Reviews written by Bethany Wicker

In a small village, there's a pond for everyone to enjoy and celebrate life around them. The pond reflects each season so the villagers can enjoy it twice. But one day, there's a great flood and the pond rises, threatening to take the village out in its wake. Downstream, they're...

A long time ago, a boy's grandfather travels to a new and wild world. While building his home, Grandfather reminds his grandson to listen to the songs of nature. They will help guide him and chase away any lingering anxieties. The land offers them everything they need to survive. They...

When a little doodle bird explores her love of art, she realizes she's unsure how she came to be, but she loves to examine her surroundings as she looks for inspiration. The only thing is she's the only one of her kind which makes for a lonely life. One day,...

When the snow starts to fall, a little girl and her dog head out for a day full of wintery activities. She and her dog can slide in it, hide in it, use it to trick people, and all sorts of things. When it gets too rough, she can enjoy...

Following his dream at the age of seventeen, our Masked Hero Lien-teh travels to England alone to study medicine. After spending time researching and learning, his adventure takes him back to China, where he leads a medical college. But in 1910, a new disease hits the streets and Lien-teh is...

I spy with my little eye has always been a fun game growing up and it makes road trips a lot less boring. In this book, the author takes this classic game and incorporates it into illustrations. The reader has to find an animal within a picture. The lyrical writing...

The Thames river is well-known and is located in Britain, but not many people know the history of it. LIFE ON THE THAMES gives the reader insight to the animals who live on the river and what it does to help improve society. There are ducks, otters, wagtails, snakes, and...

There are a lot of dangerous creatures in the world, but Ben Rothery has selected some unique ones to include in this book. He goes into detail about these animal behaviors and attributes that make them deadly, like jaws, claws, speed, stealth, mimicry, and venom. The author shows there's much...

When a little girl gets a new friend, she tries her best to hide the elephant in her room. Her parents do the same like sweeping it under the rug. It isn’t until the new friend introduces her elephant that the girl realizes she isn’t the only one with an...

When Strum and Drum wake up from a deep slumber, they decide to do what they do best and that's creating beautiful music. As they set forth on their adventure, they're warned to not be too loud or else the Great Beast will get them. But Strum and Drum continue...

After Alix's best friend Jeanne dies, she decides it's time to take control of her own life, just like Jeanne would. Her dream is to become a feather artist. With the memory of Jeanne in mind, she takes a chance and knocks on Mademoiselle Salome's door. She's a renowned feather...

Out of a castle's bowl, there's a pea who wakes up starving and can't stop eating. He eats and eats and eats and he grows and grows and grows. After stuffing his face with anything he stumbles upon, he finds himself ready to sleep and curls into a comfortable bed...

As a defensive mechanism, animals have learned how to camouflage themselves to hide from predators who might want to eat them. Some animals blend and look like leaves, while others look like sticks or rocks. Some don't hide at all because their vibrant colors are enough to scare predators off....

After almost delivering almost all of the gifts, Santa decides to take a break at the Three Little Bears' cottage. When the bears return, they're surprised to find Santa sleeping and are unable to wake him. No matter what they do, he won't wake up and if they don't act...

Today, Hunny has an odd sensation of feeling sad. He has no idea why and can’t explain it but he just feels down. His friend Funny knows just how to cheer him up and that’s with some jokes. Funny begins to tell him all of the jokes that come to...