All about Allosaurus by Greg Gormley Gormley’s All about Allosaurus is an adorable little read teaching kids about selflessness and getting along. Allosaurus is upset because T. Rex gets all the attention, so he decides to write a book all about Allosaurus. As he’s writing, several dinos find him and when they learn he’s writing […]
One Day, So Many Ways by Laura Hall & Loris Lora One Day, So Many Ways by Laura Hall & Loris Lora is a brilliant children’s book that looks at how kids do daily things the world over. From Australia to Tanzania, 40+ countries are looked at. Each activity covers a two-page spread that looks […]
Hīznobyūtī by Claude Ponti Hīznobyūtī is an ‘ugly duckling’ reweaving by French children’s author Claude Ponti. When he is hatched, Hīznobyūtī didn’t look like his family at all. He had a tiny trunk instead of a snout. They said ‘he’s no beauty’ enough times that Hīznobyūtī thought it was his name. As he grew older, he […]
This book was reviewed for the Online Book Club Moments and Motions is a collection of essays by Michael Pronko, a Western transplant to Tokyo, where he teaches at university, and writes essays on life in the techno-sprawl that is Japan’s capital city. The book is broken into several sections, each with a […]