I made a mistake this summer and I failed to get anyone from the community to come to the Cub Scout day camp to entertain the campers after lunch, so it was up to me. All I could think of was to read to them this book. I knew it would be lame: reading a book at summer camp, but it is all that I...
Eh.Honestly? Kids are going to get confused. The vocab* is too hard for kid's who'll check it out. The book looks younger than it it. It switches narrators out of nowhere for no good reason. Classic mystery references aren't something you jam into an elementary school book. J.J. gives several of ...
Farmer Brown is not a fan of Halloween. In his opinion, Halloween is just too spooky. He participates by leaving a bowl of candy on his porch, but locks his doors and heads off to bed when the noises are too scary. On the other hand, in the barn, the animal’s Halloween party is in full swing! ...
Narrated by Adam Grupper and Michelle O. MedlinRecorded Books, 2014Grupper does a fabulous job as J.J. Tully, retired search and rescue dog, and Medlin is hilarious as the chickens and, especially, the squirrel. The chickens know their shapes, but squirrel certainly does not! The story is silly i...
Boom (a bear), Twitty (a bird), and Snot (a snail) are friends with different ideas about what to do and different interpretations about how things are going. The message is rather subtle, but it seems to be about slowing down, noticing things, and being content. You don't have to chase life down...
J.J., a retired search and rescue dog, has one job and one job only...that's to maintain law and order in the seedy world of the chicken coop! (He especially keeps an eye on those little chicks!) The mystery begins when a shady possum starts to show up around the coop and J.J. fears the chicks ar...
The latest morning read with the grandson was just plain fun, and a lot quicker than some of the books we have done this year. Our hero, a retired Search and Rescue dog has a new neighbor, but is all as it seems? JJ Tully has taken the job of guarding the chicken coop, but a possum seems to be ...
Newbie is a Rescue Bunny trainee. She has passed all of the tests except for the field test. A call comes in to rescue a giraffe stuck in the mud. Newbie goes along. The bunnies must race time to save the giraffe before the hyenas come to eat the giraffe. Newbie refuses to leave the giraffe ...
This is a picture book with seven chapters including: 1) A brief historical overview on moms 2) Daily care and maintenance 3) Grooming 4) Outdoor use 5) Troubleshooting 6) Reset 7) Final noteI was hoping when I began to read this book that it would truly give children some valid advice on the car...