What rhymes with hockey?

The Magic Hockey Stick   is a delightful tale of Wayne Gretzky’s hockey stick written in rhyming verse.  Based on a true story The Magic Hockey Stick explains how the stick was won at an auction by a slip of the hand.  The stick makes a girl the star player on...

S.W.I.T.C.H.

Serum Which Initiates Total Cellular Hijack gets twins Danny and Josh turned into bugs.  Their mad scientist neighbor, Petty Potts, gets them to help with her crazy top-secret experiments.  In this six book series she turns them into spiders, blue-bottle flies,...

HAIRY SCAREY ARACHNIDS

Meet Sam an arachnologist, a spider scientist.  His specialty, the biggest, hairiest, and scariest spiders on earth…tarantulas.  The Tarantula Scientist by Sy Montgomery is part of the Scientist in the Field series.  It has amazing color photos of tarantulas and...

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

March 2nd is Dr. Seuss’s birthday.  Read Across America is a nationwide reading celebration that coincides with Dr. Seuss’s birthday.  This year it will be held on Monday, March 3rd.  Schools and libraries have special events to promote reading and...

Flu and Colds

Youngsters down with colds and flu?  Here are two cute books that will put a smile on their face.  Little Raccoon Catches a Cold by Susan Canizares tells the story of Little Raccoon who wants to play outside.   Each step of the way his mother reminds him to do...

Amelia Bedelia Road Trip

Amelia Bedelia Road Trip is the third book in the new series by Herman Parish.  Amelia and her parents are going on a vacation.  Where?  Amelia has no idea but you can be sure that there will be mishaps and adventures and plenty to laugh about. If you like to start at...