Reviews written by Olivia Farr, Staff Reviewer

I LOVE YOU, AXOLOTL is a sweet interactive board book that toddlers will enjoy. The book consists of phrases about care and consideration that add up to a message of love between listener and reader. An axolotl finger puppet pokes through a die-cut circle on each page for added fun....

MY FIRST FINGER PUPPET: MOO! MOO! is a delightful, interactive board book that takes toddlers on a journey around the farm. The book features other animals and things from the farm (such as a tractor) that make sounds, with the repeating phrase of the cow saying moo. A finger puppet...

TEENY TINY SCIENCE: I SEE A CLOUD is a fun introduction to the water cycle for toddlers. The book talks about how rain is made with water moving up to clouds and becoming precipitation using approachable language and simple sentences, great for little readers. What...

ACROSS THE DOODLEVERSE is a clever and engaging middle grade graphic novel in THE LAST COMICS ON EARTH series. In this installment, someone is stealing children's doodles and turning them into an army. Doodlehead has also stolen Boy Lightning's arm and lightning bat and replaced them with a sketch arm....

A SPRINKLING OF DANGER is a charming and engaging mystery/spy story. This latest installment takes the reader to Paris, where a movie is being filmed. Someone on set is leaking information about France's secret agents, so Alice goes undercover to help track down who it is. As part of her...

EYELIKE STICKERS U.S.A. is a delightful collection of colorful stickers, all themed around the USA. The stickers include things from red, white, and blue foods to balloons to cars to landmarks and more! The inside of the cover offers things for children to decorate with their stickers as well. ...

LIFT TOUCH AND LEARN FIRST WORDS: ANIMALS is an enjoyable board book with interactive touch-and-feel elements as well as lift-the-flaps for older infants and young toddlers. The book is organized by habitat and features a variety of illustrated animals across each page spread. Flaps lift to give simple facts about...

THE CASE OF THE GRINDSTONE GOBLET is a clever, interactive mystery book that readers can really get into! The book is a combination of puzzles for readers to solve as they work on the overall mystery of who stole the Grindstone Goblet - a golden trophy given to the student...

CLASSROOM CHAOS is a delightful new installment in the DIARY OF AN ACCIDENTAL WITCH chapter book series. The non-magical inspectors are coming back to the school, and as someone who used to live without magic, Bea is once again tapped for her knowledge of how to make the school appear...

PASS THE PARCEL is an interesting picture book about packages and how they travel to be delivered. A parcel starts by taking himself to the post office, getting his stamps and then getting passed along to trucks, ships, planes, and more. The parcel is passed along by all these modes...

YOU CAN DO IT, BERT! is a simple picture book about courage and friendship. Bert is out on a limb, and it seems like he will do it (the reader is not sure what) - but then he gets a banana and doesn't seem to be doing it. After his...

THE ULTIMATE SPACE QUEST is an engaging middle grade nonfiction all about outer space and space travel. The book focuses on human exploration of space, breaking into the technology, information about travel to the moon, Mars, and what might come in the future. What I...

THE RISE OF THE ROBOTS is a middle grade nonfiction that provides a cool look inside the world of robotics. The book covers various topics around robot development and their uses in different fields, such as the ocean, medicine, and space. What I loved: This...

HOW TO BUILD A HUMAN is an in-depth look at the human body, including hormones, reproduction, organs, and skeletons. The book is divided into topics that go into a bit more detail on each of the elements that make up a human body. There are plenty of illustrations and interesting...

MARCIE AND GIRAFFE is a cute picture book about tough feelings. Marcie and Giraffe are making pictures of each other, but when Marcie sees Giraffe's picture is better than hers, she feels angry and upset. Marcie uses pictures to show how she is feeling, and then they begin to create...