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"Frankenfrog", "Mother Goose Bruce" and "Pumpkin Day"
Books for fun reading were the picks this week.
Frankenfrog
4 stars
Author: Kim Kennedy
Illustrator: Doug Kennedy
As this book has "Frankenstein" as a basis, the story will not be as good for small children unacquainted with the other.
Still, it is a fun story about a mad scientist who invents crazy experiments including one that creates a monster fly. Frankenfrog is created to eat this fly, but is more interested in going to the swamp. The fly follows him.
The illustrations are bold, colorful and enhance the fantastical tale well.
Pumpkin day
4 stars
Author: Candice Ransom
Illustrator: Erika Meza
This is a first step level reading book.
A family wants Halloween pumpkins. This is the story of going to get the pumpkins and creating the Jack o'Lanterns.
The text is simple. The illustrations are colored for fall.
Mother Goose Bruce
5 stars
Author/Illustrator: Ryan T. Higgins
Bruce is a grouchy bear that loves to cook. He finds a recipe calling for goose eggs. The problem is that the eggs hatch and the goslings imprint on Bruce.
What is a bear to do when he is Mama to four goslings?
The illustrations are great. Bruce is so full of expression. The goslings are persistent pests. The ending is fun. It is a quietly humorous book.
Frankenfrog
4 stars
Author: Kim Kennedy
Illustrator: Doug Kennedy
As this book has "Frankenstein" as a basis, the story will not be as good for small children unacquainted with the other.
Still, it is a fun story about a mad scientist who invents crazy experiments including one that creates a monster fly. Frankenfrog is created to eat this fly, but is more interested in going to the swamp. The fly follows him.
The illustrations are bold, colorful and enhance the fantastical tale well.
Pumpkin day
4 stars
Author: Candice Ransom
Illustrator: Erika Meza
This is a first step level reading book.
A family wants Halloween pumpkins. This is the story of going to get the pumpkins and creating the Jack o'Lanterns.
The text is simple. The illustrations are colored for fall.
Mother Goose Bruce
5 stars
Author/Illustrator: Ryan T. Higgins
Bruce is a grouchy bear that loves to cook. He finds a recipe calling for goose eggs. The problem is that the eggs hatch and the goslings imprint on Bruce.
What is a bear to do when he is Mama to four goslings?
The illustrations are great. Bruce is so full of expression. The goslings are persistent pests. The ending is fun. It is a quietly humorous book.
