McKenzie Hortonville Public Library Things Not Seeen Andrew Clemment

Things Not Seen is about a boy who is about 15. His name is Bobby. He turns invisible by sleeping with his electric blanket. He finds this blind girl named Alicia. They like each other then afterwards he turns visible.

Pete the Cat and his four groovy buttons Eric Litwin

Pete the Cat says "buttons come and buttons go." The lesson is that stuff is not important. It's your attitude that is! Pete is still singing in this third book. As a kindergartner told me (when I read this aloud today) singing makes us happy!

All Stuck Up Linda Hayward

"Brer Fox is always thinking of ways to catch Brer Rabbit. Brer Rabbit is always thinking of ways not to get caught!" Will fox or rabbit come out on top in this story about a sticky trap? Beginning readers can read this book alone or with a friend.

Eddie Elephant's Exciting Egg-Sitting Barbara deBuertis

Eddie the Elephant is a born storyteller. When he is roped into egg sitting an emu egg, what will be the result? Read this book to find out!

Foxy and Egg Alex T. Smith

Alex T. Smith is both the author and illustrator of this charming picture book with an old-fashioned feel. Foxy finds egg on her doorstep and has big plans for its future. When egg grows to an exhorbitant size her plans are changed by a big surprise!

Danny D. Shawano City-County Library The Twits Roald Dahl

This book is about two Twits. Their names are Mr. and Mrs. Twit. The Twits are two mean, horrible, ugly creatures that play nasty tricks on each other. As an example, one time Mrs. Twit put worms in Mr. Twit’s spaghetti. They also have monkeys for pets. The Twits eat birds for supper; however, one day when Mr. Twit went out to get the birds, they were not there. This happened two more times causing Mr. Twit and his wife become furious. They went to buy some guns to shoot the birds. Find out what happens next (that means read the book)…

I give this book a 2, out of 5 stars.

Jennie Appleton Public Library Wave Suzy Lee

This wordless story captures a little girl's endearing first visit to the beach. Although the girl is hesitant about the water at first, some splashing around and picking through shells cause her to grow quite fond of the beach. Drawn with flowing watercolors that portray the swelling waves of the ocean, this is a beautiful story that will captivate children and parents alike. Recommended for children 2 and up as the wordless pages require the reader to unravel the message behind the pictures.

Danny Shawano City-County Library The Twits Roald Dahl

This book is about two Twits. Their names are Mr. and Mrs. Twit. The Twits are two mean, horrible, ugly creatures that play nasty tricks on each other. As an example, one time Mrs. Twit put worms in Mr. Twit’s spaghetti. They also have monkeys for pets. The Twits eat birds for supper; however, one day when Mr. Twit went out to get the birds, they were not there. This happened two more times causing Mr. Twit and his wife become furious. They went to buy some guns to shoot the birds. Find out what happens next (that means read the book)…

I give the book 2 stars.

Library Mouse A Museum Adventure Daniel Kirk

This book is visually stunning and takes Sam and Sarah on an adventure in a museum where one of the things they learn is how wonderful it is to keep a journal!

Library Mouse A World to Explore Daniel Kirk

In this third Library Mouse book, Sam meets a daring mouse named Sarah who helps him to see his world in a new way!

Library Mouse A Friend's Tale Daniel Kirk

In this second mouse book, Sam makes friends with a boy named Tom when they realize that they can share making a book.

Library Mouse Daniel Kirk

Thank you to patron, Jacob, who showed this book to me. Library Mouse, Sam, likes to write and illustrate books and leave them hiding in the library. When the librarian leaves him a note to invite him for Author Day something lovely and surprising happens!

The Golden Egg Book Margaret Wise Brown

The illustrations by Leonard Weisgard are spectacular and accompany a humorous story about how a bunny treats an egg and then how the hatchling treats the bunny when he is asleep. A great book for spring!

Two eggs, please Sarah Weeks

All the animals in the diner order two eggs. The fun is to see the different variety. The same and different.

Jo MacDonald saw a pond Mary Quattlebaum

A father and daughter love to watch the life at their pond in this fun book. Besides looking at the beauty, they listen to the wonderful noises that are being made and they notate their thoughts in a journal. This is a terrific book for celebrating spring and summer!

The Crooked Apple Tree Eric Houghton

When Kate and Ben move into their new home they are not thrilled with the crooked apple tree in their backyard. Over the course of four seasons, they discover that they can incorporate the tree into their play and that the tree really has a lot to offer. Wisely, Dad has been taking photographs of the tree and the kids through all the seasons. They celebrate the tree with a scrapbook and realize that their first assessment of the tree was incorrect and hasty!

Eight Keys Suzanne LaFleur

Suzanne LaFleur writes a story that helps 12 year olds with many of the questions they have and the problems they are experiencing with friends.  We all know that something happens to your life in middle school, and often times you don't quite know where to turn.  Readers will be satisfied with Eight Keys because it doesn't give you the answers.... you need to discover them for yourself.  It does give you lots to think about.  Readers who like this book may also like books by Wendy Mass.

The Secret Ingredient Laura Schaefer

Set in Madison, WI this is an easygoing book about three friends named Annie, Zoe, and Genna. Annie works for her grandmother, Louisa, in a tea shop and she has entered a scone contest. In the book she tries out different scone recipes which are also listed for the reader to try. How the three girls share their talents and work together, before they enter high school, is fun to read about. There is a book prior to this, The Teashop Girls. You might want to start with that one first, but you don't have to as this book can stand alone.

Secrets of the Crown Adam Jay Epstein

I actually liked this book better than the first one. This book really picks up speed and it shows the talents of the co-authors. (It is so cool that Adam and Andrew are able to write jointly--how do they do that?) I was really impressed with the vocabulary in this book. It was very rich and challenges the reader to think deeply.

The focus in this book was the familiars: Aldwyn (the cat), Skylar (the bluejay) and Gilbert (the frog). They are separated from their loyals (Jack, Dalton and Marianne) for most of the book and I missed them. However, there are a couple of additional characters who were fun: Scribius, the enchanted Quill, who travels with Skylar and Shady, the shadow pup, who follows Gilbert.

There is a very intricate poem that the familiars follow (it contains several clues) to get to their destination and find the Snow Leopard Crown before the next full moon. If not, it could mean the destruction of their land called Vastia by the "Dead Army". The poem was also referred to as a nursery rhyme and I really liked this because in times past nursery rhymes "covered" for messages or had allusions to reality. This book is greatly set up for book three!

The Familiars Adam Jay Epstein

I'm not much of a fantasy fan yet loved this concept of familiars helping out wizards and seeing from their point of view. Action packed--one mishap or adventure on top of another. I think kids would love this and be anxiously awaiting the next in the series.