Book Reviews by Kids for Kids Book Review by Jordan, 8-Years-Old If you were a mouse and you had a glass of milk what would you want with it? In this story a mouse wants everything and he is never satisfied. The characters of this story are a mouse and a boy. They live in […]
The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
January 4, 2014 Leave a Comment
Book Reviews by Kids for Kids Book Review By Ben, 9-Years-Old The Indian in the Cupboard is about a boy named Omri. On his birthday his friend Patrick gives him an Indian toy and his brother gives him a cupboard to keep the toy. Omri uses a magical key, which belonged to his great-grandmother, to […]
How’s that Working for You?
January 1, 2014 Leave a Comment
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone for Your New Year’s Resolutions I love when television talk show host and author Dr. Phil says, “How’s that working for you?” When making choices, changes, and your new year’s resolutions this year ask yourself if you are really getting what you want and need. In Life Code: The […]
Interfaith Books for the Holidays
December 22, 2013 Leave a Comment
Weekly Trip to the Library In Being Both: Embracing Two Religions in One Interfaith Family Susan Katz Miller discusses raising kids in interfaith marriages. The author explains that nearly half of the marriages in the U.S. over the last decade have been between people of different faiths, and many of those families are raising children fully […]
Christmas Children’s Books That Make Great Gifts
December 7, 2013 Leave a Comment
Weekly Trip to the Library Reading Christmas books to children is a great holiday tradition. It enhances their beautiful memories of Christmas, as they are snuggled up close and warm, feeling secure, and loved. Reading Christmas books add to that certain magic only a child’s imagination could create. The best fictional Christmas books are the […]
10 Best Children’s Books for Hanukkah
December 1, 2013 Leave a Comment
Weekly Trip to the Library Books may be the best quality gift caregivers can give to the children in their care. Not only will the children and their parents enjoy the book, they are affordable for nannies or au pairs on a budget. Books are quality gifts because a love of reading increases academic success. […]
Children’s Books that Teach the Spirit of Thanksgiving
November 26, 2013 Leave a Comment
Trip to the Library In the spirit of Thanksgiving (coming up on Thursday) I borrowed some books from the library about thankfulness and the many blessings we have, rather than specifically about the holiday of Thanksgiving. I think these are great choices for children to share the spirit of Thanksgiving. Of course if you prefer […]
Sarah, Plain and Tall
November 23, 2013 Leave a Comment
Book Reviews for Kids by Kids By Alanna 10-Years-Old Sarah, Plain and Tall is a realistic fiction book written for children. This story takes place on a farm, in a prairie, in the United States in the 1800’s. In the story Caleb and Anna’s mom dies. So, their father Jacob puts an ad in the […]
The Magician’s Nephew
November 16, 2013 Leave a Comment
Book Review by Kids for Kids Review by Nicolas 10-Years-Old The Magician’s Nephew is a fabulous book is written by C.S. Lewis that takes place in 1900. This book is about a boy named Digory who meets a friend named Polly who plays in a garden next door to his house. They are tricked by […]
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
November 9, 2013 Leave a Comment
Book Reviews by Kids for Kids By Jose, 10-Years-Old Do you have a little brother? Well if you do you will be relieved that your brother isn’t like a boy named Fudge. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing is about a kid in the fourth grade with a little four-year-old brother named Fudge who always […]
