Category Archives: 4-8 years of age

Mx3 Review: Little Goblins Ten by Pamela Jane

Reading level: Ages 4-8 Hardcover:32 pages Publisher:HarperCollins (July 26, 2011) ISBN-10: 0061767980 Source: Publisher Last year, my boys & I reviewed Pamela Jane’s A Vampire is Coming to Dinner.  Here’s a synopsis from Publisher’s Weekly: Read along as the narrator … Continue reading

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Mx3: Review: The Book That Eats People by John Perry

Reading level: Ages 4-8 Hardcover:38 pages Publisher:Tricycle Press (October 13, 2009) ISBN-10: 1582462682 Source: Library copy The book is always hungry. One day, an unlikely victim by the name of Sammy Rushkin forgot to wash his hands after eating lunch. … Continue reading

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Review: Nature Squad-Bluebird Finds A Home by Ryan Jacobson

Reading level: Ages 4-8 Paperback: 32 pages Publisher: Adventure Publications (January 4, 2011) ISBN-10: 9781591933113 Source: Publisher The Nature Squad’s purpose is to save the planet, one adventure at a time.  In Bluebird Finds a Home , the squad is … Continue reading

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Review: Planting the Wild Garden by Kathryn O. Galbraith

Reading level: Ages 4-8 Hardcover: 32 pages Publisher: Peachtree Publishers (April 1, 2011) ISBN-10: 9781561455638 Source: Publisher In Planting the Wild Garden, young readers learn how humans, plants, & animals all help great the lavish wild garden known as the … Continue reading

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Review & Giveaway: A Place for Fish by Melissa Stewart

Reading level: Ages 4-8 Hardcover: 32 pages Publisher: Peachtree Publishers (March 1, 2011) Source: Publisher Fish make our world a better place. But sometimes people do things that make it hard for them to live and grow. In A Place … Continue reading

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Review: Where Teddy Bears Come From by Mark Burgess

Reading level: Ages 4-8 Hardcover: 32 pages Publisher: Peachtree Publishers (August 1, 2009) ISBN-10: 1561454877 Source: Publisher There was once a little wolf who couldn’t fall asleep. Mother Wolf tried everything: a glass of milk, snuggling, even reading little wolf … Continue reading

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Review: Harry Potter-Film Wizardry by Brian Sibley

Hardcover: 160 pages Publisher: Collins Design (October 19, 2010) ISBN-10: 0061997811 Source: Publisher Looking for the perfect book for a Harry Potter fan? Harry Potter Film Wizardry is without a doubt the perfect gift! Get a glimpse inside the world … Continue reading

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Review: Santa’s Eleven Months Off by Mike Reiss

  Reading level: Ages 4-8 Hardcover: 32 pages Publisher: Peachtree Publishers (September 1, 2007) ISBN-10: 1561454214 Source: Publisher What does Santa do the other 11 months he’s not working? He goes to Hollywood, sumo wrestles in Japan, attends the Summer … Continue reading

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Review: In A Dark, Dark Room by Alvin Schwartz

Reading level: Ages 4-8 Paperback: 64 pages Publisher: HarperCollins (October 2, 1985) ISBN-10: 0064440907 Source: Library copy I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention this collection of stories, also retold by Alvin Schwartz, who I consider the king of scary … Continue reading

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Review: A Vampire is Coming to Dinner by Pamela Jane

Reading level: Ages 4-8 Hardcover: 16 pages Publisher: Price Stern Sloan; Pop edition (August 12, 2010) ISBN-10: 0843199644 Source: Author A little boy learns a vampire is coming to dinner; this book gives him the rules which should be followed … Continue reading

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