Oscar and Emmy Gain a Friend by Terri Sabol – Review by Jennifer Crain
Oscar and Emmy Gain a Friend: A Story About Trap-Neuter-Return by Terri Sabol My rating: 4 of 5 stars Cute story and illustrations. Appreciate the fact that the mom warns […]
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Ten Little Starfish by Kim Ann – Review by Jennifer Crain
Ten Little Starfish: A Counting Book by Kim Ann My rating: 5 of 5 stars Adorable rhyming book that counts from 1 to 10. The illustrations fit the rhyme and […]
Flowers of Evil (Hani’s Daughter Mysteries Book 1) by N.L. Holmes – Review by Jennifer Crain
Flowers of Evil by N.L. Holmes My rating: 4 of 5 stars Sixth grade was a long time ago, so I am glad I read The Evil of Flowers- not […]
The Magic Carousel (The Brass Ring Series Book 1) by K.L. Small – Review by Jennifer Crain
The Magic Carousel by K.L. Small My rating: 5 of 5 stars Reminiscent of the popular Magic Tree House series, I enjoyed the time traveling historical fiction book The Magic […]
How to Catch Little Boys and Eat Them by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Jennifer Crain
How to Catch Little Boys and Eat Them by Lois Wickstrom My rating: 4 of 5 stars Cute retelling of Jack in the Beanstalk, but told from the giant or […]
The Secrets they Hide (A Commissario Scala Mystery in Rome) by P.J. Mann – Review by Jennifer Crain
The Secrets they Hide: A Commissario Scala Mystery (Book 2) by P J Mann My rating: 4 of 5 stars My second Inspector Scala book, and I enjoyed it. The […]
Murder in a Gated Community by Laura Koerber – Review by Jennifer Crain
Murder in a Gated Community by Laura Koerber My rating: 4 of 5 stars I personally dislike HOAs, having lived in one that didn’t allow for more eco friendly yards […]
Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines (Science Folktales) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Jennifer Vrain
Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines by Lois Wickstrom My rating: 5 of 5 stars I enjoyed the different fonts for words to focus on- like hot, cooled, fly, delicious […]
Planting Hope by Jennifer Raines – Review by Jennifer Crain
Planting Hope by Jennifer Raines My rating: 5 of 5 stars When Holly’s life changes when she returns to her grandmother’s house to care for her, Holly dwells on a […]
Hole in the Rock by Rebecca Bischoff – Review by Jennifer Crain
Hole in the Rock by Rebecca Bischoff My rating: 4 of 5 stars Cute read, and Lizza was a well-written teenage character- at times self-centered, at times caring, and at […]
Notebook Mysteries ~ Parisian Intrigue (Notebook Mysteries Book 6) by Kimberly Mullins – Review by Jennifer Crain
Parisian Intrigue by Kimberly Mullins My rating: 4 of 5 stars Having never read any of the series, I was impressed this read as a stand-alone, but intrigued me enough […]
Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines (Science Folktales) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Jennifer Crain
Goldilocks and the Six Simple Machines by Lois Wickstrom My rating: 5 of 5 stars I enjoyed the different fonts for words to focus on- like hot, cooled, fly, delicious […]
When Magic Calls: A Collection of Modern Fairy Tales by Caitlin Berve – Review by Jennifer Crain
When Magic Calls: A Collection of Modern Fairy Tales by Caitlin Berve My rating: 4 of 5 stars I couldn’t get into a lot of the stories near the beginning […]
The Misery House (The House on the Hill Book 1) by David Kummer – Review by Jennifer Crain
The Misery House by David Duane Kummer My rating: 4 of 5 stars One of my favorite parts of The Misery House is the story is told through various characters […]
Shalom Israel by Melissa Lavi – Review by Jennifer Crain
Shalom Israel: A place like no other by Melissa Lavi My rating: 4 of 5 stars The cadence and rhyme are spot on throughout the book (easy to read and […]
Holding Up the Sky (Giants and Monsters) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Jennifer Crain
Holding Up the Sky by Lois Wickstrom My rating: 4 of 5 stars I have read many of Lois’s books, and this one is just as cute with underlining messages. […]
Ways to Improve Bailey by Cori Cooper – Review by Jennifer Crain
Ways to Improve Bailey by Cori Cooper My rating: 5 of 5 stars Loved having the list of things her brother has to “improve” Bailey, but didn’t like how they […]
Talks Like Thunder (Red With Native Blood Book 1) by Randal Nerhus & Marjorie Carter – Review by Jennifer Crain
Talks Like Thunder by Randal Nerhus My rating: 3 of 5 stars Talks Like Thunder is a strong 3 for me- I felt the beginning (where she is taken to […]
My Goodbye Girl by Anna Gomez – Review by Jennifer Crain
My Goodbye Girl by Anna Gomez My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is my first novel by Anna Gomez and it won’t be my last. Fast read, perfect for […]
Fetching Dreams by Mary Bleckwehl – Review by Jennifer Crain
Fetching Dreams by Mary Evanson Bleckwehl My rating: 5 of 5 stars The title fits this book to a T. Two girls that couldn’t be more different (Kenyan Neyah and […]
The Master of Demise by Nadija Mujagic – Review by Jennifer Crain
The Master of Demise by Nadija Mujagic My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is my second book by Nadija, and this book is just as breathtaking and suspenseful as […]
A Teacher’s Heart by Melissa Lavi – Review by Jennifer Crain
A Teacher’s Heart by Melissa Lavi My rating: 5 of 5 stars Classroom teacher here. Really cute and informative (mainly through the fantastic illustrations!) book about how teachers come in […]
Huff… Puff… Grind! (Science Folktales) by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Jennifer Crain
Huff… Puff… Grind! The 3 Little Pigs Get Smart by Lois Wickstrom My rating: 5 of 5 stars I (and the children I shared this book with) loved the different […]
The Boys of Alpha Block by Nancy Nau Sullivan – Review by Jennifer Crain
The Boys of Alpha Block by Nancy Nau Sullivan My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book reminded me of Freedom Writer’s Diary, yet author Nancy Sullivan dives deeper in […]
Seen by Lori Nelson – Review by Jennifer Crain
Seen by Lori Nelson My rating: 4 of 5 stars I normally don’t read dystopian novels, but the cover drew me in and I wasn’t disappointed. Some of the story […]
The Messy Kids by Lois Wickstrom – Review by Jennifer Crain
The Messy Kids by Lois J Wickstrom My rating: 4 of 5 stars I have read several books by Lois Wickstrom, and all of them tell a message or solve […]
Editor Kill Fee (The Taylor Browning Cozy Mysteries Book 3) by GG Collins – Review by Jennifer Crain
Editor Kill Fee by G.G. Collins My rating: 4 of 5 stars I thought the cover was adorable, and was pleasantly surprised I liked the story, because I rarely choose […]
Tally and the Angel: Book Three, Japan by Eleanor Dixon – Review by Jennifer Crain
Japan by Eleanor Dixon My rating: 4 of 5 stars Eleanor Dixon continues Tally’s adventures in Japan for book 3. I thought this one was more scary and tense than […]
The Wandering Isles: A Crown of Stones Novella (Soulbound Journeys Book 1) by C. L. Schneider – Review by Jennifer Crain
The Wandering Isles by C.L. Schneider My rating: 4 of 5 stars I liked this better than the trilogy- thought the plot, writing and sequence of events was more succinct […]
Tally and the Angel: Book Two, Canada by Eleanor Dixon – Review by Jennifer Crain
Canada by Eleanor Dixon My rating: 5 of 5 stars Eleanor Dixon continues Tally’s adventures by juxtapositioning her second journey from hot and sticky India to bitterly cold Canada. Tally […]
