Batman Will Save the Day! by A.E. Dingee

3 stars   This book is categorized as Ready-to-Go (pre-pre-level one) and utilizes sight words, word families, and rhythm, rhyme, and repetition. It is a good book for very basic readers. The book tells a very simple story (most of the story is told in picture form with minimal words). The book mostly consists of…

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Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Amazing Battles! by Rosie Peet

3 stars Good book, similar in style to Ninjago: Ninja, Go!. The book is broken down into sections dedicated to Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. Each section discusses the hero and his or her powers along with a corresponding villain, then goes on with a brief battle scene (Lego violence only). The book incorporates various media…

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Lego Star Wars: A New Hope by Emma Grange

2 stars This was an okay read. I think it was kind of doomed from the start. This is a level 1 book (Beginning to Read), but Star Wars itself is a pretty complex story. This book does its best to simplify the story, but it comes out choppy and difficult to read. You really…

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Granny Torrelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech

5 stars This is an amazing, yet simple, book. At its base it’s a story of Rosie cooking with her grandmother. But the book covers so much more than that. In the first part of the book, Rosie makes soup with her grandmother while talking about a fight with her best friend, Bailey. In the…

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Lumberjanes, Vol. 3: A Terrible Plan by Noelle Stevenson

4 stars Overall, a good read.I liked the storylines of this book better than the second one (but not as much as the first one). It seemed less random than book two. It is still plenty random, but just the right amount. It has all of the weirdness Lumberjane fans know and love. The thing…

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Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

4 stars Apparently I have spent my entire life thinking Little House on the Prairie was the first book in the series (it’s not, this one is) and not knowing that this book is set in Wisconsin (where I have lived for all 27 years of my life). I’ve heard of the series, but never…

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