Becca

I LOVE TREES

A swee little story about realizing that you are, and have always been, enough and important and loved. The painted illustrations feel quaint and cozy.

A cute little touch-and-feel book with some reflective letters. I wish there was a little more to interact with.

The dough you can knead?!? The swirly sauce? This is the best series ever.

Now this. This is the one. All my fav components from [b:Spaghetti|63251984|Spaghetti! An Interactive Recipe Book (Cook In A Book)|Lotta Nieminen|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1669119851l/63251984.SX50.jpg|99150454] and [b:Pancakes|33642263|Pancakes! (Cook in a Book)|Unknown|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1483119462l/33642263.SX50.jpg|50666539] and then some. This review reads like I am having a stroke.

I, too, relate to asking everyone for advice in a panic only to do my own thing anyway.

Lots and lots of flaps to lift, most with illustrations on the reverse side, to in essence replace one image for another. It is fun and sweet, but did not blow me away.

Excellent graphic novel. Beautiful endpapers, illustrations, and text. Stupid perfect jokes. Wonderful surprise messages about sustainability, work/life balance, labor rights, and how far being insistently (arguably obliviously) kind gets you in life. I want to own it — high praise from a public library worker.

For fans of [b:The One Hundred Nights of Hero|28433627|The One Hundred Nights of Hero|Isabel Greenberg|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1506013534l/28433627.SX50.jpg|48547479], [b:This Was Our Pact|40864829|This Was Our Pact|Ryan Andrews|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1536917259l/40864829.SX50.jpg|65285306], [b:The Skull|60539545|The Skull A Tyrolean Folktale|Jon Klassen|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1671459705l/60539545.SX50.jpg|95411730], and [b:Through the Woods|18659623|Through the Woods|Emily Carroll|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1414845473l/18659623.SX50.jpg|26477611].

Love the illustrations. Love the cat saying goodbye to its prized possessions which were largely spiral toys shoved under furniture. Love the cat returning only to wreak new, lesser forms of havoc. Cats are menaces and when mine dies I will also die.

Delightfully interactive, and a great way to introduce cooking to little guys when they may still be too young to get more involved with the actual process.

Even better than the pancakes version in the same series. There were more ways to develop fine motor control, and the twirling fork was very impressive to me.

Stupidly sweet. Good tie-ins to self-acceptance, honesty, and changing your mind. For fans of Lilo & Stitch.

Excellent. I preferred the focus on one animal to the Ocean and Under the Sea titles from this series. The book walks little ones through the lifecycle of frogs. The frog faces are very good and the pop-ups are dynamic.

Oh to be a little bitty brown mouse in a treehouse with a swing. So fun to read aloud, almost makes me want to sing.

(I hate myself)

Perfectly fine. Of course it cannot improve on the original, but I can see it being a festive touch and the metallic and glittery presents and tree topper were very eye-catching.

An intentional picture book about how people all over the world celebrate different holidays in the cold dark months, gathering together to honor their culture and beliefs, share in food and traditions, and look forward to brighter days ahead. Surprisingly good disability rep, and more in-depth explanations of different holidays and events are included at the back.

Colorful and interactive. I really liked the opposites page. I also like that the images are photos instead of illustrations.

I like that the flaps you lift are made of felt for durability and softness, I like how delighted little kids are by their own object permanence, I like the inclusion of a mirror. P swell p swell indeed.

The moving pop-ups are cool, but I did not like how the see animals looked soft, but the book is not touch-and-feel. It's no Pop-Up Peekaboo Ocean, as I am sure everyone agrees.

I like that the flaps are large and easy for little hands to lift, the rhyming text, and the dead-eyed stares of the fish. The pop-up effects are cute, too.

Cute cover and tabs, but I did not love this. More wordy than I thought, weird highlights on the police and also the actual real life Priddy Books publisher, multiple burglars and lost pets. There are animals scattered everywhere, so sometimes I expected a past page or flap to contain the missing pet, but there was no connection made.

ETA: I am back with two more gripes. The flaps are hard to lift, and there is no ending page.

Has everything going for it [b:Where's the Penguin?|38398955|Where's the Penguin?|Ingela P. Arrhenius|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1522541148l/38398955.SX50.jpg|60055649] does, but the felt shapes blend more into the environment, and none are white (which can make the shape behind show through a bit).

My only (teeny tiny) hang-up is the use of the word hare instead of rabbit or bunny, but I guess kids are being read this rather than picking it up on their own, so if a parent prefers a more common term in the US, they can say something different instead.

Completely wonderful. Gorgeously rich illustrations, adorable dragons, and more of a narrative arc than you often see in picture books. And most importantly, an understanding of how good bread is. Bread is so good.

A squeaky clean, carefully non-partisan overview of the American electoral process. Teaches kids about the importance of being an engaged citizen and turning out to vote, even when it feels like your individual ballot is insignificant.

[b:Jamberry|886512|Jamberry|Bruce Degen|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1393791849l/886512.SX50.jpg|2983941] but better, because it refers to actual berries, represents Native Alaskan Tlingit culture, and promotes environmental stewardship in a quietly powerful way. What more could one want? Other than to try all the different kinds of wild berries, of course.

Perfect for Thanksgiving, winter holidays, or just trying to explain gratitude. Fans of Moana would quite like it, I think.

Another banger from my girl Nell, gloriously illustrated by Kalen Chock.

I learned about the Cueva de los Cristales, the women who recovered Homo naledi fossils from Rising Star in South Africa, the longest underwater cave system in the US (Wakulla-Leon Sinks), bat conservationists, Lascaux cave paintings in France, and more. It even hints at volcanoes by mentioning lava tube cubes.

Someone take me to the Glowworm Grotto immediately.