The My First Learn-to-Read Sight Words Workbook by Crystal Radke is an interesting resource that’s available this July. It’s very similar to other types of sight words and early alphabet workbooks that you can find online. It has a coloring, tracing, writing, and an activity for each “word”. It’s definitely what I expect when it …
I was an ARC reader for The Paper Princess by Elisa Kleven, which comes out on June 30th, 2026. I think this is a cool book for homeschool families. This is the story of a little girl who draws a little doll drawing, and it ends up floating throughout the world to different people. Everyone …
I had the opportunity to read an advanced readers copy of Marvel Fantastic Fables: Aesop’s Tales Heroically Reimagined by Robb Pearlman. It’s officially available on June 23rd, 2026. Overall I think this is a really fantastic way to teach boys about the values of Aesop’s fables in a way that’s more engaging for them. I …
Have you heard about astronaut Karen Nyberg? I’ll be honest, before getting the chance to review this kids book, I hadn’t either. However, my family loves books about space and I was excited to get to review A Quilt of Stars by Karen Nyberg and Ann McCallum Staats before it releases on September 29th, 2026. …
I had the chance to read through an early copy of H Is for Hanukkah: A Festival of Lights ABC Primer by Adina Oberman. While it officially comes out on September 15th, 2026 and we got to read it in the early summer, it was a cute book. First of all, I didn’t realize there …
I had the opportunity to look at an advanced copy of Pop It! Dinosaurs by Amanda Sobotka. It comes out officially on July 14th, 2026. This was such a cute and colorful book. It has spaces throughout with little sensory popits that kids can press while you read the book. My youngest son has ADHD …
My youngest has pretty severe ADHD. It’s that kind that’s really obvious and people make comments about it. In trying to help him, we’ve been in many therapies and worked with many providers trying to get the right balance of help for him. To be honest, we’re still figure it out. As a result, I’ve …
I had the opportunity to review an ARC copy of The Big Oops! by Julia Cook. It’s officially published on August 4th, 2026. This was such a cute little book that really gets to the heart of a problem lots of kids face. It follows the story of Scooter, a mouse, who wants to paint …
I had the opportunity to review a copy of Forever, Papa Bear by Danielle Beerli before it comes out officially on May 26th. This was a really cute kids book about a father’s love for his daughter. It showed how he supported her. The only thing that was unclear is I think the dad dies and …
As a homeschool parent, I have apparently collected a large assortment of science books at my house about poop. We can identify it on the trail, and we know that everybody poops. I recently had the opportunity to read Is It Poop? A Guessing Game With Poop and Things That Look Like Poop by Kizzi …
