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

ETTA EXTRAORDINAIRE is a charming picture book about reaching for your goals and being brave. Etta is excited to learn that there is going to be a talent show at her school. She wants to compete and makes a plan with her parents to create a practice stage and practice...

ETTA EXTRAORDINAIRE GOES TO THE WHITE HOUSE is a sweet picture book about plans that go awry and friendship. Etta and her class are excited about taking a field trip to DC to visit the White House. Etta is particularly excited to see the cherry blossoms, as they were her...

MY EXTREMELY TINY FOREST ADVENTURE is an exciting new installment in the fantasy series NELL OF GUMBLING. Nell is going on a wilderness adventure with her classmates, camping for a week. However, things go awry when they are all shrunk down to Thumbkin size after Gil wishes they would know...

SECRET SPELLS is another fun installment in this series about Bea Black. Bea tells the story through diary entries, where she is currently describing the lead-up to and participation in the Winter Solstice sports day events. After a mishap with her non-magical (or ordinary) friend Ash and the ordinaries who...

BEDTIME BLITZ! is a delightful celebration of getting ready for bed. The story is told in a rhyming poem as animals rush to get ready in the bedtime blitz! They brush teeth, take a bath, put on pajamas, and more as they head towards bedtime. Pull tabs on most pages...

I LOVE YOU LITTLE COTTONTAIL is a sweet and simple board book. Featuring extra-thick pages, the book says I love you to rhyming animals before including a mirror to show the child that they are loved too. What I loved: This is a simple but...

THE LEGO HALLOWEEN GAMES BOOK is a delightful activity book that inspires children to create their own Halloween-themed games using LEGO. The book includes plenty of illustrations, tips, and how-tos throughout with some jokes and fun along the way. It also includes 40 small LEGO pieces to add to those...

FLYING HIGH is a fun new installment in the series that follows Bea Black, a young girl who is learning to be a witch. Told through her diary entries, this story takes place in between the action, in the lead up to the big Winter Solstice celebration and related competitions....

GRISELDA SNOOK'S SPECTACULAR BOOKS is a delightful celebration of books with a bit of Halloween flair. Henry is walking one day when he finds a key - it is the key to Griselda Snook's bookshop, and she invites him inside. Even though he is not that into books, she promises...

CUDDLY LADYBUG is a simple, sweet cloth book that little ones can enjoy playing with. The book includes some basic sentences identifying animals, bugs, or plants before asking where they are and showing a mirror. Felt flaps are nicely soft throughout with high contrast images. ...

MAKE TRACKS: EMERGENCY is another fantastic installment in this interactive board book. This new book allows children to learn the basics about emergency vehicles and drive them around through a small track on a coin within the book. The left side of each page spread includes basic details about the...

TAXI GHOST is an engaging and interesting middle grade graphic novel that tackles gentrification and growing up. Adele's life changes when she not only gets her first period, but she also starts seeing ghosts. Luckily, her sister Helen knows what is happening and tells her that she comes from a...

HOUSE OF MARIONNE is an engaging YA fantasy. Quell has grown up on the run from the death sentence imposed due to the magic she was born with. It has been her mother and her for as long as she can remember. When she goes to pick up her cash...

NATE THE GREAT AND THE STAR-SPANGLED PARROT is a simple mystery early chapter book that will work well for young independent readers. Nate the Great is heading into the park when he sees his friend Pip, who has a case for him. Pip has lost his drone parrot, Penelope. He...

TIG AND LILY: UP LATE! is an engaging graphic novel about nightmares and friendship. Tig has had a bad dream that has woken him up and made it so that he never wants to go to sleep again. Tig wakes up Lily to help keep him company, but he won't...