October is here, and with it out come the scares, the ghouls, spirits and monsters too. I love the obscure, I love the thrills and chills that come with the unknown. For children, I also believe they need to get a good dose of the unknown… not to scare them … Continue reading
About the Book Title: The Secret of the Sacred Scarab | Author: Fiona Ingram | Publication Date: December 30, 2008 | Publisher: iUniverse | Pages: 272 | Recommended Age: 10+ Summary: A 5000-year-old mystery comes to life when a scruffy peddler gives Adam and Justin Sinclair an old Egyptian scarab … Continue reading
About the Book Title: Skies Like These | Author: Tess Hilmo | Publication Date: July 15, 2014 | Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), sold by MacMillan | Pages: 240 | Recommended Age: 7 to 12 Summary: Twelve-year-old Jade’s perfect summers have always been spent reading and watching TV … Continue reading
About the Book Title: Billy and The Monster Who Loved to Fart | Author: David Chuka | Publication Date: January 31, 2013 | Publisher: Pen-n-a-Pad Publishing | Pages: 34 | Recommended Ages: 3 to 8 Summary: In the first book in this epic tale, we discover that Billy loves Monster … Continue reading
Mother Daughter Book Reviews is pleased to be coordinating a Book Blast for “Jack the Boogey is My Real Name” by Davon Washington & Chase Washington, a delightful bedtime picture book for children who are afraid of the dark. About the Book Title: Jack the Boogey is my Real Name: … Continue reading
This post might be just funny to me, but the other day, as Tiny A was playing with his books and pulling them out of his bookcase, I just realized the titles that were hidden behind our baby books: Noam Chomski’s “Failed States”, “A clockwork orange”, Einstein’s Physics, and a … Continue reading
About the Book Title: The Cat Who Lost His Meow | Author: Angela Muse | Illustrator: Helen H. Wu | Publication Date: June 1, 2014 | Publisher: Independent | Pages: 32 | Recommended Ages: 3+ Summary: Chester the lazy calico cat has suddenly lost his meow. He’s looking everywhere, but … Continue reading
Mother Daughter Book Reviews is pleased to be coordinating Destiny and Faith Go to Twincentric Academy’s Book Blast on behalf of author Jourden Cleghorn who writes under the pen name of Teddy O’Malley. Jourden was recently involved in a serious automobile accident resulting in severe injuries just days after her … Continue reading
About the Book Title: Prince Iggy and the Kingdom of Naysayer | Author: Aldo Fynn | Illustrator: Richie Vicencio | Publication Date: November 5,2013 | Publisher: Boa Press, LLC. | Pages: 156 | Recommended Ages: 8 to 12 Summary: All Iggy Rose wants is for the kids at the Naysayer … Continue reading
This week we’re back in France, traveling through children’s literature and cooking. When I was preparing my “cooking class” last weekend, I decided I wanted to read to the girls one of my favorite fairytale books from when I was growing up: Fairytales from around the world, illustrated by Adrienne … Continue reading
