Reviews written by Olivia Farr, Assistant Blog Manager & Staff Reviewer

IN THE HOLLY JOLLY NORTH POLE is a delightful pop-up holiday board book. Each page features a large pop-up of a scene from the North Pole with a small rhyme to describe it. For instance, getting and sorting mail, making toys, baking with Mrs. Claus, and loading up the sleigh....

MAKE TRACKS: CARS is an entertaining and interactive board book that teaches young readers about cars. The book includes a type of car on each page spread, labeled with key parts, before encouraging young readers to drive the paper vehicle around on the tracks of the facing page. Each spread...

MAKE TRACKS: BUILDING SITE is a delightful and interactive board book that introduces trucks to young readers. Each page spread features a type of construction vehicle to the reader, labeling the parts with a path on the facing page for children to drive the paper truck along. The book includes...

ONE LITTLE BUG is a clever lift-the-flap board book that teaches children about insects and bugs. The book includes many flaps on each page with fun facts or ideas for further exploration. For instance, after the bug safari, there is a page spread on taking a closer look, checking out...

GODLY HEATHENS is a YA fantasy that follows Gem, a nonbinary teen who has always had strange dreams. When a new girl, Willa Mae, arrives in town looking specifically for them, Gem learns that they are actually a god and embroiled in a multigenerational conflict that has been passed through...

WHO WORKS AT NIGHT? is a charming oversized board book that introduces the concept of night jobs to young readers. The book features a rhyme that focuses on a different type of night job on each page spread, such as baker, fisherman, and doctor. Flaps appear throughout for added discovery....

DOGGY DANCE-OFF is a lively, rhyming picture book about an unexpected champion. The story tells about the key dogs who are competing at the big Doggy Dance-Off. It soon becomes clear that there is a champion - but when they slip and the mask falls off, everyone is shocked to...

SO YOU WANT TO BE AN ASTRONAUT is a picture book that encourages readers to cultivate the skills they might need to one day travel to outer space. This includes things like teamwork, listening, and managing stress - also good life skills in general. The book is told in rhyme...

COPY THAT, COPY CAT! is a clever lift-the-flap board book that discusses the way animals have inspired inventors. Using rhyming text and clever peek-through cut-outs and flaps, the book discusses unique features of certain animals and the ways that inventions have been inspired by them. For instance, the way that...

THE PIE THAT MOLLY GREW is a buildable story about the journey from pumpkin seed to pie that is great for fall. The story begins with Molly planting a seed and follows the plant as it grows into a pumpkin, which she then harvests and makes into a pie to...

TREE WHISPERS is a collection of poetry about trees that celebrates nature. The book features many individual poems connected by the theme of trees. The book even includes one poem spoken by a tree in sounds (but interpreted into English below). Illustrations appear on each page. ...

10 THINGS I LOVE ABOUT HALLOWEEN is a celebration of all the things one child adores about the holiday, including mummy races, telling scary stories, and a neighborhood holiday parade! The story reads like a chronicle of how they spend Halloween day with plenty of festive fun. ...

CHRISTMAS AHOY! is a fun and festive story about a parade of boats decked out for the holiday. The story counts up from one to ten along the way with each boat/grouping presenting a number. The parade ends with Santa, of course, and his nine reindeer on deck waving, but...

WHAT THE RIVER KNOWS is a unique YA historical mystery/fantasy that takes the reader to 1884 Egypt. Inez lives in Buenos Aires with her aunt and two cousins, but she dreams of traveling to Egypt, where her parents spend half the year. Her parents are currently working with her uncle...

STARRY, STARRY GHOST is the delightful fourth installment in the Isla of Adventure series. Isla Verde has a special skill - she can talk to animals. In this adventure, Isla and her best friend and gecko, Fitz, have been invited to their neighbor Tora's house for a sleepover. Tora has...