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A Classic Series So Good it Requires 3 Reviews – The Ramona Saga, Part 2

Daisy
June 6, 2020
Children's, Fiction
This second grouping of books from the Ramona series begins with what I feel is a shift in the types of challenges our young protagonist faces. In 1977, Ramona and Her Father debuted. This installment in the s...

A Classic Series So Good it Requires 3 Reviews – The Ramona Saga, Part 1

Daisy
May 23, 2020
Children's, Fiction
I don’t usually split book series into different entries but once I starting writing, I ended up with a VERY long article. It became clear that a series this iconic is worthy of not just two, but three separat...

Mouse & Metal Save the Day in Ricky Ricotta’s Mighty Robot

Daisy
May 8, 2020
Children's, Fiction
I’m back with a recommendation for independent readers who love graphic novels, comic books, robots, villains and adventure! Dav Pilkey may be best known as the creator of the Captain Underpants and Dog Man se...

Fantastic Mr. Fox is a Fast Paced Tale of Danger & Courage

Daisy
April 25, 2020
Children's, Fiction
Today’s book is short but it’s a classic and it packs a lot of action and eccentricities into 82 pages. I’ve covered Roald Dahl’s The BFG in a previous article and my son and I are equally fans of his The Fant...

Chart a Course for Adventure with My Side of the Mountain

Daisy
April 11, 2020
Children's, Fiction
My 8 year old son is obsessed with the idea of living on his own in the wilds. He often talks about how he wishes he could live in the woods and hunt his own food. This coming from a boy who has never hunted a...

Discover the Mostly Wordless World of David Wiesner

Daisy
March 29, 2020
Children's, Fiction
Have you ever shared a picture book with your child and by the time you reached the end, you’ve thought, ‘Even I could have written a better book than that’? There have been plenty of these moments for me over...

Inspire Reluctant Readers to Take the Lead with Wedgie & Gizmo

Daisy
March 14, 2020
Children's, Fiction
So occasionally, I’ll share a book that I didn’t necessarily enjoy reading but that my son loved. For me, it’s all about sparking the joy of reading, not necessarily what whether the content grabs me as an adu...

Budding Anthropologists Will Dig These Reference Books

Daisy
February 29, 2020
Children's, Fiction
If your child is anything like mine, they might be going through or have already gone through a phase where they are obsessed with all things historical. Today I’d like to explore the importance of research bo...

Your Cave Boy Will LOVE These Prehistoric Picture Books

Daisy
February 8, 2020
Children's, Fiction
Though it is absolutely intended to be a term of endearment, my husband and I often refer to our son as a little caveman. It could be partly due to the fact that he has very long, curly hair that is often in c...

Little One Learns to Trust in Meet Me at the Moon

Daisy
January 25, 2020
Children's, Fiction
When I was expecting, people would always comment on how the bond between a mother and her young son is exceptionally strong. Of course, I ate it up completely. I had always thought I’d be a mom to a daughter ...
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