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Everything Goes: On Land
Published on 2012-02-19 22:58:00
Except for the Chevy Nova. Ya feel me Mexico?! THREE PROS*The whole thing has a bit of a Where's Waldo? flair to it, but instead of looking for one guy in a striped shirt, it makes you want to soak up every tiny detail on each page *The handful of vehicle cross-section pages are not only informative but also serve as excellent palate-cleansers between subsets of modes of transport*Things the jacket designer did that would often go unnoticed stood out to me on this effort --
One Pup's Up
Published on 2012-02-17 22:58:00
This One's got more bark than bite... THREE PROS*On a macro level, Marsha Wilson Chall followed the tried-and-true number book template by counting from one to ten and back to zero (tiny bonus points for going that extra step), then improved upon it by closing the story with a fun return to one *Henry Cole's illustrations did not have a high degree of difficulty, but were big and colorful enough to be viewed as a plus*Works in the concepts of "all" and "none" -- a tasty learning
A New Resource
Published on 2012-02-16 21:57:00
Did anyone else see the article in USA Today that listed Scholastic Parent & Child magazine's top one hundred "greatest books for kids?" A friend was nice enough to cut it out and give it to me this morning, so when I got a second, I scanned it. The list seems pretty legit from a recognizable title standpoint; although if #76 is any indication, it's not perfect. My goal for the next month or so is to review as many of these stories (in my son's age group) as possible.
