Easy Readers
First up in this month's easy reader list is Tomie dePaola's new series about Andy and Sandy.
The Cath in the Hat has a review of
When Andy Met Sandy, and
Kids Book a Day reviewed both
When Andy Met Sandy and
Andy and Sandy's Anything Adventure. Kids Book a Day also reviewed
The Almost Terrible Playdate.
Emma Virjan's
What This Story Needs is a Hush and a Shush continued to get attention from bloggers this month. There were reviews at
Waking Brain Cells,
Books 4 Your Kids, and
Step Up Readers. Step Up Readers also had three other easy reader reviews:
Zach and Lucy and the Museum of Natural Wonders,
Wild Kratts Wild Animal Babies!, and
Moo Bird.
Here at Story Time Secrets, I helped to promote some new characters from Mrs. Wishy-Washy creator Joy Cowley as part of the
2016 Joy Cowley Classroom Giveaway. I reviewed three titles each in the
Sloppy Tiger and Oscar series. Other participants include
Laugh Eat Learn and
Reading Toward the Stars, with reviews of the Hairy Bear and Miniboy books, and
Busy in Kindergarten, with a post about books starring Smarty Pants and Mr. Tang.
Finally, Becky's Book Reviews featured three easy readers this month:
A Pig, a Fox, and a Box,
Moo Bird, and
Dance Dance Underpants and Flying Off My Bookshelf had one:
Berkley the Terrible Sleeper.
Chapter Books
Among the chapter books this month were several titles in graphic format.
Books 4 Your Kids,
Jean Little Library, and
Kids Book a Day all reviewed
The Great Pet Escape, the newest book from Newbery Honor author Victoria Jamieson. Jean Little Library also featured
Worm by Elise Gravel, while Mom Read It reviewed
Hippopotamister and Geo Librarian posted about
Stick Dog Wants a Hot Dog, as well as
two other titles at this level which were identified as graphic novels.
Some specific titles emerged as the most popular this month.
The Princess in Black has been receiving heavy review coverage with each new book published. This month, there were reviews of the second book of the series from
The Book Chook,
MySF Reviews,
Sonderbooks, and
One Great Book and reviews of book three from
A Library of Reviews,
Geo Librarian, and
Jean Little Library.
Mo Willems's new chapter book collaboration with Tony diTerlizzi,
The Story of Diva and Flea, was featured on three blogs:
Sal's Fiction Addiction,
One Great Book, and
Jump Into a Book. There were also two reviews this month of Linda Urban's forthcoming chapter book,
Weekends with Max and his Dad, which will be out on April 5th. Both
Jen Robinson's Book Page and
Sal's Fiction Addiction had in-depth posts about this title.
Other chapter reviews from March included:
- Anna Banana and the Big Mouth Bet and The Spelling Bee Scuffle, reviewed by Story Time Secrets
- Bad Kitty Goes to the Vet, reviewed by The Cath in the Hat
- Clover the Bunny, reviewed by Becky's Book Reviews
- Completely Clementine, reviewed by The Book Nut
- Great Reef Games and Arctic Freeze, reviewed by Story Time Secrets
- Mango and Bambang: Tapir All at Sea, reviewed by Playing by the Book
- My Father's Dragon, reviewed by Story Time Secrets
- My Life in Pictures, reviewed by Kids Book A Day
- The Oodlethunks: Oona Finds an Egg, reviewed by Jen Robinson's Book Page
- Rascally Rabbits! And More True Stories of Animals Behaving Badly! reviewed by Geo Librarian
- Stowaway! (Puppy Pirates #1), reviewed by Geo Librarian
- Tooth Bandits (Stella and the Night Sprites #2), reviewed by Mom Read It
