Big Nate: Hug It Out! has been the best Big Nate book that we have read with Lincoln Peirce leaving us on a television mini-series worthy cliff hanger at the end. This was one that the whole family enjoyed from 9 years old all the way up to the 46 years old...

What do you do when you have a popular online book as Epic! had when they debuted Epic! Originals? You team up with a great company to bring them to print format to grow the audience. Epic! teamed up Andrews McMeel Publishing (AMP) and Diary of a Fifth Grade Outlaw By Gina...

RECESS REBELS by Emma Wunsch and Illustrated by Jessika von Innerebner is number 3 of the Miranda and Maude series, which is already a favorite in the house. Luciana V was excited to see what adventures the girls were up to in the third book. A princess and a revolutionary form an...

We have always been a fan of David Lubar and his Weenies Tales series, plus he grew up in the same area as we did in NJ, so when we got a chance to introduce Luciana V to his work, we were excited. She enjoyed reading Emperor of the Universe and now...

Didi Dodo, Future Spy: Robo-Dodo Rumble (DIDI DODO, FUTURE SPY #2) written by Tom Angleberger and illustrated by Jared Chapman had the thumbs up when it came through the door as Luciana V loved the first one. Didi Dodo, Future Spy: Robo-Dodo Rumble is from Amulet Books and will be released September...

Build Your Own Theme Park by Lizz Lunney is a wonderful makers book that had our daughter busy for multiple days as she constructed her own theme park with these fun, if not always smiling characters. Lizz Lunney really nails it with the illustrations as our daughter created mountains, castles, carousels, food...

Ballet Breakdown by Margaret Gurevich and illlustrated by Claire Almon had a two things that our daughter likes in a book, dance and friends. She read through the first book and was thoroughly excited to learn that there were more books in the Academy of Dance series. Ballet Breakdown by Margaret Gurevich...

Blood From Joe Jonas, Kevin Jonas, And Nick Jonas will be coming in late 2019 (November) from Feiwel & Friends, an imprint of Macmillan. Blood will tell the story of the Jonas brothers rise from the bottom to being super stars, as well as what happened during the breakup of brothers. When...

My Life in Smiley has a new third book of the series (titled Save Me!) and when it arrived, Luciana V actually let out a gasp as this is one of her must read series and she loves reading about Max. This time around Max is off to summer camp and we...

This house loves Big Nate and this month brings us a brand new book, Big Nate Payback Time! for everyone to enjoy. We find that Big Nate books really feel like the characters are real kids. Nate does not always have it good and many of us can relate to what he...

The Unicorn Quest – Secret In The Stone By Kamilla Benko has become a favorite of our daughter, and she really does love unicorns. While she doesn’t always love fantasy books, she couldn’t put this one down. Claire Martinson and her sister Sophie have decided to stay in Arden–the magical land they...

The night that The World’s Best Jokes for Kids Volume 1 & 2 By Lisa Swerling And Ralph Lazar arrived at the house, there were giggles, lots and lots of giggles. Because this is not like a regular book review, this time around Luciana V decided to just write a few sentences...

There were giggles coming from the bedroom during reading time and when we asked we were told Luciana V was reading King FlashyPants And The Toys of Terror by Andy Riley. The third book in the King Flashypants can be picked up and read without having read the first two, but you...