Reviewed by Margo Dill, www.margodill.com, margodll@aol.com

Can Sylvester find his magic pebble?
Picture book for prekindergartners to third graders, fantasy
Sylvester the donkey as a main character
Rating: William Steig has written and illustrated a true classic that children will love for years to come.
Short, short summary: In Sylvester and the Magic Pebble , our loveable donkey, Sylvester, finds [...]

This post is a little different today for two reasons: 1. I want to announce the winner of Weebeasts: Plight 2. I want to introduce an author, Kim Hix, to you. She is on her blog tour for her book, and this post today is written mostly by her!
And the winner is. . . [...]

Reviewed by Margo Dill, www.margodill.com, margodll@aol.com
Leave a comment on this blog post by Tuesday, February 24 at 8:00 p.m. CST for a chance to win a free hard-bound copy of this book!

Picture book for prekindergartners through second graders, fantasy
Weebeasts as main characters
Rating: A wonderful, brightly-illustrated picture book that gently teaches children about being nice!
Short, short [...]

Reviewed by Margo Dill, www.margodill.com, margodll@aol.com

photo by Shelley Ginger www.flickr.com
Picture book for prekindergarteners through second graders
Duck, Cat, and Squirrel as main characters
Rating: Wonderfully cute illustrations with a story that kids will really relate to.
Short, short summary: Duck, Cat, and Squirrel live happily together, each with their own job when it comes to making their [...]

Reviewed by Margo Dill, www.margodill.com, margodll@aol.com

photo by Tony the Misfit www.flickr.com
Picture book for 1st grade through 5th grade students
Young girl as main character
Rating: Perfect book to go along with any unit on American history. The text is beautiful and the pictures are fantastic!
Short, short summary: Maddy Rose lives in Philadelphia in 1777. Her father [...]

Reviewed by Margo Dill, www.margodill.com, margodll@aol.com
Picture book for children preK through 2nd grade
Young boy as main character
Rating: Delightful book that will encourage any child’s creativity!
Short, short summary: Ramon loves to draw anything! But his older brother laughs and makes fun of his drawings, and so he becomes discouraged. He crumples up drawing after drawing until [...]

Reviewed by Margo Dill, www.margodill.com, margodll@aol.com
Young adult novel, contemporary fantasy/sci-fi
14-year-old girl as main character
Rating: A good contemporary fantasy/sci-fi book for teens.

Short, short summary: Patterson starts this series off by introducing you to six genetically-altered children, ranging in ages from 6 to 14. Each of them is 98% human and 2% bird, and so they have [...]

Reviewed by Margo Dill, www.margodill.com, margodll@aol.com
Middle-grade novel, fantasy
Pre-adolescent girl as main character
Rating: A complicated, but interesting and captivating, novel for adults as well as middle and high school students.

Short, short summary:It is hard to give a short, short summary of such a complicated novel, but I will do the best I can. In Lyra’s world, [...]

Reviewed by Margo Dill, margodll@aol.com, www.margodill.com
Picture book for babies to kindergarteners, contemporary
Gorilla as main character
Rating: Funny and cute with wonderful illustrations!
Short, short summary: Good Night, Gorilla does not have many words, but it tells a complete story, mostly through the illustrations. The gorilla is following the zookeeper around while he says good night to each [...]

Reviewed by Margo Dill, www.margodill.com, margodll@aol.com
Picture book for Prekindergarten through 1st graders, contemporary
Young child as main character
Rating: A truly beautiful and peaceful book.
Short, short summary: The text in this book is simple but clever and tells a beautiful story with wonderful illustrations about a child, who enters the world of a book. The child flies [...]