One Wintry Night By Ruth Bell Graham is one of my all time favorite Christmas books for children. It's a wonderful story set in the Smokey Mountains about a boy who injures his ankle in a wintry storm and finds refuge in a stranger's home. The woman of the house tends to his sprained ankle …
Blizzard by John Rocco For those of us living in Florida, a winter wonderland of snow sounds very appealing, but John Rocco gives us a different perspective in his beautifully illustrated book, Blizzard.The first few days of snowfall don't cause alarm, but after a week of heavy snow, one young boy decides he must take …
I recently went to the library to see what was hot in the Children's section and came across What Happened to Merry Christmas? by Robert C. Baker. The book isn't new, but it is a timely story about a young boy named Sam who's teacher tells him "There won't be any Christmas." Sam 's mother …
I was strolling through a small bookstore in Orlando and came across Giraffe Problems, by Jory John. The wonderful cover caught my attention so I picked it up and began reading. The story is about Edward, a giraffe who doesn't like his neck - it's too long, too bendy, too dopey, too patterned, etc. I …
Dragon Masters by Tracey West Reviewed by Christie Thomas and kids! The Dragon Masters series from Scholastic miraculously engaged all three of my boys. In it, four children are brought to the castle in the Kingdom of Bracken because the "dragon stone" has chosen each child to train a specific dragon. Together, the children solve problems, …
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