Finding Family Treasure The Children’s Book Review About the Book Finding Family Treasure Written by K. I. Knight and Jane R. Wood Ages 7 and Up | 142 Pages Publisher: Melting Pot Press LLC | ISBN-13: 9781737337102 Publisher’s Synopsis: “Who are we?” Ms. Johansson asks her class of fifth graders. Her perplexed students soon discover the lesson she wants them to learn. While studying the founding of their country, the class is challenged to understand the melting pot that makes up the American people-both past and present. With the help of a genealogist, students learn to navigate websites that introduce…
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.
Book Review of Rupert’s SnowmanSponsored* | All opinions are our ownThe Children’s Book Review Rupert’s Snowman Written by Philippa Warden Illustrated by Grace Ward Ages: 3-8 | 44 Pages Publisher: Purple Butterfly Press | ISBN-13: 9781948604710 What to Expect: Empathy, friendship, family, snow days Snow days are perfect for lots of things: drinking hot chocolate, making snow angels, and sledding—but most especially for making snowmen! Rupert decides to build the biggest snowman ever, and his snowman needs lots of things: twigs for hands, stones for eyes, and a cup for a hat. But when it’s time to go home for…
Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas The Children’s Book Review In this stunning celebration of art and imagination, Jeanne Walker Harvey and Loveis Wise tell the incredible and inspiring true story of Alma Thomas, the first Black woman to have a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum in New York City and the first Black woman to have her work chosen for the White House collection. The text achieves a fine balance of evocative lyricism and straightforward exposition. Wise’s vibrant, eye-catching illustrations contain echoes of Thomas’ signature abstract style, with its colorful mosaic-like patterns and tessellated brush…
Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas is a beautiful and thought-provoking biography for young readers and artists to enjoy. Highly Recommended!
Bye-Bye Bully reminds readers that ordinary, individual kids have the power to change group bullying into friendship, support, and togetherness.
Which five words best describe I Wish You Knew? Author Jackie Azúa Kramer says it is filled with Empathy, community, family, hope, love.
The Leaf & the Tree is a simple, sweet fable that combines an understanding of the cycles of the natural world with an allegory of connections that shape us.
M is for Money is a fun and interactive way to explore beginning literacy and basic money concepts. Each page focuses on a letter and a money concept.
Designed to teach children about embracing their emotions, Kokan and Zoya is the first story in Vasavi Koka’s series: Vasavi’s Therapeutic Stories and Play.
Tafana Caesar’s picture book, Carl the Capybara, is a fun and gentle way to teach young readers about stranger danger—and jungle animals.