Princesses can be knights, too.
Definitely a good message of female empowerment. I'm not sure it would resonate well with boys who read it because of that, but it's more of an answer to traditional fairy tales.
Girls shouldn't be treated as property.
Papa Bear fails at being a detective.
Wow, that's a terribly useful book. Papa Bear has a dog, for crying out loud, that he seems to be trying to get to sniff the trail. So they are literally following their noses at the beginning and that doesn't lead to the answer.
None.
Strange book about artistic reptiles.
It seems kind of pretentious in a way, like it's supposed to be artistic and I don't really understand where it's going. There's no message. It's just baffling.
None.
Dated book with a confusing message.
It's a story that gets more and more complex as it goes on, but then fizzles out at the end. The dual messages are rather in conflict.
Either don't tell lies, or use your imagination.
Facts about apes with nice pictures.
There's no story. It's just a bunch of facts. The pictures are kind of cool, but there's nothing to follow.
Apes are awesome and deserve to be protected.
Fun book of noisy poems.
There are a lot of different noises, and I think children would enjoy repeating the noises of the poems. The illustrations are cute. The poems are funny.
None.
Dads are too busy to be good people.
I wanted to like it, but it's kind of judgmental against people who don't take time to look at the world around them.
Pay attention to the world around you, because fairies are everywhere.
Gorgeous, detailed paintings with hidden objects.
I don't think we owned this book as a child and probably checked it out from the library, but I remember spending hours with my mother and sister just trying to see what I could find in all the details, all the hidden little things that are tucked into every corner of the image.
None.
Probably more for grandpas than grandkids.
It's pretty much what I expected. A little silly, a little sappy.
It's fun to play with your grandpa.
Sometimes winter seems to last forever.
It's a simple story with a simple message, and the sparse text makes it beautiful.
It's hard to grow seeds, but be patient.
