Extreme Halloween: The Ultimate Guide to Making Halloween Scary Again |
In this blog I will review childrens books. You will receive at least 2 reviews per week. The reviews will cover kids books from baby board books to books for teens. If you would like to have a specific childrens book reviewed, I would be glad to do so. Just leave me a comment and let me know what kids book you would like to have reviewed. Thank you!
Friday, September 26, 2014
Extreme Halloween: The Ultimate Guide to Making Halloween Scary Again
Every year I look forward to the next Tom Nardone masterpiece. The stuff
he does with pumpkins is inspiring. Pumpkins with flames coming out of
them. Pumpkins in chains that form archways. Pumpkins that create giant
insects. Pumpkins that form the weird heads on fake corpses. Anything
one might imagine and lots that we never could without Tom Nardone. So
funny. So grotesque. This Halloween book is an expanded one that has suggestions for
costumes-pranks-party food-creatures, and of course, Pumpkins! What
would Halloween be without 'em? Or, without the genius of Tom Nardone?
Highly recommended. This Halloween book is for the older kids. Teens will have fun with this exciting Halloween book. Leave us your comments. Your feedback is greatly appreciated. Let us know what other Halloween kids books you would like to have reviewed. Check out our Halloween kids book sale going on now.
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
The Teeny Tiny Ghost
This is ghostly trick or treat fun for tiny tots. The tiny ghost
discovers that haunting is very hard, especially for a ghost who is
scared. The secrets of his heritage seem out of his grasp until one
Halloween night when he is motivated to be a protector of his cats and
his home. The pictures of the tiny ghost trying out his scary voice,
frightening himself and then puffing himself up to look scary are a
hoot. Audience participation for sound effects makes this a crowd
pleaser. This is a great Halloween children's book for kids ages 4-8.
The Teeny Tiny Ghost |
Friday, September 19, 2014
Arthur's Halloween: Book & CD
Sure to be popular due to the success of the new PBS television
series, these new additions to the series demonstrate the vocal talent
of author/illustrator Marc Brown. Arthur's creator reads the texts,
giving each character a distinctive voice. He is able to portray the
females, like mother and D.W., while avoiding stereotypical high,
squeaky voices. The production values on the recordings are excellent,
with background music and helpful sound effects. The slamming of car
doors, the sound of rain or footsteps, and other sound effects give the
tapes the quality of old radio shows. Each tape opens with the theme
song, "Say Hello to Arthur." Both sides of each tape are the same except
for the page-turning signal bell on one side. In Arthur's Family
Vacation, rain ruins the family's stay at the beach until Arthur thinks
of activities they can do. In Arthur's Halloween, Arthur and D.W. learn
you can't presume a house is haunted just because the outside looks run
down. The artwork in each children's book features Brown's customary cartoon-like
ink and watercolor illustrations that add humor to the stories. The
tapes work well even without the kids books. This Halloween kids book is for kids reading levels ages 4-8. Like this post and share it with your friends and family. Leave us your comments. Your feedback is greatly appreciated. Let us know what other children's books you would like to have reviewed.
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Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Trick or Treat: A Peanuts Halloween
I will admit to being a somewhat casual reader of comic strips. I have a
few favorites I follow regularly, but around the holidays such as
Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas is really when I sit down and
read a lot of newspaper strips. I guess I just love seeing how they
celebrate the holidays and their usually quite funny. This collection of Peanuts strips is all about Halloween as Charlie and
the gang go trick-or-treating, have parties, and dress up for the
season. It is not a complete collection of all of Schulz strips to be
sure, but it is a nice, representative gathering of material culled from
over the years. also included throughout is mostly forgettable tips for
throwing parties, decorating, and recipes. None of it worth much and I
would have preferred to see more comics and some in color as opposed to
that stuff. all in all a nice collection. I highly recommend this children's book, especially for any die-hard Peanuts fan.
It was wonderful to see how Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the gang changed
over time. And I happen to like Schulz's humor better when he first
started writing and drawing; it was more childlike. The comics are Halloween and monster themed and some of them are
hilarious, ones I have not seen in a long time. Of course there is lots
about "The Great Pumpkin" but how could it be coming Halloween and Linus
does not mention him! Read it and enjoy. Good old fashioned comics and humor! This Halloween kids book is for children reading levels ages 4-8.
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