*Picture book, humorous fantasy (tall tale), for preschoolers through second graders *A rancher and his wife are the main characters. *Rating: Meanwhile Back at the Ranch is one of my favorite books to share with children. (It’s by the same author as The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash. Short, short summary: Rancher Hicks is [...]

*Picture book for preschoolers through second graders, fantasy, farm life *A special cow as the main character *Rating: The Cow That Laid an Egg is a cute and clever picture book! I think kids will love it. Short, short summary: Marjorie was in the dumps–she didn’t think she was special. The chickens asked what was [...]

*Picture book for preschoolers through 2nd graders, fantasy (fractured nursery rhyme) *Dish and Spoon as main characters *Rating: Kids love books like The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon that play off an old nursery rhyme and have loads of fun stuff in the illustrations. Short, short summary: What happened after the dish ran [...]

photo by spacepleb www.flickr.com *Picture book for preschoolers through second graders *A very intelligent duck as the main character *Rating: Giggle, Giggle, Quack by Doreen Cronin is the hilarious sequel to Click, Clack, Moo. Kids will keep asking for it again and again! Short, short summary: Farmer Brown is going on vacation, and he is [...]

photo by nblumhardt www.flickr.com *Picture book for preschoolers through first graders *Animals as main characters *Rating: A cute book with a lot of different animal descriptions that kids will love. Short, short summary: A Bunny is Funny takes a look at different animals you might find at the zoo. From crabs to skunks, from giraffes [...]

Before I talk about this cute book (I love fractured fairy tales), I want to announce the winner of Plank Road Summer. Again, thank you to everyone who left comments and questions for the authors. It seems to me that historical fiction is always a big hit, in spite of what the “big publishers” in [...]

photo by pareerica www.flickr.com *Picture book for preschoolers through third graders, based on a fairy tale *Sorghum cookie boy as main character *Rating: Cookie Boy Travelin’ Arkansas is a clever twist on the old tale–”The Gingerbread Man.” Anyone living in or visiting Arkansas will especially love this book! Short, short summary: A young couple in [...]

photo by papertygre www.flickr.com *Picture book, fantasy for preschoolers through second graders *Young boy as main character *Rating: Orson Blasts Off by Raul Colon is a great adventure-type picture book that kids will love to read over and over again. Short, short summary: When Orson’s computer breaks, he doesn’t know what he’ll do to pass [...]

Before I talk about today’s wonderful Un-Forgettable Friday post, I want to take a minute to let you know who won the book giveaway contest this week. Drum roll please. . .Lara Ivey won Book by Book! Thank you to everyone for leaving comments and questions for Cindy Hudson, the author. If you missed the [...]

photo by shoshanah www.flickr.com *Picture book for preschoolers through second graders *Princess Bess as main character Rating: Little girls who love princesses will love Princess Bess Gets Dressed, especially little girls who love princesses and underwear! (Now, I’ve peaked your interest, right?) Short, short summary: Princess Bess has a busy schedule. She has to dine [...]