Review Round-Up: Books for Beginning Readers, June 2016

Easy Readers

I was thrilled to see reviews of some favorite vintage easy readers this month! Liz's Book Snuggery featured Little Bear, while Becky's Book Reviews highlighted the Frog and Toad books: Days with Frog and Toad, Frog and Toad All Year, and Frog and Toad Together.

Jean Little Library reviewed two nonfiction titles: Ellis Island and Weird But Cute: Barn Owl. 

Other easy readers reviewed this month were We Dig Worms (Prose and Kahn), The Real Poop About Pigeons (Flying Off My Bookshelf), Duck Duck Porcupine (Kids Book a Day), The Long Dog (Waking Brain Cells), and the Bradford Street Buddies series (here at Story Time Secrets.)

Chapter Books

There was lots of variety in the chapter book reviews this month!

I reviewed a whole bunch here at Story Time Secrets. In my Recent Library Reads post, I featured Amy Namey in Ace Reporter and Triple Pet Trouble from the Judy Moody and Friends series, Mouse Scouts, Race the Wild: Savanna Showdown, and Misty Inn: Welcome Home! and in my Summer 2016 edition of a new feature called Chapter Book Check-In, I reviewed these new and soon-to-be-published titles: Angel Wings: New Friends, Cody Harmon, King of Pets, Meet the Bobs and Tweets, Pearl's Ocean Magic, Backyard Witch: Jess's Story, The Toad, Slingshot and Burp, Where Are You Going, Baby Lincoln?, Piper Green and the Fairy Tree: The Sea Pony, and Chime Travelers: The Strangers at the Manger.

Jean Little Library had three chapter book reviews: Stella and the Night Sprites: Knit-Knotters, Silver Pony Ranch: Sparkling Jewel and Stick Cat 

Other chapter book reviews included Bea Garcia: My Life in Pictures (Ms. Yingling Reads), My Weird School Fast Facts series (Mom Read It), Little Dee and the Penguin (Waking Brain Cells), MVP: The Gold Medal Mess (Kids Book a Day), The Great Mouse Detective: Basil of Baker Street (Geo Librarian), Bucky and Stu Vs. the Mikanikal Man (Prose and Kahn), and Lighthouse Family: The Otter (Flying Off My Bookshelf)