My daughter has been asking to read about bees. She is fascinated with bugs and insects (when she can get over her fear of them). She knows that bees are important to flowers and especially for fruits and vegetables and that bees don't really want to sting you. On one...

 Do you have a child who worries? Obsessively? Compulsively? Meet Wemberly, the queen of worriers. She’s got some great things to worry about- things at the playground that were, “Too rusty. Too loose. Too high.” . . . I thought this would be a good book for my little...

I really liked this book!!! Britt over at Book Habitue chose it for our December's book club. I personally have a penchant for story of the girl who disguises herself as a boy to become a soldier and the whole sister thing ranks high with me too. Maybe it was part of...

or How the Wild West Was Tamed by John Frank, illustrated by Zachary Pullen The cover of this book is a challenge. A stare-down with the toughest cowboy. Do you dare open the book? Hmmm. Wait a minute. Subtly using my peripheral vision, I note that he has a hair brush...

Many of you will recall that back during the holidays My Friend Amy started a challenge to have people buy books for the holidays to help out the publishing industry and promote reading called I'm Buying Books for the Holidays. Well I'm continuing that trend except...

WARNING this book may be hazardous to your health!!!! This is especially true when standing on your Wii balance board while listening to Diary of a Wimpy Kid on CD. For those of you who don't know I got a Wii Fit for Christmas.  I have never wanted a video game in my...

Double Scoop: In leiu of a double scoop book review this month, we participated in the Blog Advent tour with Caroling for Christmas. We also worked together on the Twelve Days of Christmas Reads to bring lots of variety to Christmas reading. Cari's pick of the month:...

 I discovered, while doing this review that I missed book #2 in my reading, so had to go to the library and check it out. It turns out, #2 isn't vital to understanding the series, which I kind of already knew having read the others. I found the series interesting, and...

drum roll please. . . the blogging tip is . . . turn your comments on. Um. . . I forgot to turn the comments on for our very first Double Scoops of 2009 Yikes!!!! I also joined a book blogging tips group and haven't seen that as a tip probably because it's so obvious....

We are excited to bring you Owen, a Caldecott Honor for our first Double Scoop of 2009, by Kevin Henkes. Kevin is an award winning author and illustrator. He has written several picture books including the 2005 Caldecott Award book Kitten's First Full Moon. In...