The Curiosity Cycle: Preparing Your Child for the Ongoing Technological Explosion by Jonathan Mugan (2014) Roar Score: 3/5 Curiosity Cycle: The learning process ...

(previous entries in this series are here.) The Pinkish, Purplish, Bluish Egg (1963) introduces us to a new theme in Peet’s work: the empty ...

(previous entries in this series are here.) Following on from 1961’s Huge Harold is Smokey, which was published in 1962. Smokey has some of ...

(previously in this series: Goliath II) I’m correcting the chronology, finally. The second book I covered, Ella, was out of place by a ...

Cozy Classics: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Jack & Holman Wang published by Simply Read Books Roar Score: 4/5 Board books based ...

April and Avery written and illustrated by Helen H. Wu self-published Roar Score: 3/5 As the father of half-Asian kids, I’m always on ...

When I was a kid, I was obsessed with choose-you-own-adventure books. Sure, the trademarked Choose Your Own Adventure series with the white and ...

(previously in this series: Ella) Well, three books in and I’ve already screwed up the chronology. I think I’ve got it all sorted ...

Browsing the Backlist Scaredy Squirrel written and illustrated by Mélanie Watt published by Kids Can Press (2006) Roar Score: 4/5 Scaredy Squirrel is ...

The Misadventures of Salem Hyde, Book 2: Big Birthday Bash written and illustrated by Frank Cammuso published by Amulet Books (Abrams) Roar Score: ...

Cleopatra in Space, Book 1: Target Practice written and illustrated by Mike Maihack published by Graphix (Scholastic) Roar Score: 5/5 If the title ...

(previously in this series: Hubert’s Hair-Raising Adventure) Continuing our journey through the career of Bill Peet, we pick up Ella (1964) this week. ...

The Big Wet Balloon written and illustrated by Liniers (Ricardo Liniers Siri) published by TOON Books It seems appropriate to feature this book ...

Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories from History Without the Fairy-Tale Endings by Linda Rodriguez McRobbie published by Quirk Books (2013) Roar score: 3/5 ...

The Misadventures of Salem Hyde: Spelling Trouble written and illustrated by Frank Cammuso published by Amulet Books (Abrams) Roar Score: 4/5 We first ...

If I had to pick a single favorite children’s author/illustrator, it would undoubtedly be Bill Peet. Since I was a kid, I’ve been ...

Browsing the Backlist written by Wu Kee Smith illustrated by JAKe published by Chronicle Books (2011) What we have here is cute novelty. ...

Browsing the Backlist written by Doreen Cronin illustrated by Harry Bliss published by Scholastic and HarperCollins (2003) If you’re not familiar with this ...

Outside the Box: A Book of Poems by Karma Wilson illustrated by Diane Goode published by Simon and Schuster This is a new ...

The Magic Kingdom Storybook written and illustrated by Jason Grandt published by Disney Press When I first heard about this book, I knew ...