I’m so happy that Cale Atkinson is continuing the story of Simon and Chester’s odd friendship through a graphic novel series. Their story is too good not to expand on.   Simon and Chester: Super Detectives! Welcome to the world of Simon and Chester, ghost and boy duo extraordinaire. They like to kick butt and […]

It’s the Last Saturday of September and also my 500th book review! I hope you’re ready for an October full of frightening monster stories. Let’s get started with a classic spooky book series full of supernatural monsters . . . or are they? There are some pretty weird grown-ups living in Bailey City! Liza, Melody, Howard, […]

Recommended for an Immature Audience, Kids and Adults Butts are used for breathing, eating, swimming, talking, and even killing in the animal kingdom. Which animal has the coolest butt power? That’s up to you to decide! Discover the fascinating ways ten different animals use their talented tushies for survival and then pick the ultimate King […]

My Father’s Dragon (First Published in 1948) Elmer Elevator (narrator’s father as a boy) runs away with an old alley cat to rescue a flying baby dragon being exploited on a faraway island. With the help of two dozen pink lollipops, rubber bands, chewing gum, and a fine-toothed comb, Elmer disarms the fiercest of beasts […]

Sage has misheard and misunderstood the word miscellaneous, one of Mrs. Page’s weekly vocabulary words. Her error leads to a humbling catastrophe: a momentous tragedy, in front of the entire class. Can Sage turn her vocabulary disaster: an event bringing great misfortune, into a triumph: a true success? Anyone who has ever been daunted: discouraged or disheartened, by a mere word in the […]

“Where are the girls?” When Grace’s teacher reveals that the United States has never had a female president, Grace decides to be the first. And she immediately starts off her political career as a candidate in the school’s mock election. But soon, she realizes that she has entered a tough race. Her popular opponent claims […]

Join Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose as they solve mystery after mystery.   These were one of my favorite book series in elementary school. I read them all, from A to Z.   The mysteries don’t stop at just the alphabet. The author Ron Roy continues the story in the A to Z Mysteries: Super […]

Stephen Satlow is an eight-year-old boy living in Brooklyn, New York, which means he cares about only one thing: the Dodgers. Steve and his father spend hours reading the sports pages and listening to games on the radio. Aside from an occasional run-in with his teacher, Steve’s life is pretty simple. But then Steve hears […]

HAPPY 100th POST For the record, I did not plan to make it all the way to 100 posts when I first started this blog. I didn’t plan to get so into it. But I did, so here we are. These are the best books I have ever read, so I had to have them […]

This series revolves around two 4th graders, George Beard and Harold Hutchins, living in Piqua, Ohio, and Captain Underpants, a superhero from one of the boys’ homemade comic books, that accidentally becomes real when George and Harold hypnotize their ill-tempered principal, Mr. Krupp. Join the boys as they battle – talking toilets, cafeteria ladies from […]