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π Reviews by mercyme (34)
Happy Pig Day!
by Mo Willems
Read with 4 year old
Another silly story that will make the kids giggle and remind them what real friendship looks like.
3/3/2026
What if ...
by Samantha Berger
Read with 4 year old
The art in this story is very pretty and creative. The message to always find ways to expressive yourself is also nice. But my 1st grader didnβt love the story. Iβm not sure why. #situations: bedtime
3/3/2026
Madeline's Christmas
by Ludwig Bemelmans
Read with 4 year old
I did not the like story. It was a very silly, sparse story with very little plot. My 6 yr old daughter seemed to enjoy it and wanted me to read again. Maybe she liked the idea of the youngest girl taking care of the entire house of sick people? #situations: bedtime
3/2/2026
The snowy day
by Ezra jack keats
Read with 4 year old
I know this book was revolutionary for being the first picture book with an African American main character. But the story is boring for my kids. I think the story is written in a lovely, slow tone. It is a slice of life, boring story.
3/2/2026
Chicken Break!
by Cate Berry
Read with 4 year old
The art is very cute. You will probably get lots of mileage just observing the silly art with your kid. #situations: bedtime
2/28/2026
This Book Stinks!
by Ron Keres
Read with 4 year old
This book is so funny! My kid loves this book. It breaks the fourth wall like Elmo with the monster at the end of the book. #situations: bedtime
2/28/2026
The Haunted Castle
by Elisabetta Dami
Read with 6 year old
I have mixed feelings about this book. It sprinkles graphics among the text so it's easy for your beginner reader to read. For example, instead of "hat", it will have a picture of a hat in the sentence. It's a good strategy! The pictures are bright and the story is engaging. My problem is that sometimes it has bad grammar. #situations: travel
2/24/2026
Pajama Time!
by Sandra Boynton
Read with 2 year old
This book is alright. Not spectacular, but its cadence is mildly catchy. Maybe it would work for a nighttime routine. But Iβm not a big fan and neither were my kids. #situations: bedtime
2/23/2026
I Love Cake!
by Frances Gilbert
π Early ReaderRead with 4 year old
My daughter wasnβt a big fan of the story. She thought the cake looked too boring. βI kind of like the jelly beans and nothing else. β The story was an unoffensive, βplain vanilla.β #situations: bedtime
2/20/2026
Chicken said, "Cluck!"
by Judyann Grant
π Early ReaderRead with 4 year old
Great book for my early reader. She can read it on her own cause the whole story only had a handful of words that kept repeating. She felt proud to read it on her own. #situations: bedtime
2/20/2026
The Book About Nothing
by Mike Bender
π¨ Picture BookRead with 4 year old
This book reminds me of the book: the book with no pictures. My daughter giggled a lot and enjoyed the book a lot. #situations: bedtime
2/20/2026
Pinkalicious and the Perfect Present
by Victoria Kann
Read with 4 year old
My daughter loves this book. I find pinkalicious very sweet in this story. She does not act bratty at all. #situations: bedtime
2/19/2026
The girl who wouldn't brush her hair
by Kate Bernheimer
π Early ReaderRead with 4 year old
My kid loved the book βup to the planet Plutoβ. I guess thatβs higher than the moon? I thought it was imaginative and a cute way to teach the importance of brushing your hair and other hygiene.
2/18/2026
I Love You Every Day Finger Puppet Book
by Cottage Door Press
π¨ Picture BookRead with 3 year old
We received this book as a gift. I was sceptical of the book because it looks so generic! But the finger puppet made this book one of our favorites. Even at 6, my kindergartner still loves this book. She likes to kiss the puppet and then hide when the puppet tries to kiss her back. The story isnβt funny. But my kid canβt stop giggling when playing with the puppet.
2/16/2026
Try, try again!
by P. K. Hallinan
π Early ReaderRead with 4 year old
Its a good rhyme style book that teaches kids the very important lesson to try try again!
2/12/2026
Counting Kisses
by Karen Katz
Read with 3 year old
I loved reading this story to my child at bedtime. I would act out each page... "10 kisses on 10 wiggly toes" :) My kid loved the silliness of the bedtime routine. Great for parent child bonding.
2/12/2026
The Pout-Pout Fish
by Deborah Diesen
Read with 4 year old
The repetitive rhyme of the story is easy to remember. My kid was able to recite most of the story after a few reads. The lesson of choosing to NOT be blah~ is also valuable.
2/12/2026
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
by Judi Barrett
Read with 6 year old
We love reading this book... because we love food. It's so fun to imagine with my kid what life would be like if our favorite food rained from the sky.
2/12/2026
A big guy took my ball!
by Mo Willems
Great for reading outloud. Simple illustrations that make my kid giggle. Definitely worth borrowing from the library. MIGHT be worth buying if your kid really likes it.
2/12/2026
Guess How Much I Love You
by Sam McBratney
Read with 5 year old
I love reading this story to my kids. I hope it ingrains in them the fact that they are so loved. It also reminds me how much I love my kids.
2/12/2026
The Rainbow Fish
by Marcus Pfister
Read with 5 year old
I was never a big fan of this book. The illustrations are pretty, but I'm not sure what the moral of the story is? Why did the rainbow fish have to give away all his shiny scales? Why couldn't he just become friends with other fish WITHOUT giving away his rainbow scales? It'd be a good conversation starter about how your kid feels about the fish giving away his scales and then applying it to real life.
2/12/2026
A House for Hermit Crab
by Eric Carle
Read with 6 year old
I think this is not as popular as the hungry hungry caterpillar. But the story is so good! The art is gorgeous, and the lesson of adventure and making a house a home is gold.
2/12/2026
Even superheroes make mistakes
by Shelly Becker
Read with 6 year old
My daughter liked it. She liked the amusing pictures. But I found the lesson kind of obscured by clunky rhymes. It was not fun to read aloud. She wouldnβt mind hearing it again. I think I would really rather not read it again.
2/12/2026
Last Zookeeper
by Aaron Becker
Read with 6 year old
This is a book with no words, gorgeous art, and a thoughtful story about a robot that is saving animals. I like letting my kid tell me what's happening in the pictures. I like exploring the details of the pictures with my kid. It was her favorite book tonight and she wanted to take it to school to share with her friends.
2/12/2026
Touch and Feel Baby Animals
by Scholastic Staff
Read with 2 year old
Babies love touch and feel books. But you only need 1 or 2 of these. Then again β¦ if you have lots of shelf space, and you are wary of library germs, you can get more if you want. π
2/12/2026
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
by Beatrix Potter
Read with 4 year old
The art alone makes this book worth buying. The story has a lot of words; it makes me wonder if children 100 years ago had a better attention span? I don't think my daughter paid close attention to every detailed word. But she enjoyed looking at the pictures! And since this book is a classic, I feel very high-brow just having it on my shelf.
2/12/2026
Polar bear, polar bear, what do you hear?
by Bill Martin Jr.
Read with 3 year old
Very boring book for the parents. But it is a great teaching tool. My kid showed great pride in being able to "read" this book. I also used it to help address some speech delays. The art is typical Eric Carle style. I think it's ugly, but apparently most of the world likes it. Worth borrowing.
2/12/2026
Ten little fingers and ten little toes
by Mem Fox
Read with 2 year old
I love the repetitive rhythm and rhyme of this book. I loved all the pictures of all the little kids from all over the world. It was a joy to read to my child. I loved when she would recite the story with me. And because there were so many different babies in the book... she always found one that she could say: "that one is me"
2/12/2026
Journey
by Aaron Becker
Read with 5 year old
This is a great book that gives the child (or parent) lots of creative freedom. I loved hearing the different ways my child would describe what was happening. Every reading was different.
2/8/2026
The Berenstain Bears Forget Their Manners
by Stan Berenstain
Read with 8 year old
I think kids are never too old for this refresher on manners. I would read this to my teenagers to remind them to be polite to each other!
2/5/2026
Pigs to the Rescue
by John Himmelman
Read with 4 year old
This story never fails to earn giggles. And the illustrations are funny too!
2/5/2026
The Wide-Awake Princess
by Elizabeth Dawson Baker
Read with 8 year old
The story is funny, engaging and easy to read. The ending is a little bit abrupt but not terrible.
2/4/2026
Are you awake?
by Sophie Blackall
Read with 5 year old
Really captures the tired but sweet moments late at night when your sweet child is bright eyed and awake (and your tired but canβt be mad at them). The life lesson is for all the tired parents to reach deep and be patient <3
2/2/2026
No Sleep for the Sheep!
by Karen Beaumont
Read with 5 year old
Cute and funny story! Loved the rhymes.
2/2/2026