4 stars A nice book about a birthday surprise. This is a Stage 1 reader book recommended for preschool to first grade. The sentences are short and simple and there is a lot of repetition to aid beginning readers. I really liked that even though it is an early reader book, it actually tells a…

3 stars I picked this book up from a Little Free Library to read with a Dora fan that I used to work with. She really enjoyed the flaps and looking for candy pieces along the way. A fun, engaging read. One of the things I really liked was that many of the flaps were…

I’m not going to give this one a star rating, because in all honesty, I messed up and had no idea this was a miniseries. This book kept getting recommended to me so when I saw a copy at the library, I picked it up for a quick read. Because I haven’t seen the show,…

3 stars Cute, simple story starring Dora and Boots. I picked this book up from a Little Free Library to read with a young Dora fan I worked with. She enjoyed all of the fun pictures of Dora’s adventures. One of the things I really liked about this book is that it includes an English/Spanish…

1 star Honestly, Volume 1 was a bit of a toss up between 2 and 3 stars. I didn’t necessarily like it, but I got attached to the characters and fell into the continuous story so I went with 3 stars. There were parts I didn’t like, but at least I was interested in the…

3 stars This is a tricky one to rate. On the whole, I liked it, but it all felt very rushed. The main romance came out of nowhere. While I liked the idea of it, it happened too fast without much development, which was kind of a letdown. Creative concept, I just wish the execution…

3 stars A cute story about a birthday party gone wrong or the best birthday ever, it all depends on how you look at it. Fun adventure with Fionna and Cake. Nice artwork, fun story, and a good read. Nice message about friendship at the end as well. A sweet (literally) adventure story full of…

5 stars In general, when I read a book, I like to go in knowing basically nothing about it. I try to go in without any expectations and just let the story unfold. I saw this book on various lists of books to read and I liked the cover so I picked up a copy…

4 stars I can’t help it. I instantly feel the need to read any book with a dragon on the cover. This was a great dragon book. One of the things that I really enjoyed about it is that it’s actually about dragons. It’s not about some human who makes friends with dragons or about…

5 stars This book is fantastic. It was everything I needed. I’ll be honest. I requested this from the library because the cover looked cool. I also am slightly obsessed with various retellings of well-known stories. Because of that, this book was right up my alley. I’ll admit, I am a bit of a perfectionist….