Children’s Literature Book Reviews

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Money Mama & The Three Little Pigs

  • Author: Lori Mackey
  • Publisher: P4K Publishing
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  • Reviewed by: Carolyn Howard-Johnson
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I have a theory about children and money that is not rooted in science. I believe that babies pop out with ingrained personality traits that translate into the way they handle money from the time they are little to adulthood. This may not sound like the beginning of a promising recommendation for a book like [...]

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Dancing With Frankenstein and Other Limericks

  • Author: Robert Scotellaro
  • Publisher: Graham Denton
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  • Reviewed by: Nicole Braganza
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Here is certainly a very fine collection of limericks brought to you by Robert Scotellaro. Light and humorous, they are sure to tickle your funny bone as you come face to face with The Invisible Man, Abdul the Bear, The Miserly Cyclops and the very interesting ghost with the Polka Dot Sheet. The fantastic range [...]

Curiosity

  • Author: Gerald Allen Wunsch, Drawings by Irene Joslin
  • Publisher: 1st Books Library (2003)
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  • Reviewed by: Carolyn Howard-Johnson
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Author Gerald Alllen Wunsch believes Curiosity is the first children’s book to tell the story of the Underground Railroad from a contemporary perspective. Trust me. Children will not care. They’ll only notice that it’s a delightful mystery a la Nancy Drew that has a couple of things going for it that are often neglected in [...]

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Ribeye The Bullbarian and the Jewel of Baloni

  • Author: Harry McLaughlin, Illustrated by Mike Milo
  • Publisher: Infinity Publishing
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Ribeye is a Bullbarian warrior living in a time of swords and science, not sorcery. He and his little brother, eight-year-old Cubesteak, leave their home and dearest mother to seek their long lost father. They don’t have much to go on, but a Bullbarian will never (as a rule) give up, so on they must [...]