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Friday, April 11, 2014

A Fun Read

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Thursday, April 10, 2014

Some Bunny Loves You

KIDZ KORNER

It’s the time of year to be thinking about bunnies and not just the Easter kind. I am bringing you some of my favorite bunnies this week. Enjoy!

Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake by Michael B. Kaplan

Betty Bunny is a handful, even her mom says so. She doesn’t like new things so she doesn’t want to try chocolate cake but when she does WOWZA! She loves it. She only wants chocolate cake to eat and when mom insists she eat a healthy meal first, Betty throws a fit among other things and ends up punished. Mom relents and leaves a piece of cake for her in the fridge.

The next morning, Betty can’t resist that cake and she hasn’t learned about patience. See what happens to her in this delightful book. I would read this book to kids 3-7 years old.

Knuffle Bunny Too by Mo Willems

Trixie finds out that her bunny isn’t one of a kind when Sonja has the same one at school. They quarrel until the teacher has to take both bunnies away and doesn’t return them until after school. But at 2:30 in the morning, Trixie suddenly realizes something and it’s Dad to the rescue.

I loved the illustrations in this book that combine actual photographs along with the drawings of Mo Willems’ characters. It is charming! I would read this book to kids 3-6 years old.

Bunny Cakes by Rosemary Wells

Max and his sister Ruby want to make cakes for Grandma’s birthday. Max abandons his mud cake with worms to help Ruby and is a disaster in the kitchen. His mud cake isn’t complete either. He needs a certain thing to make it just right.

Ruby sends him to the store quite a few times to replace the ingredients he ruined and Max tries to write on the list but the grocer can’t read it so he doesn’t get the candy he wants so badly.
Find out how Max solves his problem when you share this book with your little ones. I would read this book to kids 3-6 years old.

Little Bunny Foo Foo by Paul B. Johnson

This favorite song is told by the Good Fairy. Of course, Little Bunny Foo Foo doesn’t listen to her warnings and gets turned into a goon. I loved the Good Fairy’s asides. They were priceless. I would read this book to kids 3-8 years old.

The song is available at iTunes by Sharon, Lois and Bram.

Now, hop along and choose a book and until next week, keep on reading!

Monday, April 7, 2014

Deluge by Daniel Diehl RATED 5 STARS

We all know the story of Noah and his ark, right? Well, maybe not.

After reading Deluge, I felt I came to know Noah and his family on intimate terms.
Noah is a skeptic and doesn’t buy in to the idea of many gods or any gods for that matter.
The familiar turn of events changes Noah and the way he is perceived by his family and in his village.
His sons are strong and brave men, as different from one another as they can be. Shem is the oldest and the wisest. He uses his considerable bulk to solve many problems including his brother, Ham who is the town’s ne’er do well in spite of his considerable skill as a blacksmith. Japeth is the youngest and the closest to his father. He is kind and madly in love with Merimda, the girl down the street.
Nin is Noah’s stalwart wife who supports her husband’s plans even though she has doubts of her own. The wives of Shem and Ham also pitch in to help with this enormous task. Even little Beni, Noah’s granddaughter comes up with some good ideas about the ark.
The most interesting part to me was when the band of angels, led by Michael and Gabriel, came to help out the family in their quiet and unemotional way. They taught the family some new technology and worked ceaselessly day and night.

With a big event happening right in the town’s backyard, needless to say emotions run high and are ever changing.

I loved this book. I am a fan of historical novelization and this book did not let me down. The author even made the construction of the actual ark interesting and engaging instead of dull and boring. I was fascinated by all the measurements and all the tools the group needed to build the ark.
Noah is in the theaters right now but I would encourage you to pick up Deluge as well. It is an excellent book with an enthralling story. Am I being silly to hope for a sequel? I always wondered what happened next.