Picture Book Wednesday: Spring Books

Happy Spring Everyone! 

Learn all about bees with this beautifully illustrated informative book. I can't wait to share this one during storytimes. 

 

Graphic Novel Review: Sunny Makes her Case

* Book 5 in the Sunny series *

Sunny isn't sure which club she chooses. Her friend wants to try out for cheerleading. She convinces Sunny to try out too. But Sunny doesn't make it; she doesn't have the coordination. She's just not sure what to do. But then another friend has another idea - debate club.

There is no official debate club at their school, but together they try to make it happen. It takes them time to finds an advisor, but once they do, they start practicing. Could the club become a success?

My Thoughts: I loved this one. I love how Sunny swung from cheerleading to debate club. I love how she threw herself into her new club. I really loved reading about debate prep. There were funny moments - especially with the boys who never knew about the debate team. Middle school is always hard, but graphic novels like this one makes it a little better. I'm always here for more Sunny books. 

Cover Thoughts: Cute - I love the power suit!

Source: My Library

Library Recommendation: A must have series for your school and public libraries 

BookTok: No Crying in Baseball

It's almost baseball time again. 

This book details a lot of secrets from the making of A League of Their Own

 

@yabooknerdlibrarian Lots of secrets shared in this book about the filming if A League of Their Own. If youre a fan of movie - this is a book for you! #baseball #baseballmovie #booktok #moviebook #geenadavis #tomhanks #madonna #womensbaseball #rockfordpeaches #pennymarshall #nocryinginbaseball ♬ original sound - Jennifer @YA Book Nerd 📚📚📚

Review: Top Story

 

* Book 5 in the Front Desk series *

Mia and Lupe are spending winter break in San Fransico. Mia will be attending a prestigious journalism internship and Lupe will be attending the math championships. Both have high expectations for their time there. But Mia does hope they get to enjoy themselves too.

Mia isn't loving her internship. She's eager to make her mark, but all her stories keep getting rejected. Lupe starts thinking about SATs and skipping high school and going straight to college. Jason and Hank arrive to help cook a big banquet for the place they are staying. Jason has a crush on a new acquaintance. Mia isn't happy about that. She starts to examine her own feelings. 

My Thoughts: I love this series. I love Mia and how she uses words as both her weapon and her love language. My heart broke for her and her new friends and all they endured at the internship. But I love how they rallied and how they tackled a new challenge. I loved the additional new characters and seeing old favorites. I loved the addition of Comma. I loved learning more about their new community and how they all came together. Another wonderful addition to this series. I hope it continues for many more books. 

Cover Thoughts: Charming

Source: My Library

Library Commendation: A must have series for your public and school library's collection. 

Graphic Novel Review: Part of Your World

This graphic novel is a book adaptation (I never read the book). 

The story twist: What if Ariel never defeated Ursula?

Her father's been captured. Eric is married. Ariel's sisters forced her to become queen. But she can't forget Eric. Ursula is leading her new kingdom to war. Ariel tries to stop her, but Ursula is very powerful. Will Ariel ever find her happily ever after?

My Thoughts: I really enjoyed this graphic novel. I felt terrible for Ariel and all that she went through. But I felt worse for the people of the kingdom. I was happy seeing all my favorite characters again. I hope they adapt more of this series into graphic novels.

 

Library Recommendation: Highly recommended for your public library

Picture Book Review: Hair Oil Magic

A mother and daughter have a weekly ritual - magic hair day. Meenu's mom would massage oil into her scalp. At the end of the day, it would be washed out. Meenu loved how her hair looked, but most of all she loved their time together. But when she tries to recreate the magic, she fails. Her grandmother lets her in on the family secret! 

I love the tradition between mother and daughter in this book. The magic shared is sweet. There's an author's note that talks about the tradition. There are also some hair tips for trying hair oiling. 

* This book was sent for review

Top Ten Tuesday: 5 Star Reads

 This week I'm changing the topic - here are my last 5 star reads.

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Have you read any of these too?