Epinions Recent Reviews for graphicmom

I want my tonsils back!!

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:24:46 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author graphicmom - Juliana is about to have her tonsils out. Her doctor explains the things that will be happening and her friend explains what happens in the hospital. This book is Juliana’s journal of her real experiences from the sore throats to the magic mask to...

Easter Fun?? Not!

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:21:49 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author graphicmom - During our trips to the library, I usually let my children pick out one book on their own. They get to make this decision, no matter how silly or a bad choice I feel it is. Being the parent, I then have the duty of reading that book to them or...

Trixie's Special Knuffle Bunny

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 15:20:08 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author graphicmom - While picking out books for my children, Caldecott award winners are always first on my list. Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity, by Mo Willems, is an honor award winner for 2008. This adorable sketchy book is about Trixie and her...

I WILL always love you!

Tue, 23 Nov 2004 19:10:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author graphicmom - For some reason, it is always in the back of a child's mind that if they misbehave, the will lose the love of their parent. My youngest has questioned this many times when she does something to upset me. I Will Always Love You is a tale of...

Life on the Ice

Thu, 26 Jul 2001 09:02:28 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author graphicmom - After discovering the wonderful, ‘cutesy’ artwork of John Butler in Whose Baby Am I?” (http://graphicmom.epinions.com/content_27825245828/tk_~CB003.1.62) I decided to seek out more of his work for my son. In my research, I came across...

My Big Boy Potty

Wed, 25 Jul 2001 21:35:27 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author graphicmom - Since I am trying to potty train my 3-year-old, I decided to research books that might help him along with this process. He is my only boy, so I don’t have any previous experience with boys and potty use.

While on my research through...

The Indwelling

Wed, 25 Jul 2001 20:26:57 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author graphicmom - The Indwelling is the seventh book in the Left Behind series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins.

Though I loved the rest of the series, I didn’t care for this book. I almost didn’t write a review on it,...

If I Had A Tail....

Mon, 16 Jul 2001 10:32:57 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author graphicmom - If you had a tail, what kind of tail would it be? Would you swing from a tree with it or snap it like a whip? These are a few of the things done with tails in If I Had A Tail.

Author, Karen Clemens Warrick teams up with...

And the dish ran away with the spoon....

Mon, 16 Jul 2001 10:08:05 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author graphicmom - Hey Diddle, Diddle,

The cat and the fiddle,

The cow jumped over the moon.

The little dog laughed to see such sport,

And the dish ran away with the spoon.

This is how the rhyme went every night. And every...

My Big Lie

Sun, 15 Jul 2001 12:34:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author graphicmom - From the beginning, I knew My Big Lie would be a great book. Why? Because it was written by none other then Bill Cosby. I have come to know and trust anything from Bill Cosby to be full of lessons and great morals. My Big...

From January through December..

Sat, 14 Jul 2001 21:56:17 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author graphicmom - A Child’s Calendar was written by John Updike and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman. I won the Caldecott honor in 2000 for the wonderful artwork.

A Child’s Calendar is a book of poems that follow along with...

Want to see a cow type?

Mon, 9 Jul 2001 18:43:29 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author graphicmom - Click, Clack, Moo, Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin won a Caldecott Honors Award for the artwork. The artwork was done in watercolor on tracing paper.

Farmer Brown can’t believe it when he hears typing from the barn...

If you have ever lost a loved one....

Mon, 9 Jul 2001 15:08:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author graphicmom - All monies earned from this review will be donated to the Jinka Foundation

We all have to cope with death at some point in life. We grieve and do the best we can at moving on. It is hard, but it is even harder for children...

Who will get the honors?

Fri, 6 Jul 2001 19:21:32 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author graphicmom - Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins have not failed to leave me in awe once again. Assassins, the sixth book in the Left Behind series, covers many exciting events. Be forewarned this review goes into detail of some of these...

Welcome to Kindergarten

Thu, 28 Jun 2001 11:16:00 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author graphicmom - Most children are afraid the first time they enter the kindergarten classroom. It is overwhelming to them. But once they see all the fun things they are going to get to play with and learn about, they feel a lot more comfortable.

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Stop wearing me out!

Thu, 28 Jun 2001 10:35:04 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author graphicmom - A Caldecott honors book, Olivia is about an over active little girl pig (piglet) that wears everyone out. In fact, while reading this book, I too became tired. It didn’t, my any means, tired my son out though. He wanted to study each page...

Where is Granpa?

Tue, 26 Jun 2001 14:46:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author graphicmom - I have to admit, I had no idea what Where is Grandpa? was about when I got it. I didn’t get it for the story, I got it for the illustrator, Chris Soentpiet.

After recently reading another book of his, Jin Woo (you can...

Felix feels better...

Tue, 26 Jun 2001 13:56:32 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author graphicmom - At bedtime, Felix ate too many chocolate blimpies and stayed up way too late. That is how Felix starts in this carefree story about him. He is jumping on his bed, tossing toys and chocolates in the air, and not caring about the outcome of it...

Three Pigs with a Twist!

Tue, 26 Jun 2001 13:15:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author graphicmom - Once upon a time, there were three little pigs. Each built their homes of a different product. We know that they are straw, sticks, and bricks. The wolf came and yada, yada, yada…

You know the story. Or do you?

David...

The Destroyer is Released...

Tue, 26 Jun 2001 04:15:45 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author graphicmom - Apollyon is the fifth book in the Left Behind series. Like the others, it is packed full of adventure and life and death situations, though I felt this one went a little slower then the others. The time seemed to be spread out over the...

Will your soul be harvested?

Thu, 21 Jun 2001 22:51:33 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author graphicmom - Soul Harvest starts out a few years after the rapture. This is the fourth book in the series. I highly recommend you read them all in order to understand fully what is going on from a previous book.

Soul Harvest starts...

Whose baby am I?

Wed, 20 Jun 2001 02:05:39 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author graphicmom - The talented work of John Butler shows through in this amazing, just released book, called Whose Baby Am I? His gentle illustrations of baby animals give them a cotton like look with large loving eyes that make you melt.

Each...

What sound do you make when you eat?

Mon, 18 Jun 2001 21:33:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author graphicmom - The talents of author Jonathan London and illustrator Michael Rex have joined together once again to bring you another charming children’s book.

As we brows through the pages of Crunch Munch we will explore...

Just the two of us.....

Mon, 18 Jun 2001 19:22:35 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author graphicmom - Just the two of us,

Building castles in the sky.

Just the two of us,

You and I

Published just last month, Just The Two Of Us is a touching book by actor and musician, Will Smith. Derived from Will Smiths hit...

Where is your blanket?

Mon, 18 Jun 2001 15:16:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author graphicmom - In my search for more Caldecott winning books, I found a book called Owen that received the 1994 Caldecott Honor. Owen is beautifully written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes.

Most children go through a phase in life where...