Dinosnores by Kelly DiPucchio

4 stars A fun and silly book positing that huge dinosaur snores caused Pangea to split into the seven continents. Very funny. I really enjoyed the rhymes in the book. Very creative and well-written. There are also some great internal rhymes that were smooth and enjoyable (“Their nasal breeze stirred up the seas” was my…

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Boo Who? by Ben Clanton

4 stars This is such an adorable book. I loved it. Boo is a new and a little nervous about fitting in. Everyone is nice and accepting, but Boo soon learns he is not very good at the games they like to play. Amazing book about fitting in and making new friends. I loved the…

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Meet the New Class by Jennifer Fox

3 stars A nice book that introduces the new students of Twilight Sparkle’s School of Friendship. This is a Passport to Reading level 1 book, which utilizes short sentences and simple stories for beginning readers. While this book is not a plot-based story, it serves as a nice introduction to some of the new characters…

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Lego Super Heroes Brick Adventures: Bad Guy Blizzard by Liz Marsham

3 stars Fun Lego adventures featuring the Justice League. This book is set up as an illustrated chapter book, perfect for readers who are ready to bridge the gap between picture books and chapter books. The book contains three separate stories. Full of puns and silly scenarios, the stories are very entertaining. Nice illustrations complete…

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The House With a Clock it its Walls by John Bellairs

3 stars Overall, this book was good. The idea of a mysterious clock ticking away in the walls of a magical house is absolutely fascinating. And I loved all of the descriptions of magic and strangeness. I could definitely see this book being kind of creepy when it was written in the 70s. For today’s…

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Women in Science by Jen Green

4 stars Fantastic non-fiction read for young readers. This is a Level 3 book for those ready to read on their own. There is a lot of text on each page along with pictures that help break up the text. This is a great book. I loved the focus on women in science. The book…

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How to be a Lion by Ed Vere

4 stars A wonderful book about a lion who is not afraid to be himself. I love the message of the book. It is a simple story but a beautiful one. I wasn’t as into the illustrations in this book as the style used in Max the Brave, but they were still entertaining and the story…

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What I Know for Sure by Oprah Winfrey

3 stars I picked this up from the library, because I figured why not? Overall, this was a good book. It’s filled with a lot of advise about spirituality and changing your outlook on life. I didn’t really see anything ground breaking in it though. It’s a lot of stuff that has been said over…

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You Should Meet: Lin-Manuel Miranda by Laurie Calkhoven

5 stars Loved this book. I am a huge fan of Miranda and think he is an incredibly inspiring and talented individual. I knew a lot of this information already, having read Hamilton: The Revolution, but it was very interesting to see the story simplified in a way that children could more easily understand. This is…

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