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78Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse—Children's Book Review
by wannabwestern
Copyright Kevin HenkesLilly is another character, like Ian Falconer's Olivia, who is irrepressible, exuberant, confident, and theatrical. And judging by the situation she finds herself in, I'd say she's in... published 4 months ago
76Great Read-Aloud Children's Books with Reviews and Sample Lesson Plans
by wannabwestern
I was the library storytime presenter at my local library in a small town in western Arizona for three years. Here is my list of read-aloud children's books. I recommend these specific books for their readability in a group setting. published 4 months ago
72Where the Wild Things Are Children's Book Review
by wannabwestern
Where the Wild Things Are is so familiar and well-loved a children's book that its status is iconic. Winner of the prestigious Caldecott Medal in 1964, just one year after its publication in 1963, this book... published 3 months ago
72Hilda Must Be Dancing — Children's Book Review
by wannabwestern
Hilda Must Be Dancing, by Karma Wilson and Suzanne Watts combines pleasing rhyming text full of onomatopoeia, an interesting problem-solution storyline, and gorgeous eye-popping illustrations in brilliant... published 4 months ago
68Gregory the Terrible Eater Children's Book Review
by wannabwestern
Gregory the Terrible Eater by Mitchell Sharmat (Scholastic, 1989) Gregory won't eat the things that regular goats want to eat. He eats healthy people food—and his parents are worried! published 3 months ago
67California Road Trip: Ladybird Johnson Grove
by wannabwestern
Ladybird Johnson Grove is a great-one stop destination amid an entire region dedicated to the redwood forest experience. Near Orick, Lady Bird Johnson Grove showcases massive three hundred-foot trees in... published 4 months ago
6212 Must-Read Books Featuring the American West
by wannabwestern
Novels about the American West may feature explorers, settlers, religious outcasts, cowboys, miners, fortune seekers, scoundrels, or outlaws. But the common thread that binds these books together is landscape, which becomes a character unto itself. published 3 months ago
62Book Review: Where You Once Belonged by Kent Haruf
by wannabwestern
In Where You Once Belonged (Vintage, 2000), Kent Haruf tells the story of an unwelcome prodigal son, whose return to Holt creates an angry furor. Told in a deceptively simple prose style, Haruf's narrator reflects on the complicated string of events that created the man and the criminal that is now Jack Burdette, and explains why he can never call Holt home again. published 2 weeks ago
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