A Miracle In Muffin: A True Story by Darlene Duemo
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is a wonderful story of faith and belief and is fantastic for young children learning more about their faith. The book is based on the authors life and was full of heart and you could tell how strong of faith the author has in God. A comforting story for the young and old alike.
Sasha Smart: Short Stories for Girls by Shermaine Perry-Knights
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I wish we had this book when I was young. These stories are a perfect short read for children ages 7 and up. The stories over loads of fantastic themes including confidence, self discovery and compassion. I would highly recommend this book to all young girls.
A Miracle In Muffin: A True Story by Darlene Duemo
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
4/5 Stars
As a Christian myself, I love that this is a Christ centered book for children. I do think the language used is for older kids. It’s well written and it ministers.
Beach Ball Blunder by G Pa Rhymes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
What a wonderful book for kids and family!
Many lessons to be learned in this book about telling the truth and the consequences of lying and the concept of guilt.
Illustrations are engaging and the book rhymes beautifully all the way through making it fun for the early reader in your life
Cray Saves the Day by G. Pa Rhymes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
The Adventures of Cray on the Bay series are so sweet. In this story of Cray the crawfish saving the day, you’ll learn about the characters on the bay. The illustrations are wonderfully done to help illuminate the storyline. Cray and the crew are easy to compare daily life with.
Cray Saves the Day by G. Pa Rhymes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Cray Saves the Day (The Adventures of Cray Series) by G Pa Rhymes. This is another great installment in the Cray on the Bay series. These books are so fun and always teach a valuable lesson. In this story Cray and his friends are upset because when its pretty outside and all the visitors come to the Bay they leave behind all their trash and it makes a mess. We also get to meet Queen Mer May the Mermaid who along with Hay, Fay and Ray decide to set the example and clean up the beach on their own. Hoping that when others see them doing this they will stop leaving messes. My 5 year old nephew loves this series and the fun rapping rhymes make him giggle every time. Such a fun series and they would make great gifts and teacher books for classrooms! Such a fun kids read!
Cray Saves the Day by G. Pa Rhymes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I have followed a couple of Cray’s adventures with my seven year old daughter. This one was particularly fun because she read it by herself. The writing flowed with just enough challenging words that she was able to sound them out without getting frustrated and wanting to give up altogether. There is a great moral to the story as we explore the importance of keeping our “home” clean. Her favorite part was Farmer Jay. Immediately following this book she asked to read another!
Beach Ball Blunder by G Pa Rhymes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Such a great book for kids to help them understand that accidents do happen and that it’s okay if they do but it’s better if we don’t lie about them.
The story is easy for Little’s to follow along and I think some will connect with Grey. It’s a good reminder for them that their friends (or family) will forgive them in these situations.
Like all the other stories, Erica Leigh did a great job illustrating.
Sasha Smart: Short Stories for Girls by Shermaine Perry-Knights
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I would recommend this book to young readers around the elementary age. I think the illustrations are great at showing her anxiousness before the story and the outcome after. I really like the positive thinking this book brings; I also think this helps parents realize that even our young age children feel pressure to succeed in school. Overall, I think it’s great the book reminds readers it’s okay to relax and try again.
Sasha Smart: Short Stories for Girls by Shermaine Perry-Knights
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is a cute book of short stories for young girls. It promotes self confidence, self awareness, reminds them that open communication with parents is important, helps to foster positive lessons that sometimes are hard to understand, or even convey. The stories are written in a way that makes the lesson seem more relatable for young people. There are well illustrated pictures to accompany each story. I think these books would be a great addition to every home library where young ladies are growing up, as well as classrooms.
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Manda Kelly
Nessie and the Viking Gold by Lois June Wickstrom
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I loved the imaginative twist on the mythology of the loch ness monster. I think older children would really enjoy this twist on an adventure fantasy story. I think it is definitely aimed at children 8 and up with a better reading ability.
Cray Saves the Day by G. Pa Rhymes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is a wonderful impactful children’s book is a fantastic book explaining environmental impact in a child-friendly way. This is a lovely story to be read to children or for older children to read and learn alone.
Cray Saves the Day by G. Pa Rhymes
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is a cute little story. Cray and his friends have a good time looking out for their world. I love how they worked together to clean up the mess made by humans. They worked together to make a difference. I think many children will enjoy this book and learn about working together and making a difference. I recommend this book to everyone who has a child that likes to read.
Beach Ball Blunder by G Pa Rhymes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Once again, life lessons for kids in a fun and realistic way. Accidents are a part of life good and bad ones. This book in the series focuses on the importance of telling the truth. Gray Seal had an accident it wasn’t on purpose, but it hurt his friends’ feelings and led to some mean words being said amongst them until he faced his fear and told the truth. It’s okay to have accidents but remember to tell the truth, once he did, he and his friends were able to work together to fix everything that happened. I can’t forget once more the beautiful illustrations of Erica’s that help bring the Bay to life with her incredible talent.
Cray Saves the Day by G. Pa Rhymes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Cray teaches us how to take care of our environment in this story. Humans enjoy their day at the beach, but don’t pay attention to their trash and how it is impacting the creatures that find the beach and the ocean home. This story is written in rhyme and has great illustrations. It teaches us the value of working together to keep our environment clean and safe for all.
<a href=”https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58869889-beach-ball-blunder” style=”float: left; padding-right: 20px”><img border=”0″ alt=”Beach Ball Blunder (The Adventures of Cray on the Bay)” src=”https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1630081378l/58869889._SX98_.jpg” /></a><a href=”https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58869889-beach-ball-blunder”>Beach Ball Blunder</a> by <a href=”https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21769345.G_Pa_Rhymes”>G Pa Rhymes</a><br/>
My rating: <a href=”https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6252199197″>5 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
Gray the seal is having fun with his ball, when he accidently shoots it across the beach. Causing a lot of trouble and making a mess. Gray lied to his friends and when they all started getting mad and saying hurtful things to each other. That’s when Gray confesses it was him. Gray learns it’s not okay to lie because it hurts people around you.
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Cray Saves the Day by G. Pa Rhymes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Cray the crab is perfectly happy enjoying his home and his life on the beach and in the ocean. Cray the crab is unhappy when really nice days being out a lot of people to the beach, due to all the trash the human visitors to his home keep leaving behind. Cray, along with his friends, work to clean up their part of the ocean and the beach, and to rid it of the mess and trash. With an easy to understand story and beautiful illustrations, this book is great for young children to begin learning about pollution and cleaning up after themselves, even when they are not at home. I would definitely recommend this book for young children, in schools as well as at home.
Beach Ball Blunder by G Pa Rhymes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Cray and his friends are enjoying their home on the bay. One such friend is Seal Gray, who is playing on his rock with a beach ball until it gets away from him by accident and nearly hits Gull Ray before bouncing off of Turtle Fay, and knocking a young girl’s ice cream cone out of her hand before finally knocking over Fox Hay’s sandcastle. At first, Seal Gray denies having been responsible for the mishap, and all of the other beach friends make hurtful comments about how bad the one responsible for all the chaos is. While Seal Gray feels bad, he eventually tells the truth, and his friends explain why lying is bad. Seal spends the rest of the afternoon cleaning up and fixing his messes, after apologizing. This beautifully illustrated story is easy to understand and great for helping young children to understand why lying is bad.
Beach Ball Blunder by G Pa Rhymes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Beach Ball Blunder (The Adventures of Cray Series) by G Pa Rhymes. These are the best books for young children because not only are they entertaining but they teach great lessons as well. Its another fun story about Cray on the Bay and his friends. This time its Seal Gray and his favorite beach ball. Seal learns that when you lose your ball and it creates all kinds of havoc its best to not lie and to own up to your mistakes. When you lie it messes up friendships and breaks trust. My 5 year old nephew loves these books and we always discuss the lesson involved. The pictures are always amazing as well. Add this great book to your child’s library, you won’t be disappointed! Great for gifting or for teachers to read to the classes.
Cray Saves the Day by G. Pa Rhymes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Another wonderful book about Cray and his friends. In this book the author touches on the subject of dropping litter and trying to save our oceans and beaches from the rubbish that people leave behind after they have enjoyed their days out. The story again is told in a lovely rhyme that is really engaging for children. My 4 year old really enjoyed this story. For slightly older children this book would be a great introduction to the subject of dropping rubbish and how it can have an effect on our environment.
Beach Ball Blunder by G Pa Rhymes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Another really cute and fun story about Cray on the Bay and his friends. The authors lovely rhyme throughout the story is so engaging and my 4 year old loved the story. There is a great moral to the story to about lying and how it is always better to tell the truth, something that we always teach children so this story would be a great starting point to encourage discussions about the subject. Again the story was accompanied by beautiful, colourful illustrations that complement it well.
A Miracle In Muffin: A True Story by Darlene Duemo
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This is not the usual book that I read however I do love cats so I thought I would give it a go. The story was sweet and you could really feel how important God and faith is to the author – whom this story is based on and this really came across well in the story. I can imagine people who have a particularly strong faith would find this book lovely to read and especially for younger children who are learning about prayer and believing. The book was well written, a nice short story for young children/adults to enjoy.
Whilst it was not my kind of story I did enjoy reading it.
Cray Saves the Day by G. Pa Rhymes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
So far every single book I’ve ready by this author has been so well written! This is another one I’ve sat and read to my 3 year old! He just adores Cray and his friends! This is such a wonderful series and we always wonder what Cray and his friends will do next!
<a href=”https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123554720-sasha-smart” style=”float: left; padding-right: 20px”><img border=”0″ alt=”Sasha Smart: Short Stories for Girls” src=”https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1679597640l/123554720._SX98_.jpg” /></a><a href=”https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123554720-sasha-smart”>Sasha Smart: Short Stories for Girls</a> by <a href=”https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20826027.Shermaine_Perry_Knights”>Shermaine Perry-Knights</a><br/>
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Me and my daughter really enjoyed this book. Each story has a different lesson behind it. Bounce back was great, learning that it’s okay to make mistakes, but if you try again you will succeed. Beautiful Differences, Sasha learns that all her friends are from all over the world. How different cultures around the world are, different foods. But there’s always something from a country that links sasha and her friends together. Just relax, Percy tells Sasha that she just needs to take a break. We learn that it’s okay not to go into overdrive and just keep going with everything, it’s okay to take a break and just relax before going to do what needs to be done.<br />Each chapter was so beautifully written. Everyone needs to read this book!
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A Miracle In Muffin: A True Story by Darlene Duemo
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
A cute short story about how a woman’s belief in God lead to the miracle return of her cat Muffin. The author based this on her real life, many different religions believe different things and that should be understood when reading this story, that the author’s views and beliefs maybe different than your own.
A Miracle In Muffin: A True Story by Darlene Duemo
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is a cute children’s story about learning that you can trust in the Lord and that He is there when you need Him. This is a spiritual inspiration that any child would enjoy reading. The author brings this story to life with details and a plot that is true life. It has great illustrations that will pull your child in and keep them engaged to the end. There is so much to learn from this book that it is one you won’t regret adding to your child’s library. I enjoyed reading this book. I highly recommend it.
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Cray Saves the Day by G. Pa Rhymes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is another great book for littles. In this story it helps teach kids that need to pick up their trash when they are out on the beach. Cray sees all these people coming to the beach to have fun. The more that show up the more trash shows up on the beach and water. Cray and his friends make a plan to gather all the trash to clean up the beach.
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Lois Wickstrom lives in a world where imaginary playmates are real. She doesn’t remember being born, so she finds unbirthdays are more exciting than the official once-a-year date on the calendar. She’s taken so many science classes that she believes science is the solution to almost every problem, including the dilemmas in fairy tales.
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Sasha Smart: Short Stories for Girls by Shermaine Perry-Knights
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
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Sasha Smart by Shermaine Perry-Knights
Sasha Smart by Shermaine Perry-Knights is a wonderfully written children’s book of short stories that children of any age can enjoy. It’s aimed for middle school aged children 8-12 but my son is almost six and he loved this book. I love that there’s a lesson to be learned and that it’s ok to be different and it’s ok to make mistakes because that’s how we learn. My son liked the illustrations and Sasha he kept saying he understood what she was going through but for a girl. .Friends and Friendships are important yet so is family. I know this might be about Sasha and young teen girls but my son really liked this story and said boys can read it too. We highly recommend reading this book to find out what happens next. We look forward to reading more from this Author.
Beach Ball Blunder by G Pa Rhymes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Seal Gray is playing with his beach ball when he loses control of it. Several things transpire from that and Gray finds himself in a situation where he’s lying about the ball being his. This book focuses on telling the truth and preserving friendships.
The illustrations in this book are very colorful and attractive. Be sure to show anyone you are reading this to the pictures. If a young reader is reading to you, use that as a teachable moment about items in the pictures, as well as the story itself.