Entries Tagged as 'Katrina Donovan Fleming'

You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You: Very Short Fables to Read Together

December 3rd, 2013 · No Comments · Books

Review By KATRINA DONOVAN FLEMING This is the newest book in a series of fun and playful poems that children can read in pairs. The poems are arranged in three columns. Person A reads the left column, Person B reads the right, and the middle column is read together. Thus the poems read like a […]

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Little Acorn Grows Up

May 6th, 2013 · No Comments · Books

Review By KATRINA DONOVAN FLEMING Young children marvel at the interesting things they find on the ground. An acorn is a particularly curious object to budding scientists. With its beret-like top, smooth exterior, and comforting weight in one’s palm, it holds the promise of a towering oak tree. When you think about it, though, it’s […]

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The Monsters’ Monster

April 8th, 2013 · 2 Comments · Books

Review By KATRINA F. This story is, in a word, charming. The Monsters’ Monster is the tale of three tiny monster friends who constantly bicker over which of them is the biggest and baddest monster. Ultimately, they can’t make up their minds and decide to create the biggest, baddest monster together, using some comical and […]

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Nighttime Ninja

March 23rd, 2013 · 2 Comments · Books

Review By KATRINA F. Kids love the feeling of adventure and secrecy, and yet they also crave coziness and safety. Nighttime Ninja satisfies all these childlike yearnings and lends itself beautifully as a bedtime story. It opens with a shadowy ninja on some undisclosed mission. Dressed all in black, he climbs ropes, leaps rocks, and […]

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