Little Red by Bethan Woolvin

The publisher says… On her way to Grandma’s house, Little Red Riding Hood meets a wolf. Now, that might scare some little girls but not this little girl! She knows just what the wolf is up to, and shes not going to let him get away with it. In this updated fairy tale with a mischievous twist, talented newcomer Bethan Woollvin uses sly humor, striking visuals, and a dark irreverence to turn a familiar tale on its head.

Eva says… This is the same old story about Little Red Riding Hood except you know what? It’s different and NEW! I like when they do that. It’s so CLEVER.

So everybody already KNOWS the story, but the pictures in this one are real good. They’re BLACK and WHITE and RED ALL OVER! HA!

That’s from some joke.

Anyway, you know what else? I really like that girl Little Red. You know, she COULD be Mama. Because Mama has red hair and that’s what Tanya calls her, is “Red.” So there’s another reason for ME to like this one.

I think there’s a lot of KILLING and EATING in these old stories, but I guess that’s just what wild animals DO. And as long as we come out on top, who cares?

It’s a good one!

Eva’s rating: ♥♥♥♥ (out of five)

(Little Red by Bethan Woollvin. Published by Peachtree Publishers. ISBN 978-1561459179)

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I Love My New Toy (An Elephant and Piggie Book) by Mo Willems

The publisher says… Gerald is careful. Piggie is not.
Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can.
Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to.
Gerald and Piggie are best friends.

In I Love My New Toy!, Piggie can’t wait to show Gerald her brand new toy. But will an accidentally broken toy accidentally break a friendship?

Eva’s rating: ♥♥♥♥♥ (out of five )

I Love My New Toy by Mo Willems. Published by Disney-Hyperion. ISBN 978-1423109617

Foxes In The Snow by Jonathan Emmett and Rebecca Harry

The publisher says... When Mother Fox goes out to look for food she leaves her fox cubs, Alfie and Bonnie, with clear instructions to stay inside where it’s safe and snug. But the two young cubs can’t resist the exciting world above, and soon find themselves in the middle of their first ever snowfall But Alfie and Bonnie are only little and the world outside feels very big, and very white. If they snow keeps on falling, how will they ever find their way home?

Eva says... O.K. So do I need to even TELL you how great THIS one is? It’s called Foxes In The Snow and that’s what it’s about, with these two kits –Alfie and Bonnie– who are SUPPOSED to stay in their den because that’s what their mama told them, but instead guess what? They  go OUTSIDE and they get to see SNOW for the first time ever!

And you know, I don’t remember how I felt the first time I saw snow, but I bet I felt like these foxes. Except I was probably with Mama, so I didn’t go out and get lost or anything dumb like THAT. But it all works out in this book so it’s O.K. anyway.

So I love FOXES and I love SNOW and so you already know what I think about THIS one. Before I even started READING it, I knew it was going to be a great one. Because how many books have EVERYTHING YOU LIKE??

But here’s what I think. That even if you don’t like foxes and you hate snow, this is still a good one and you’ll probably like it. Because the pictures are real good and the story is a little scary with a surprise and then a happy ending. And it’s cozy and you get to see these guys in their den. So that’s all good stuff.

So you need to read this one.

Eva’s rating: ♥♥♥♥♥ (out of five stars)

(Foxes In The Snow by Jonathan Emmett and Rebecca Harry. Published by MacMillan. ISBN 978-0230708280)

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The Fox In The Library by Lorenz Pauli and Katherin Schärer

The publisher says… Fox didn’t come to the library to read a book–he came to catch a mouse! But when Mouse offers the fox a book, Fox gets all sorts of creative new ideas. Like eating chickens! Until Chicken points out that chicken bones are dangerous. But then all the animals must band together when the chicken eating, fox-hating-Farmer walks into the library.

Eva says… So this FOX tries to catch this mouse in the library, but the mouse gets that fox READING instead! And then guess what? That fox catches a CHICKEN and he thinks THAT’S gonna be supper, but then you know what happens? The chicken TRICKS him!

And that’s ALMOST the end so I better shut up or else I’ll spoil it. And you don’t want THAT.

But now here’s what I think’s really WEIRD. Because people always act like foxes are sneaky and all that, but in a bunch of books I’ve read, like that one about the groundhog giving the fox cocoa and cinnamon toast (Brownie Groundhog and the February Fox), it’s those OTHER animals who trick the FOX.

So I don’t know why people think that FOXES are the sneaky ones.

It just sounds to me like everybody has a FOX PROBLEM. And I don’t know what to do about that.

Eva’s rating:  ♥♥♥♥ (out of five)

(The Fox In The Library by Lorenz Pauli and Katherin Schärer. Published by North-South Books. ISBN 978-0735842137)

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Names For Snow by Judi K. Beach and Loretta Krupinski

The publisher says… “Mama, what is snow?” asks a curious little bunny on a crisp winter day. Just as every snowflake is unique, so are the names used to describe snow and its ever-changing nature. Sometimes snow is like the white wings of butterflies, other times it’s like a clever magician who makes the landscape disappear! Poet Judi K. Beach’s first picture book was inspired by Inuit culture (which has a very precise terminology to describe different kinds of snow), as well as her childhood memories of winters spent in Kentucky and Ohio.

Eva says… This is my FIRST SNOW BOOK this winter! I just want everyone to know that.

And it’s a pretty easy one with pretty pictures of snow and winter and bunnies, and it has all those bunnies’ names for snow.

But I heard that Eskimos have like a HUNDRED different names for snow. And in French it’s called “neige.” So I thought there might be more new words in this one.

But who cares? It’s about snow so that’s good enough.

The girl who wrote this one is named “Beach” and that’s weird that she wrote a book about SNOW, and not, like, Cape Cod or something. But I guess it even snows at the beach.

Anyway, this isn’t the BEST book about snow, but it’s still good. You need to start SOMEPLACE.

Eva’s rating: ♥♥♥ (out of five)

(Names For Snow by Judi K. Beach and Loretta Krupinski. Published by Disney Hyperion. ISBN 978-0786819379)

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Tree: A Peek-Through Picture Book by Britta Teckentrup

The publisher says… Through a hole in the book’s cover, an owl invites you inside to meet a majestic tree and all its forest inhabitants during the changing seasons. With clever peekaboo holes throughout, each page reveals a new set of animals playing and living in the tree—baby bears frolicking in the spring, bees buzzing around apples in the summer, squirrels storing nuts in the fall, and finally the lone owl keeping warm during the winter chill—until another year begins. . .

Eva says… Well, first of all, this book has FOXES on almost every page, so that automatically makes it a good one right there. But it’s mainly just a real nice poem about this tree and how it goes through all the seasons. And you get to see ALL the animals and the stuff they do, and how they change and the way the tree changes.

It’s really CREATIVE.

And in the whole thing that OWL never changes. I mean the HOLE thing because that’s something else. This one has all these holes in the pages, and you can see those animals and birds through the holes, but that owl is the only one who stays the same.

The OWL is the only one HOOOO stays the same through the HOLE book! HAHAHA!

Plus it rhymes like poems do, and that’s good. Plus the pictures are real colorful like nature is.

So that’s why THIS one is a good one, bud!

Eva’s rating: ♥♥♥♥ (out of five)

(Tree: A Peek-Through Picture Book by Britta Teckentrup. Published by Doubleday Books for Young Readers. ISBN 978-1101932421)

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