Carrie Dow used her own cat, a stray she and her husband found behind the garage, as inspiration for the story.
Author: Bianca Schulze
Bianca Schulze
Bianca Schulze is the founder of The Children’s Book Review. She is a reader, reviewer, mother and children’s book lover. She also has a decade’s worth of experience working with children in the great outdoors. Combined with her love of books and experience as a children’s specialist bookseller, the goal is to share her passion for children’s literature to grow readers. Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, she now lives with her husband and three children near Boulder, Colorado.
Learn a little and laugh a little with the series of Henry the Hermit Crab.
There is nothing like inspiring a young mind with a good book that is rich in scientific facts that are delivered with pizazz and rich illustrations or startling photographs.
The Complete Hawaiian Reef Fish Coloring Book is much more than a coloring book. It a great resource for the budding marine biologist, homeschooler or marine life enthusiast.
Thanks to author Ellen Viola Thalhamer III, we have two signed copies of I’m a Doctor to give away.
By Bianca Schulze, The Children’s Book Review Published: November 12, 2010 This is a book list for sports enthusiasts, young Einsteins-in-the-making, myth busters, restless minds and grown men! From Potato Chip Science to The World’s Most Amazing Facts and Records, there is seriously something for everyone. And, while I would recommend most of these books to the most reluctant of readers—particularly boys—I would suggest that you don’t rule these suggestions out for girls. Young girls in particular have very curious minds and very much enjoy a good hands-on experiment—there’s also a beautiful and energetic baseball book which tells the inspiring…
For children who are learning to pretend play and socially interact with their peers, these books will be helpful in guiding them through the motions of pretending to be a daddy or a doctor.
Well-written, tried and tested stories with updated illustrations that will tantalize any young mind.
SARASWATI’S WAY paints an accurate portrait of the realities of street kids in the Indian capital. Young readers in the US will have no trouble identifying with Akash and relating to the book’s inspiring message about holding on to one’s dream.
Monika Schröder is the elementary school librarian at the American Embassy School in New Delhi, India. SARASWATI’S WAY is her second novel.