alyshadeshae's reviews
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I read this to my niece's Daisy troop at a Girl Scout meeting. It was every bit as cute as I remember!

Amazing! I loved the beautiful art, I love the scenes from his songs, and I love Johnny Cash! I've always loved Johnny, though, so in very pleased that this graphic novel (one I didn't know existed until I accidentally used it to help me stand back up in the library) is as lovely as it is. :-)

This was adorable little tale, but I do think that, based on the ages of the children, some of the things they say are more likely what an adult would say in the same situation. For example, at the very beginning Alex says that moving to a new home might be an adventure. I don't doubt that some children will think so, but it's more likely that an adult would tell a child this in an attempt to ease the transition.

I also enjoyed how educational it was without being boring. I can easily see children reading this book with pleasure.

What better than dinosaur bones and archaeological digs to entertain a child while also teaching them a little bit (a very little bit) about history. Most of what is "learned" in this book is only in the very back in a somewhat boring letter from their Travel Guide. This book has less history in the "meat" of the book than it's predecessor, but I would say it's still worth a read and children will still enjoy it.

This book involved fairy tales instead of history. I'm still not 100% sure what the moral was supposed to be, but it was cute. Compared to the first two books in the series, though, it's definitely not an improvement - unless you take into account the fact that their cat plays a good part. :-)

I'm disappointed in this story. I was hoping it would be cute and, since I love candy corn, the title caught my eye. Richard is rude, gossips about Matthew who continues to be nice to him, and steals three candy corns from the jar on his teachers desk. Yes, he ends up apologizing to Matthew and convinces him (with a few "hints") to come to his sleepover, he confesses and apologizes to his teacher, but only after Matthew brings him three replacement candy corns.

I don't know. I wouldn't use this story as an example of making mistakes and then trying to fix them, but I think that was supposed to be the moral.

I can't say that I know enough about the Marvel universe to say that it's well written within the previously established story lines, and frankly (while I'll hopefully read them all), I don't care if this comic fits in with previously written stuff - I love it! Loki is adorable, sweet, and trying to do good while still being sneakily mischievous and going about it the bad way.

This book is probably written more with parents in mind, but I wouldn't recommend it for parents or children. Parents, your child won't just magically wake up one day having "bloomed" and be able to read, write, draw, eat neatly, and speak. Children, it takes practice to learn to do those things and not once is Leo shown to even try. I was disappointed because I love cat books of all kinds and, since Leo is a tiger, I was really wanting to like it.

This was a cute story that will encourage advancing readers who love horses to keep reading and, even better, will teach them that not everything is just handed to you because you want or need it. An abandoned and neglected horse is adopted by a farm that isn't quite suitable for a long-term stay. When winter comes, the children need to earn money for a horse-blanket to keep Snowflake warm. I'm pleased with the fact that they don't just go asking someone to give them a free blanket or free money, but they actually set up a service (involving the horse) to earn the money.

This was a silly, nonsensical book that combines toads, Star Trek, Star Wars, and bad (lame) rhymes to make a truly funny read. I can imagine that this would be a great book to read aloud to young children or have slightly older children read aloud to you.