Llama Llama Misses Mama by Anna Dewdney

Llama Llama is off to school! After a hurried morning, Mama Llama drips Llama Llama a his first day of preschool, where he has a hard time getting adjusted.

Llama Llama misses mama!

What I Thought:
I simply adore these books. The illustrations are superb, I love taking extra time and experience each one. I love the expressions on Llama Llama face.

This book will be very relevant to kids to young children as they may experience anxiety as they begin school.

This book is just adorable, but I still think Llama Llama Red Pajama is my favorite!

Very Highly Recommended!

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Lucky Breaks by Susan Patron

In this second installment featuring Lucky and the residents of Hard Pan, a small remote desert town in California, Lucky is days away from turning 11. Life is going pretty well, her "mom" Brigette has opened a small cafe that attracts some business, lately some geologists who have come to the area for research have been stopping by.

This is how Lucky meets meets Paloma, a girl about her age visiting the area with her uncle. They hit it off, and Paloma is invited out for the weekend to help celebrate Lucky's 11th birthday.

They are intrigued by an old legend that the brooch of Paloma (a different one!) is at the bottom of an old well.

When the girls get into trouble, will the residents of Hard Pan come to the rescue?

What I Thought:
I thought this was a good book, and a neat follow up to the Newbery Award Medal winning novel, The Higher Power of Lucky. From what I've read, there will be a third book coming sometime in the future!

Hard Pan is such an interesting place! It's a very small town in the desert and populated by a crew of unusual residents that are fun to read about and get to know.

Highly Recommended.

Want to see more? Check it out on Amazon: Lucky Breaks by Susan Patron.

Good Luck Bear by Greg Foley

Bear is lying in the grass and finds a three leaf clover. Mouse informs him that if he finds a four leaf clover, it is lucky!

So Bear begins looking and all his friends stop by.

Discouraged when he doesn't find one, Mouse finds something for him...

What I Thought:
I adore the Bear books by Greg Foley. They are simply sweet and you can't help but to like Bear and his friends! The illustrations are great, I love how the text is on one page (each different colors) with coordinating illustrations on the opposite page.

A wonderful read aloud, especially for a storytime outside and everyone could search for their own four (or five!) leaf clover.

Highly recommended.

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NEW Book Day!!

IT'S HERE!!! Llama Llama Misses Mama by Anna Dewdney is finally here!

I'm very excited to read it...

Watch for my review soon! (It may be a week or so though, I've got to finish this project that is due on Tuesday.)

Then I'll have one more major project that is well underway and then two minor ones. Which is really good because this book FINALLY arrived at the library!



I've been desperate to read it, I really just should have bought it but didn't. And it's here, it's finally here! It shall be my reward for finishing the dreaded project.

It's llama time!

My Mom is Trying to Ruin My Life by Kate Feiffer, illustrated by Diane Goode

Mom is super nice. She takes care of people, takes them where they need to go.

But she is really trying to ruin her daughter's life. She talks too loud, she kisses, she doesn't let her do anything dangerous!

Even dad is in the ploy. Oh, he's cool too, but he makes her clean her room and go to bed on time.

Daughter has come up with a plan that will put them both in jail, and she will be free!

But is that such a good idea?

What I Thought:
I purchased this book for the library based on the title! (And review, but the title caught my eye!)

It's cute, a great book to read when your tween starts the sighing with eye rolling and "Mom, you are ruining my life!"

Recommended.

Want to see more? Check it out on Amazon: My Mom is Trying to Ruin My Life by Kate Feiffer, illustrated by Diane Goode.