3 stars Thoughts on Ariel and the Big Baby: Wow, Ariel is kind of a jerk. In this story, Ariel blatantly lies to both Flounder and Sebastian so she can go off and do what she wants. She then calls Flounder a “big baby” when he gets scared. She eventually apologizes to him, but strategically…

3 stars A nice book about getting ready for bed. Batman goes through the various things he does before going back to the Batcave for the night. Nice illustrations featuring Batman, Robin, and the Joker. At the end of the book, there is a fun checklist for how to “Go To Sleep Like a Hero”,…

4 stars A delightful read about a young woman applying to be Baba Yaga’s assistant. I love the idea of this book and I especially liked Baba Yaga’s character in it. She is so feisty and fierce. Going into it, you really don’t even have to know much about the traditional Baba Yaga stories. The…

3 stars I have not watched any of the shows or movies related to this series yet, but this is a good book to get me motivated to watch them. Entertaining read. I am not sure how relatable pop quizzes are to kids who would be reading the picture books verses the novelizations of the…

3 stars I have not watched any of the shows or movies in this series yet, but this book makes me excited to watch them. A nice unique story featuring tons of awesome superheroes including Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Super Girl, Wasp, and Hawkgirl just to name a few. I really liked the emphasis on…

3 stars Weird little quasi-ghost story that is simple, but entertaining. This is a Step 2 book suggested for preschool and grade 1 readers to read with an adult. Short sentences, simple words, and repetition are worked into the book, making it a good beginner read. The story itself was interesting, weird, but interesting. Overall,…

2 stars Okay read. In this one, Sherlock Gnomes gives a “tour” of the characters from the movie. There is no story, it is just a description of the characters with vague references to the plot of the Sherlock Gnomes movie. I have not seen the movie yet, but after reading this, have a decent…

4 stars Last month, I read PJ Masks Race to the Moon!, which is a beginner reader version of this episode. The story was good, but it really bugged me that it was so vague. It was unclear how the team stopped Luna Girl. This book really clears it all up. Having not seen the episode…

2 stars It has been a while since I watched the Dinotrux show on Netflix, but from what I remember this is basically a summary of what happened in the first episode when all of our favorite dinotrux meet and learn to work together. Good story overall. I do think it was kind of wordy…

4 stars This was actually a good story. I work with children and read a lot of picture books based on movie/tv characters. I am actually disappointed by a lot of them because they seem to lean too much on the celebrity of the characters and therefore, don’t tell a good story. This one however…