Book Review: Serafina and the Black Cloak
I read Serafina and the Black Cloak because a friend recommended it. Both she and her daughter read it and I got it from Barnes and Noble with a gift card I got for Mother’s Day from my sister-in-law. One thing…
Graphic Novel Review: El Deafo
My children got this award winning graphic novel by author/illustrator Cece Bell for Christmas from my brother and his wife. They usually are spot on with the books they get for my kids and when I saw my eight year…
Book Review: A Wrinkle in Time
My husband read A Wrinkle in Time a while ago. We have had it in our library since I can remember. I had wanted to read it, but I always put other books before this one. When we moved to…
Book Review: Wonder
I have been wanting to read this book for the longest time. Well, at least since I began teaching 3rd grade back in 2014. The book cover is just so tempting. I had read the blurb in the back and…
Book Review: Hilo #3
I finally got around to reading the third book in the Hilo series. Hilo is a robot from another dimension who has some powers and a really quirky sense of humor. It’s written in comic book form and the adventures…
Book Review: Sea Spell (Waterfire Saga #4)
I finally got to read the conclusion to Jennifer Donnelly’s Waterfire Saga. It was amazing to the end. I can’t recommend this series more. It’s a story filled with war, magic, and strong female leads. Even when some parts were…
Graphic Novel Review: Courtney Crumrin Vol 1. The Night Things
I read the first volume of a one, Courtney Crumrin, only because my ten year old daughter put it in front of me and said, “Mom, you have to read this, you’d like this.” I looked at the book, it…
Book Review: Rogue Wave
I LOVE THIS SERIES! The Waterfire Saga is a MUST read! I am having the best time with it! Rogue Wave is the second book (out of 4, I believe) and it was just as amazing as the first. I…
Movie Review: Captain Underpants
I got to meet Captain Underpants, by the amazing Dav Pilkey, when I became a first grade teacher four years ago. One of the most important things to have in my classroom was always my classroom library. During the ten…
Opinion: Our Experience with Amazon Freetime
Get Amazon FreeTime I can’t recommend Amazon FreeTime Unlimited more. It is wonderful. We have been using it for three years and the only drawback I can honestly say makes our experience less than perfect is the fact that the…