alizontheamazon's reviews
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This book was adorable -- Bear wants cookies so he takes the place of a stuffed animal at a little girl's tea party. A lot is said through the illustrations so it might be better for one on one, but I'm probably still going to try this at a storytime.

A simple counting book that combines the magic of travel, counting and real airport signs and culture into one.

I think this book is funny and I think children will too, but I can see some parents having a problem with it since it could be interpreted as a little vulgar. The battle between Leon and his "conscience" is pretty funny. This is a silly book that's good if you need a laugh.

What I liked the most about this book was the way the illustrator illustrated each word so that by looking at the picture and reading the word a child would be able to make some sort of guess as to the word's meaning. It was wonderfully illustrated.

The book didn't go down the path of telling children not to say certain words, but instead went a new direction of pointing out that there are so many more interesting words to use, there is no need for ones that are mean, bad or inappropriate.

Heart warming wordless story about a bear who finds an egg on the ground under its nest and the lengths he goes to in order to make sure the egg is safely returned. The book is done with pictures instead of illustrations.

Has a couple of interesting facts about sea creatures and some art references, but I think this would have been stronger with a little explanation of some of the art references at the end of the book.

A book about being yourself. Pretty good -- was on a Buzzfeed list of top children's books of 2013. Don't know if I'd put it in my tops, but it was cute and simple. Might try it in a toddler storytime.

Good book to teach kids about tone. The only words used in the book are "Ah" and "ah ha" to describe the emotions of the characters in different settings. Illustrations are key to the plot of this book.

Good for the train obsessed kids - this book looks at trains as wild creatures that you can tame and have as pets. It's a cute spin on the pet theme using trains.

Only part I had issue with is at the beginning when the narrator is talking about how to catch a train there is an illustration of a little girl standing on tracks in front of a train with the idea that she is cornering the train. I wouldn't want kids to get any sort of idea that playing on train tracks is a good thing to do. I would hope parents would make sure to emphasize how dangerous such behavior can be.

I rated this so highly because I loved it -- but I can see some parents having issue with it. The whole premise is that while Maude's family loves to stand out, Maude blends in. When she asks for a goldfish for her birthday, her family gets her a tiger instead and one day when they forget to get more food for the tiger he gets hungry and goes after the family. It is implied that Maude is the only one who doesn't get eaten because she blends into the wall and the tiger doesn't see her.