Book Reviews by Sondra Eklund
|
|
|
Buy from Amazon.com
Rate this Book Sonderbooks 99 Previous Book Nonfiction Fiction Young Adult Fiction Children's Nonfiction Children's Fiction Picture Books Delightfully Silly Previous Book Next Book 2005 Stand-outs Previous Book Next Book 2004 Stand-outs 2003 Stand-outs 2002 Stand-outs 2001 Stand-outs Five-Star Books Four-Star Books Old Favorites Back Issues List of Reviews by Title List of Reviews by Author Why Read? Children and Books Links For Book Lovers Book Discussion Forum About Me Contact Me Subscribe Make a Donation I don't review books I don't like! *****= An all-time favorite |
****The Blue Day Book for KidsA Lesson in Cheering Yourself Upby Bradley Trevor Greive Reviewed August 27, 2005.
Andrews McMeel Publishing, Kansas City, 2005. 44 pages. Available at Sembach Library (E GRE). Sonderbooks Stand-out 2005 (#6, Picture Books) “Have you ever had a blue day? A blue day is a day when nothing goes right and you feel kind of lousy. You might feel grumpy, lonely, really shy, or just plain pooped.” The words of this book may sound like a typical, somewhat trite children’s book. What makes the book stand out are the animal pictures that perfectly illustrate each emotion or action suggested by the text. When this book came in, I had a group of adults looking through it and laughing at the pictures. I brought it home, and my ten-year-old picked it up and started laughing at it. If you’re feeling blue when you start reading this book, I guarantee you’ll still be able to find a chuckle at these faces of animals who seem to perfectly portray human emotions. The suggestions for cheering yourself up aren’t too bad, either. Copyright © 2005 Sondra Eklund. All
rights reserved. |