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Arthur’s Really Helpful Bedtime Stories

I’m not sure how helpful Arthur’s Really Helpful Bedtime Stories are, but I do know that our copy is well worn. Marc Brown’s twists on familiar fairy tales kept my children amused and asking for more. The book contains ten familiar fairy tales but told with characters from the world of Arthur. Not only do the characters like D.W. take the place of the fairytale characters like Little Red Riding Hood, but they maintain their own personalities as well. So we have D.W. being stubborn and saving Grandma Thora from the wolf. In “The Three Little Pigs” Binky sides with … Continue reading →

The Three Snow Bears – Jan Brett

The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett is a fun twist on the familiar Goldilocks story. Aloo-ki, an Eskimo girl, is fishing when she loses her dogsled team on a ice floe. Nearby, a snow bear family starts to eat their breakfast. Since the meal is too hot for Baby Bear, Mother Bear suggests a walk. Allo-ki runs along, looking for her seld dogs. She comes across the biggest igloo she’s ever seen. She wonders who lives there and ducks in the door. Inside she finds three bowls, big, middle-sized, and small filled with delicious smelling soup. Just like Goldilocks, … Continue reading →

The Dream Shop – Katharine Kenah

It’s too hot to sleep, and Pip wishes she could be somewhere cool. Her cousin Joseph once told her that if she closed her eyes and thought about wooden horses prancing backwards, she would find her way to a magical shop where you could buy dreams. She decides to give it a try, never imagining what would happen next. She finds herself in a wonderful store filled with magical things. Anything she put in her cart, she would dream about. She picks out a baby pig and is making her next selection when she sees Joseph in the store too. … Continue reading →

Don’t Forget to Come Back! – Robie H. Harris

Mommy and Daddy are going on a date, and the babysitter is coming. Our heroine doesn’t like that at all, so she tells her parents that she no longer needs a babysitter. She can take care of herself now. She thinks if she can convince her parents not to get a babysitter, she can convince them not to leave at all. Her dad doesn’t seem to be impressed with her wisdom and logic. So she tells him three things that will scare him into staying home. If they leave, a storm will come up and blow the house down. She’ll … Continue reading →

Media Week in Review Dec 24th – 30th

The cold temperatures make for good reading and viewing weather. Check out our recommendations from this week in Media Review. We finished out the Christmas season with Paddington Bear and the Christmas Surprise. Tristi interviewed G.G. Vandagriff, author of Cankered Roots, Of Deadly Descent, and Tangled Roots. Vandagriff’s books all feature a genealogist as the main character. Animal lovers will not want to miss the free video podcast Wild Chronicles from National Geographic. Tristi also reviewed Makeover, a new LDS young adult novel by Shannon Guymon, and Reasonable Doubt by LDS author, Marcia Mickelson. If you have a Wii, or … Continue reading →