Reviews written by Cherokee Crum, Staff Reviewer

Better Than The Movies by Lynn Painter is one of the cutest rom-coms to date. It's everything you could want from this genre! -Doomed Meet Cutes - Enemies to Lovers -Cute Boy Nextdoor -Fake Relationship -Prom -Family/Life...

I loved just about everything about this book. We start off with our planet, Earth, and slowly work our way out to everything that makes this planet our home. From the people who live here to the animals that graze in fields to the oceans that help...

Hippos Go Berserk! is a lovely children's picture about about a single lonely hippo, who calls two hippos on the phone to visit, and those two hippos turn into three, then into four, until so many arrive for a night of hippo hijinks! This is...

The First to Die at the End was a great prequel to They Both Die at the End. You most definitely need tissues several times throughout the read, so be warned if you're planning on reading in public like I did! I really enjoyed getting...

Concrete: From the Ground Up was an interesting and fun look at how concrete works. I loved, not only the history of how concrete was made, but where and how it was used. The text is written in a well - laid out manner, making it easy...

I'm going to be honest, the only reason I picked up this book was because the cover - the octopus is my favorite marine animal so it pulled me in right away with it's breath-taking cover image. I am so glad I got to read this with my children. ...

Ready for Spaghetti is a wonderful collection of humors children's poetry. The poems are lyrical, offering the opportunity for readers to experience sing-song type poetry. They are so much fun to read aloud together. The illustrations, while a little flat, are adorable and add...

Written like a graphic novel, Down in the Dumps: The Mystery Box is a cute story about friendship and adventure. My kids were not a fan of the illustrations, as they are all greyscale and just did not hold their interest well - but they are highly...

Written like a graphic novel, Down in the Dumps: Trash vs. Trucks is a short & fun read for readers that are ready for chapter books. The font makes it easy for young readers to distinguish between words. I'm not a fan of the greyscale illustrations, as...

Down in the Dumps: A Very Trashy Christmas was a cute, heartwarming, some what gross holiday read. The writing style is akin to a graphic novel. The font is perfect for those just learning to read, as the letters do not run together. The author uses vocabulary easy...

I'll Be There For You was a beautiful story about love and loss, grief and acceptance. The journey with Rae as she felt all of this, and more, was a whirlwind. The story flows seamlessly from one aspect to another. The characters are all very realistic and likeable,...

Mr. Bear's World of Food is an interactive board book that introduces different foods to children in a fun way! The font is large, perfect for those learning how to read. Vibrant and realistic illustrations, paired with a little bit of silliness, make this such...

Giving Thanks: How Thanksgiving Became a Holiday is a great narrative of just that - How Thanksgiving Became on Holiday. I rather enjoyed that fact that there no mention of Pilgrims or Native Americans. The focus of this story was on Sarah Hale and President Lincoln....

The Do-Over was my first book by Lynn Painter, and now I need to go out and buy her previous novel, Better Than the Movies, because I absolutely loved this one. Aging myself here with these incoming references, but The Do-Over gave off Ferris Buellers...

ChupaCarter was such a cute book! I have never read a story where the Chupacabra was a full fledge character – this was great way to introduce the folklore to children in a not-so-scary way. I’ve not read it with my children yet, as I...