1.5 ⭐This is a book I would not recommend. Because there are potentially hazardous things included in its pages. The author is trying to talk about a story between some birds and some kids that last through the years. But within the story, the kids feed ducks bread to keep the ducks away from the fish to help the birds. You shouldn‘t feed ducks bread. They‘re harming one animal to help another. Later in the story, they want to help the bird build

4 ⭐ This is a book about a little girl and a Clydesdale horse who both want to participate in a rodeo. Rosie is the horse and she‘s a Clydesdale, considered a gentle giant and not appropriate for the rodeo. But she has a dream and a chance to live it. Things do not go as planned, but everything works out in the end. This book was lovely. The illustrations are great and overall, this was just a pleasant read that kids will love.

4 ⭐ I love the Fiona books. There‘s something about the innocence of this hippo and now her baby brother. This is Halloween so we get to see all the animals dressed up in their costumes and learn about the zoo at night. This book is just a lot of fun, and this one probably has my favorite illustrations of all the Fiona books: the tiger and the bunny costume.

3 ⭐This is a book about a chameleon going from his home to being a pet in a classroom. The illustrations are lively and fun, but I wish the cover was better. The story is a little long however it still works well. This would be a great book for a classroom. I‘m not sure it‘s a read every night type of book but it is a book kids will enjoy.

4 ⭐Alphabet books are nothing new. However, some stand out and this is one of them. You went in knowing the book was supposed to teach a lesson on belonging. Using the letters of the alphabet it explains other ways to make you a better you, Help others, and be better. It focuses on the difference between fitting in and belonging and how your unique and that is OK. I really like how this book was done. It‘s a tad bit long but perfect for children.

3 ⭐I like the title better than I like the book. All the letters go play and the vowels feel left out. But through this game of red rover the consonants realize that they can‘t make words without the vowels, so they invite the vowels to play. Everybody plays and it‘s happily ever after. The idea of story is cute, but the execution is long. This could have been shortened and it would‘ve been 100 times better.

4 ⭐This book is sadly wonderful. A father and his daughter are Weavers. It‘s just the two of them. One day a new man comes to town and takes up residence in a local cabin. He had lost his family and is still in the unhappy times. Weaver and the father know if they can weave the right rug they might be able to help the father come out of his grief and live again. This book will have someone who needs it and will greatly appreciate it.

3 ⭐ This book is nice. It lists things that happen in the winter both for humans and animals alike. It mentions dreams of spring, but that there is still plenty of time for winter. If nothing wrong with this book, there‘s also nothing fantastic. It‘s a nice read that kids will enjoy but will not stay on shells forever.

4 ⭐This was a book full of hope. Hope that a child in your life takes time to smell the roses and notices the little things that make life special. One thing to notice is the illustrations. They were all cut and torn paper. It‘s a type of collage that is very pristine, and it is beautifully done. Altogether this book is full of quiet beauty that one will want to hand to their children and to their children‘s children.

4 ⭐This is a fun activity for those who enjoyed the butt books. Even though there‘s not a mega ton of reading, the author has done a good job of keeping up the ideas, the rhyming patterns, and the things that make the butt book so special. This is a great book to add to the collection but might be hard for libraries because kids are going to do the puzzles and the mazes.

2.5 Hide must be the third or fourth book by Kiersten White that I have read. And while the book is OK, I‘m always left feeling that way by her books. This is her first adult novel. Adults are lured into a game of hide and seek that it turns out to be deadly. This does have fantastic horror elements, which do make sense but still seems to be missing something. This book is on the shorter side, it‘s only 235 pages but is so slow. It feels like it‘s

2 ⭐ This book is odd. It‘s like a boy with no friends who‘s using his imagination to keep himself active. His best friend is his elbow, who sometimes comes to life and flies off his body. He also has an American toy and a toy he says his American (but is not) and it‘s a very big deal. For whatever reason the character reminds me of Trump with his long red tie in the weird hair. It‘s his insistence on America American America.

3 ⭐ This book looks at various types of trucks and what they do. It has a simple rhyming pattern and is a very simple book. The story isn‘t the greatest, but the illustrations are fun. Some pages are better than others which puts this book steadily in the middle. I‘m not sure it‘s one of those books that would be picked up frequently unless you happen to own it. Especially if the truck book bin also contains Good Night Good night construction site

3⭐This book is exactly what is imagined from the cover. It teaches children that they are a puzzle peace in this world and that everyone is different and has an exact place they fit in.That if they‘re feeling out of sorts or unfocused or like they just don‘t belong it‘s probably because they‘re trying to fit themselves into the wrong puzzle location. The metaphor is not bad. The author does a good job of making it make sense for a younger audience

3 ⭐Is the darkness something to be afraid of? Is it a life giving force? Is it a life stealing force? That is the question within these pages? Anya is the newest moth keeper. It is her job nightly take the moths to a place they can glow and become strong pollinators to the tree that keeps her society alive, and then put them to sleep again for the night. It‘s lonely. She lives in a society that lives by night but has always to feel the

4 ⭐ And New Mexico is probably over. Another child is gone, and this series continues. It‘s one tons of awards because it deserves it. This book is a bloody good time and book 8 can‘t come fast enough.

4 ⭐This story picks up right where it left off. There in New Mexico and Erica‘s with a new person and for some reason there‘s a kid that can hear her stuffed animal. Of course, not only is her organization after her there is a super monster that can transform to look like other humans on the chase as well. This book flows well with the rest of the series and I can‘t wait to read book 7.

4 ⭐ This was a cute graphic novel. It is typical of the series. That‘s neither good nor bad. It‘s a quick jump for graphic novel leaders with adorable illustration and a friendship between the dog and a dragon that makes for a grand time.

4 ⭐ Have you ever wondered what would happen if Scooby-Doo wandered into a Lovecraft novel? Then wonder no more because here it is. We can tell this book is based around the idea of the Scooby-Doo cartoons of the 70s. The kids solved a mystery of the lake creature but now it‘s 13 years later, their adults, and they think they got it wrong. Their lives haven‘t been the happy go Lucky joy you get from the animated cartoon. They‘ve been hard and real

⭐2 People clean and get ready for spring after all it‘s called spring cleaning. The clouds also must make ready for plenty of rain and water to bring on the growing season. This book was fine, but I found it more annoying than anything. I‘m not sure if it‘s too chipper or just the mood I‘m in. It was fine but just fine.

3 ⭐People clean and get ready for spring after all it‘s called spring cleaning. The clouds also must make ready for plenty of rain and water to bring on the growing season. This book was fine, but I found it more annoying than anything. I‘m not sure if it‘s too chipper or just the mood I‘m in. It was fine but just fine.

2 ⭐ This is a DNF. This book was 18 hours and it feels like it. Maybe if I was reading this book instead of listening to it as an audiobook that might‘ve made a difference. I got more than four hours into it, and I don‘t care about anything that‘s happening. Plus, there is slippage going back-and-forth. different characters brought in, it‘s sometimes confusing. There is something out there in the mountains.

2 ⭐There is nothing about this book that appeals to me. I know this book is a booktok, darling. I know librarians of TikTok who manage middle school libraries saying this book comes up for a lot of middle schoolers as their favorite book. Or as a book, they should be added to the collection. I also know that this book is not intended for middle school at all. It is a new adult steamy romcom. I know that this cover makes this book look like

4 ⭐ Welcome back to the Buffy verse. Long time viewers know that there is only one born in every generation. And that the only way to get a new slayer for the previous slayer to die. That is until Willow and Buffy get together and make sure every possible slayer is given their powers so they can defeat evil. But that was 16 years ago. Something has happened to the slayers. At least four are dead, and no one knows where the others are at.

4 ⭐ Welcome back to the Buffy world and back to the Frankie lead Scooby gang. They know what happened at the last slayer retreat, they even kind of know what happened to some of the other slayers. Frankie has a new watcher and her new watcher is SPIKE!!!. While we know from the first book that Willow aged up Spike‘s face and magically changed his cloths to tweed, he gets even more into his 40-year-old teaching persona.

4 ⭐ We know who the darkness is. We knew who the bad people are, the villains of this book. We know from the beginning and now it‘s do we defeat the villains or do we do something else. Plus, the Scooby‘s really need to get Buffy back. This book also gets a little bit into Frankie‘s romance with a demon which is interesting but is a little too much Angel angst for this reader. Even Willow is like oh my god, Angel 2.0. I (Willow) do not need

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I did it I completed the Birth and Beyond Reading challenge for 23-24. It was by the skin of my teeth but I did it!! #bbrc.

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4 ⭐ This is fun to read aloud. It has all the mechanics that one wants an easy reader. It also has a cadence so kids when they‘re practicing their reading skills will feel more like their rapping or singing as they‘re reading aloud.

4 ⭐This is a ready to read easy reader. It is a pre-level one. That means this is meant for parents and kids to be reading together. It is very much like one would expect from a dick and Jane book. Very repetitive rhyming words said over and over and over again. Everything about this book works and the story is cute. The illustrations are great.

4 ⭐For an easy reader, this has a lot of understandable information. I don‘t know who the StoryBots are besides they have a Netflix series. But these weird little robots in a cadence filled rhyming narrative, explain the basics of how money works. Yes, it‘s the very basics, but for the age this is made for it‘s perfect. I was surprised by this book and happier for it.

3 ⭐I liked the original Uni the Unicorn books the easy readers, ehhh. I don‘t know if they‘re based on a TV show or just easy readers, but kids will love them. I as an adult don‘t have to. This is a Step into Reading level two book, but it feels a bit more complicated than most easy readers. I do know that step into readings levels are higher than some other publishers easy reading books.

4 ⭐This is a lovely story. It‘s about a little girl who is given a chance to be a mermaid and explore oceans. She is taught the lessons by the ocean to help keep it clean and help care for the animals because what we do as humans can be destructive to their habitat and their lifecycle. It does it in a lovely way that can get a bit repetitive but overall, this is a lovely book to read.

4 ⭐This was a nice story. The illustrations are fun and bright. Everything works well together. I feel like I‘ve heard this story before but enjoyed reading this version of it.

3 ⭐In general, I like this book. The illustrations are great, the story is funny, etc. However, the messaging bothers me. This is a dad that‘s constantly busy with his kids and just needs a break. Part of it, are the kids misbehaving or are they just rambunctious.

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐5 ⭐
A cat is telling you all you need to know about dogs and how they are stupid and worthless. Until the cat needs them. This book is funny and full of heart, and the story flows well. There is nothing to dislike about this book. The illustrations are drawn to look like a very good kid did them. This is the type of book I think of when I think of happy books and I‘m glad that they‘re putting out stories like this.

3 ⭐In a time when participation trophies are handed out to most kids, this book looks at not getting a trophy. It says it‘s OK to not get a trophy. That what matters isn‘t if you win or if you lose, but it‘s the person you are, and how you get where you‘re at. I really like that message. I also really like the illustrations in this book. The book is long, especially towards the end.

4 ⭐This book is about a child‘s perception of time. How, to an adult it may be just a moment, but to a kid it‘s a mini lifetime. It‘s also about how time slows when something is fascinating, like watching saplings or wind blow. This was nice but it would be hard to convey the lesson in a group setting and would work much better as a bedtime book.

4 ⭐Torla is a smaller than average giraffe and Smorla is an average giraffe. When one has a problem the other helps. This book was super fun and cute. The story is simple but sometimes that‘s all it takes. The illustrations are what brings this book to life and the funny sizing also helps. I‘d be happy to have this in my collection at any time.

3 ⭐This book is the usual question when someone tries to pick something for every letter of the alphabet: What about X? In this case all the alphabets are going on a camping trip and everybody‘s going to bring something for camping, but who wants to play with an x-ray and what happens when the xylophone is broken? This book wasn‘t bad. The illustrations are fun and it‘s a nice addition to the usual alphabet books.

4 ⭐This book is like many in the series. It‘s a fun little rhyming book about the man who brings sleep. Some of the rhymes are harsh and that harness causes the cadence to stagger. Overall, this is a good book, but it‘s not my favorite of the series.

4 ⭐Just when I thought there wasn‘t anything new to learn about dinosaurs, we learn that dinosaur fragments could possibly exist on the moon. This fun book that isn‘t just an information dump, but where the dinosaurs interact with the reader. It‘s fun and interesting and kids who like dinosaurs are going to love this book.

4 ⭐This is both biography and a philosophy about finding uses for old things. An everyday sanitation worker in New York City collected things that were broken, but could be fixed could be reused, could be reimagined. He turned his treasures into a museum. His idea was to show people that what one person thinks is trash, could be treasure because he grew up with the lesson that all things are used until there is no use left.

4 ⭐This was a fabulous biography of a little known, strongest woman in the world. Katie was always big and tall when women were supposed to be meek, mild, and quiet. Not only could she out lift anybody, out wrestle anybody, she could also fight verbally for her rights and women suffrage. This book was a joy to read and will have a girls going “I can do that too”.

4 ⭐Did you read and love all of the Bear books by Jane Chapman? You know: Bear Stays up for Christmas, Bear Snores On, Bear Wants More. Chapman has reimagined Twas the Night Before Christmas within her bear universe. Santa is a polar bear visiting the bear family. And his sleigh is a slay full of dogs. Most of the wording is the same, but some lines are changed to match this version of the story. Everything works together fabulously.

3 ⭐Thank goodness there is a pronunciation guide to the end of this book. This is a simple book that lists various types of pasta. If you‘re saying the names right it‘ll rhyme, if you‘re not, it‘s a tongue twister. I think a book that names the various type of pasta and gets to the pasta sauces will be very helpful with picky eaters.

4.5 ⭐This is a mashup of the movie Whip It, about roller derby, and the TV series Glow, about professional women‘s wrestling. This book was such a fun read. Based on the cover, I thought it was going to be a middle grade book. It is solidly an adult graphic novel. Teens may enjoy it, but it is aimed for young adults. The story is very similar to the movies mentioned before and that a girl discovers that professional pillow fighting is a thing

4 ⭐This is the mostly true story of the young man that brought mami, a type of noodle dish, in the Philippines. His is a story of hard work and devotion. This was an interesting story and a lovely biography of a man many may not learn of otherwise.

3 ⭐I understand the concept of making science fun and entertaining. This book set up to do that and it is semi successful. There is lot of information in this book. And it‘s just one of a series of books that discuss the periodic table. The information is spot on however this is designed as a reference book. I think something simpler would work better. This is designed for middle grade, but the cover makes it more approachable to elementary,