5 stars Such a gorgeous book. When you write a wordless book, your illustrations really have to tell the story and capture the readers’ imagination. It is a difficult feat, but this is a perfect example of a success. The artwork in this book is amazing and I love the adventurous tale woven through the…

As a contributor to this collection, I feel it would be unfair of me to give it a star rating, but I wanted to share some of my thoughts on the work. With the broad theme of supernatural stories, this anthology has a wide variety of horrors. Creepy cats, sneaky zombies, aliens hiding in plain…

2 stars I found this in the Little Free Library by my house and was intrigued by the title. I had never heard of Diesel Sweeties before. This book was okay. Mostly it was just too repetitive for me. Yes, we get it… bacon… coffee… more bacon… more coffee. I am not obsessed with bacon…

4 stars This is such a beautiful and adorable book. Honestly, I don’t really like glitter that much. I don’t really like it at all. But I can definitely see the appeal of this book. All the sparkles and shimmers are mesmerizing.  I have noticed a trend in children’s books lately. A lot of them…

3 stars The thing I found most fascinating about this book is that it is based on actual facts about octopuses. Lachenmeyer took actual traits of this wondrous creature and tied them together in a fun picture book about a runaway octopus.  Cute illustrations. I liked the cartooniness of them and think this would appeal…