Family Fridays – Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series by Rick Riordan

Posted by on Jun 21, 2013

Genre: Children’s Fantasy Ages: 9 and up Blurb for the first book: The Lightning Thief After getting expelled from yet another school for yet another clash with mythological monsters only he can see, twelve-year-old Percy Jackson is taken to Camp Half-Blood, where he finally learns the truth about his unique abilities: He is a demigod, […]

Family Fridays – Babar’s Museum of Art by Laurent de Brunhoff

Posted by on Jun 14, 2013

Book: Babar’s Museum of Art by Laurent De Brunhoff Series: Babar Genre: Children’s General Ages: 4 – adult Blurb: Everyone who loves art, Babar, or children will love Babar’s Museum of Art. The old train station in Celesteville stands empty—should it be torn down? “No!” declare Celeste and Babar, who decide to turn it into […]

Family Fridays – Elephant and Piggie Series by Mo Willems

Posted by on Jun 7, 2013

Genre: Children’s General Ages: 4-8 Review: I have yet to read a book by Mo Willems that I haven’t absolutely adored. His Elephant and Piggie Series was created for early readers, with lots of short, repeated words, no contractions, life lessons appropriate for the age group – and it still manages to be fun. The […]

Family Fridays – Avatar: The Last Airbender TV Series

Posted by on May 31, 2013

TV Show: Avatar: The Last Airbender (this has nothing to do with the James Cameron Avatar movie) Genre: Children’s Fantasy/Anime Ages: 8-10 on up, depending on the child Synopsis: Water. Earth. Fire. Air. Only the Avatar was the master of all four elements. Only he could stop the ruthless Fire Nation from conquering the world. […]

Family Fridays – The Relatives Came

Posted by on May 24, 2013

Book: The Relatives Came Genre: Children – General Ages: 2-3 on up Blurb: In a rainbow-colored station wagon that smelled like a real car, the relatives came. When they arrived, they hugged and hugged from the kitchen to the front room. All summer they tended the garden and ate up all the strawberries and melons. […]

Family Fridays – Five of my favourite board books

Posted by on May 10, 2013

Confession: I love books for babies. When I was pregnant, I wasn’t tempted by baby gadgets, nursery decor, or clothes (well, not TOO badly by clothes – have you seen those tiny little jeans?!?), but books were a whole nother story (pun definitely intended). I acquired a LOT of baby and children’s books as I […]

Family Fridays – Star Wars Edition

Posted by on May 3, 2013

Ok, so today is May the third, which means that tomorrow is May the fourth. As in, May the Fourth Be With You, also known as Star Wars Day. (See CollegeHumor’s take here.  Since this is a Family Fridays feature, I’ll warn you that there is a “b-” word in there.) So for today’s Family […]

Family Fridays – The Westing Game

Posted by on Apr 26, 2013

Book: The Westing Game (1978 – Newberry Medal) by Ellen Raskin Series: Not part of a series. Genre: Children’s Mystery Ages: Barnes and Noble put it in their 10-14 year olds category, which seems about right. Review: This highly inventive mystery involves sixteen people who are invited to the reading of Samuel W. Westing’s will. […]

Family Fridays – The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

Posted by on Apr 19, 2013

I’m starting a new feature here on Lector’s Books: Family Fridays. This will showcase books appropriate for young readers or young to-be-read-to-ers. I’ll try to include a general age range for content/interest. It’s very hard to set a general guideline for what age will be interested in or able to handle the content of any […]