" bedtime stories! Chester the Raccoon is having trouble sleeping but since raccoons are nocturnal, it's the daylight that's keeping him up. He keeps thinking he sees scary things in the sun's rays, the way children might complain of shapes in nighttime shadows. As usual, his mother is there to comfort him and help him relax for bedtime (and dream of nighttime adventures). The text is a simple rhyme that's sure to enchant even very young children. A Color Game for Chester Raccoon, by Audrey Penn (illustrated by Barbara L. Gibson)
A Color Game for Chester Raccoon
Author: Audrey Penn
Illustrator: Barbara L. Gibson
Publisher: Tanglewood
Publication Date: May 15, 2012
This is a cute take on a colour book for young children by the author and illustrator of The Kissing Hand and other Chester Raccoon books. Chester and his friends spy various colours in nature, like a white bird, a brown caterpillar, flowers that are "cornflower blue." It's sort of the Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? for the Chester Raccoon series. The only thing--and I'm sure this would not be an issue for the board book--is that the digital copy I received did not have the pages lined up properly so two-page illustrations could not be viewed simultaneously using the "two page view" option on my desktop reader (it showed the second half of one picture and the first half of the next instead). If this becomes available as an e-book, I hope they would correct the page numbering.Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet, by Andrew Blum
Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet
Author: Andrew Blum
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication Date: May 29, 2012
The internet really IS a series of tubes! Well, sort of. In this fascinating look at the history and--even more unusual--geography of the internet, Andrew Blum takes us behind the scenes and among the cables that make up the information superhighway. A fantastic read that I picked up months ago and forgot to write a review for until recent pictures of Google's data warehouse jarred my memory (hit the jump to see).Monday, March 4, 2013
50 Underwear Questions: A Bare-All History, by Tanya Lloyd Kyi (illustrated by Ross Kinnaird)
Apart from the fact that kids love these entertaining fact books with cartoon drawings and "Did you know" boxes, and apart from the fact that all kids find underwear hilarious, the history of underwear is just plain interesting. It's perfect bathroom reading for the whole family.
Friday, March 1, 2013
Seeing Red: The True Story of Blood, by Tanya Lloyd Kyi
Seeing Red:
The True Story of Blood
Author: Tanya Lloyd Kyi
Illustrator: Steve Rolston
Publisher: Annick Press
Publication Date: February 1, 2012
You really can't go wrong with Tanya Lloyd Kyi! She's the author of several other books for children, particularly specializing in the "so gross but so cool" categories. Her 50 Underwear Questions was fantastic, but Seeing Red: The True Story of Blood is stellar. The book explores all the ways in which blood has been interpreted, misinterpreted, used, consumed, avoided, feared, ritualized and just plain obsessed over. She looks at bloodletting, vampire lore, menstrual myths, human sacrifice, blood spatter and even blood recipes (if someone offers you blodplattar pancakes, think twice!). It's creepy and gross and SO good. It's also really informative. Plus the illustrations by Steve Rolston hit just the right mark between cute and gory. My inner twelve-year-old is salivating over this book!
50 Climate Questions: A Blizzard of Blistering Facts, by Peter Christie (illustrated by Ross Kinnaird)
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