My Life With the Wave

Another book I read is pictured above is "My Life With The Wave" by: Catherine Cowan/Mark Buehner. 
I don't know if it's just because I really love beautifully illustrated children's books, and even as a child that is what I was drawn too, but this book is so good!
This book is about a boy who goes out to the beach, and a wave decides it wants to go home with him. It's like instead of bringing a stray cat or dog, he brings home a stray wave. This wave gets rid of shadows and dark places, and brings a sort of light into his home. Here's the thing that wave is very moody, it's as changing as a "tidal wave" is. The wave gets mean, it takes over things, throws itself onto the boy and everything. It gets to the point where it is practically taking over the house. The parents leave the house with the boy for a few days, and when they return the house is empty. The boy still misses his wave, and says next time he'll bring a cloud because they don't get moody.
I really loved the illustrations and I think it'll show children how bringing home something stray will have its negatives. It was an adorably done book and I really enjoyed it!

Small Medium & Large

The book I read is pictured above and is titled "Small, Medium, & Large" and illustrated by: Jane Monroe Donovan.
     Oh my goodness! This was too adorable and so wonderfully illustrated! I found it so interesting because it was full of illustrations and basically zero text. It had some texts in the illustrations showing the little girl writing her Christmas wish list to Santa, and then thanking him at the end. Besides that little bit of text, the rest of the book was entirely pictures that were beautifully done. I think a big part of my love for this book was because of all the illustrations, in my opinion this book is perfect for any age, even my age. I loved it! I am also a big sucker for gorgeous illustrations and this book had it! 

WagATail

My next book was called "Wagatail" written by: Lois Ehlert and this was one odd book. Pictured above is the book and the way the cover looks is the way the entire book was done, and the majority of any words were just dogs barking, saying wagatail, and obeying their owners. I believed if I categorized what age group this was for it would be very young, like almost baby age. I just didn't find it very entertaining myself, but for a baby I could see how the pictures and small amount of words could be very entertaining.

Groundhog at Evergreen Road

The next book I am reviewing is pictured above and it is titled "Groundhog at Evergreen Road" written by: Susan Korman and Illustrated by: Higgins Bond. 

        This book is a very simple but wonderfully illustrated book all about the life of an adorably drawn groundhog. It is a non fiction story all about the way a groundhog lives and survives. The story talks about how a groundhog is born furless and drinks his mother's milk. Then it says how within no time he is pretty much full grown and taking on the world on his own. He eats different grasses, defends himself from enemies with a shrill shriek, and he burrows in the ground for safety!

       This book was adorable and helps teaches kids about certain animals, I think the drawings are enough to interest any child because it is so wonderfully colored and bright.

Good Night, Princess Pruney Toes

The first children's book review I am doing is for the book shown above: "Good Night, Princess Pruney Toes" Written by: Lisa McCourt and Illustrated by: Cyd Moore.

I picked this book up because it was a princess book, and as a female, I am sort of automatically drawn to a book about an adorable princess, especially if she animals surrounding her on the cover. The title interested me automatically, so when I saw the title and the cover, I felt like I just needed to read it.
The book was about a little girl who was getting ready for bed, she is in the bathtub and her father goes to help her. When he tells her to dry off he refers to her as "Princess Pruney Toes," this is where she gets the princess idea in her head. She only takes princess-like things, and her father goes along with it like almost any parent would do. She eats a star jam sandwich, wears a little gown, pretends the dog is a dragon. The most touching part was when her "princess wish" was for her to always be her dad's favorite little princess. 

This book is an adorable book to show the love between a little girl and her father, and the use of imagination in a children's mind. It shows us how kids are allowed to use their imagination and should be encouraged by their parents.

Struck By Lightning

I solemnly swear that I am up to no good,

Struck By Lightning book review

Recently, I read a book called "Struck By Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal." This book was based off of the new independent movie "Struck By Lightning." This movie was written, produced, and starred in by one of my favorite celebrities Mr. Chris Colfer himself. The book was basically exactly as the movie was, coming from the lead character and his point of view only. I just want to say, "Bravo!" to Colfer. This journal/book was amazing, and if I had never heard of the movie, it would have made me want to go see it as soon as possible. Now, I haven't seen the movie, but judging by the commercial I have seen for it, the book is pretty much exactly like it. Carson Phillips is in high school, taking on that terrible place and he wants to get into his dream college, don't we all? He wants to be a writer, so he decides his best way to do this is by creating a writing club, which no one wants to be a part of. He's in this dog eat dog world, where he's the dog getting bullied by all the other Great Danes out there. He then has a light bulb go off in his brain, this light bulb is telling him, "Why not blackmail pretty much the entire popular part of the school?" He thinks about it, and decides he has enough black mail and dirty secrets to black mail all of his biggest enemies, so he does. This book is full of truth, honesty, and a whole lot of scandals. It's funny, witty, and just plain amazing. I love this book and I would definitely recommend it to anyone interested in this idea. It might even make you wish you could go back in time and black mail your enemies into doing whatever crazy thing you may want them to do. :)

(And yes, my name did come from this, and my intros and endings come from Miss J.K. Rowling herself. :D)

Mischief Managed, 

Olivia

My Favorite Picture Book

My favorite childhood book is "Where the Wild Things Are."