"How to Babysit a Grandma", "It's a Book" and "Ma Jiang and the Orange Ants"

Books are great, but what can a book do?

It's a Book
5 stars
Author/Illustrator: Lane Smith

This is a banned book because of one word. Silly.
Two characters are in the room. One is reading a book. the other keeps asking if this book can do the things a computer or a cell phone can do. Of course, the answers are no. But a book can do things those tech things can't, as the character discovers.
The illustrations are simple with the three characters found in the story talking to each other.

How to Babysit a Grandma
5 stars
Author: Jean Reagan
Illustrator: Lee Wildish

A little girl is going to visit her grandma. She has lots of ideas about what they can do while she is visiting to babysit her grandma.
The illustrations are colorful and fun. The ideas are very much age appropriate for a little girl. the grandma is a good sport and both have a good time.

Ma Jiang and the Orange Ants
5 stars
Author: Barbara Ann Porte
Illustrator: Annie Cannon

Insects find oranges tasty. Those growing them need to protect their crop. A species of fierce ants is used to protect the oranges.
Families entice the ants into traps and sell them to growers who place them in their groves.
The illustrations have an Oriental flavor to them. They are in pen and watercolor.