KidzTales - Deb's Book Nook

Let's Celebrate Being Different

5/8/2023

Title: Let’s Celebrate Being Different
Author: Lainey Dee
Illustrator: Dhiraj Navlakhi
Publisher: ShieldCrest Publishing
Formats: Kindle, paperback
Price: Kindle = $4.85, Paperback = $11.95
ASIN: ‎ B0BCH7DT6Z
ISBN-10: 1913839656
ISBN-13: 978-1913839659

In this adorable picture book about diversity, Todd the bird has the body of a bear, and the feet of a tiger. When he visits his grandma, she tells him that it’s okay to be different. While he is at grandma’s, he visits the Friday Night Club.

Even though some of the animals there tease him about looking different, he meets some that don’t. He learns that these new friends are different in some ways, too. Also, they’re looking at the real him and not how he looks.

In today’s mixed-up world, we need a book like this that tells us that it’s okay to be different and Lainey Dee gives us that book beautifully. Not only is this a well-written story, but the illustrations by Dhiraj Navlakhi are brilliantly done in bright colors!
If you’d like Let’s Celebrate Being Different, you can find it on Amazon.

Holly the Holstein Talks About Milk Cows

11/28/2022

TITLE: Holly the Holstein Talks About Milk Cows
AUTHOR: Mandy Farmer
PUBLISHER: Independently Published
FORMATS: Paperback, Kindle, Audiobook
ISBN-13:9798836444990

Holly the Holstein is back to tell us all about the milk cows on the farm. She’ll be able to answer any question you ask her. Do milk cows have registers that say who their parents are? How much milk does a milk cow produce in one day? Do you know that some milk cows are red and white while others are black and white? Holly can answer these questions and tell you much more about milk cows.

The end of the book has a very special surprise. You can go to Mrs. Mandy’s website and download coloring pages, dairy snack recipes, and you’ll also be notified when new Holly the Holstein books are available! You get all of this just for joining Holly’s Book Club! You can learn much more about Mrs. Mandy, too. Her website is here.

Holly the Holstein Talks About Milk Cows has been written for ages three to eight in very simple language that your young readers and listeners can grasp. They will also enjoy looking at the brilliantly colored pictures in the book of Holly and the farm she lives on.

This picture book will be a welcome addition to your child’s library. Holly the Holstein will also make a great Christmas gift! If you would like to purchase this entertaining picture book you can buy it here or here.

Baby Worries

11/6/2022

TITLE: Baby Worries
AUTHOR: Frances Mackay
PUBLISHER: Frances Mackay
FORMAT: Paperback-32 pages
ISBN-13: 9780646860220

A new baby is born! All of his aunts and uncles come to meet him for the very first time. They all begin commenting on how baby looks. Baby has big worries! “How will I look when I grow up? Will I have bushy eyebrows like Uncle Max? Will I have big lips like Mommy or will I have big hair like Aunt Fern?”

The pastel water-colored pictures are perfect for this book. Don’t we see babies either in pastel pink or blue? The illustrations are reminiscent of The Berenstain Bears and are very entertaining alone.

Besides enjoying ‘baby worries', the author has also provided a free twenty-page download of activities and discussion questions. These are available on her website.
I highly recommend this imaginative picture book to your child’s home library! If you would like to, you can find it at Amazon or Barnes and Noble.

Who Made This Mess?

10/24/2022

TITLE: Who Made This Mess?
AUTHOR: Dayna Ault
PUBLISHER: Joyful Brook Publishing (October 18, 2022)
ISBN-13: ‎ 979-8986670409
ASIN:‎ B0BH1R2JRV

“Who made this mess? Which one of you did it?” Mommy asks her three children. In this delightful rhyming picture book, we see broken things and paw prints everywhere.

In this gentle teaching book, we find that the children have a secret! What is it? And who made the mess?

I highly recommend this entertaining and gentle book. Your little ones will just love it for its highly relatable story and bright-colored pictures. If you would like to add this to your home library, you can find it on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or wherever fine books are sold!

October 23rd, 2022

10/23/2022

LITTLE WANDERERS: THE EVERLASTING SEASONS

9/19/2022

TITLE: Little Wanderers: The Everlasting Seasons
AUTHOR: I.K. Silver
FORMATS: Kindle-$3.99, Paperback-$13.99, Hardcover-$4.28

Join Snowy, a little dwarf from the Winter Village, as he sets off in search of Originin. When Snowy arrives in the Summer Village, he meets Komoro and his mother. He soon talks Komoro into joining him on his quest.
Along the way, the two friends have many adventures, but none so great when the people of the Autumn village are sure that Komoro is their king and there’s no talking the villagers, guards, or servants out of it!
I enjoyed this tale of adventure and wits. If you would like it for your home library, just go to https://www.amazon.com/Little-Wanderers-Everlasting-I-K-Silver/dp/6250097686

SWEET DREAMS: GOOD NIGHT

8/22/2022

TITLE: Sweet Dreams: Good Night
AUTHOR: Brittany Herrera
PUBLISHER: Independent
FORMAT: Paperback
PRICE: $9.50
ISBN-13: 979-8729248216

Little Ally doesn’t want to go to bed. Every night, Mommy hears the same excuses. You can hear Ally cry, “Mommy, I want a drink of water!” Or, “Mommy, I need the potty!”

In this adorable picture book, Mommy teaches Ally a way where she can sleep and have fun, too. Mommy tells Ally that she can go on any adventure she wants. She also tells her little girl that in her dreams, Ally can be a princess, pirate, cowgirl, or anything she wants to be!

If your a little one who doesn’t like bedtime, take a cue from Ally’s mother. Tell him or her about the fun that will happen in their dreams.

If you’d like to purchase Sweet Dreams: Good Night, you can find this picture book on Amazon.

Stella: The Shark Who Loved Treasures

8/8/2022

TITLE: Stella: The Shark Who Loved Treasure (4th book in the Ocean Tales series)
AUTHOR: Sarah Cullen, Carmen Ellis
PUBLISHER: Thorpe-Bowker
ISBN-13: 9780645365054
FORMAT: Paperback
PRICE: $10.95

In this latest edition of the Ocean Tales series, Stella learns just how much fun it is to share and the great feeling you get from it!
Stella loves trinkets. In fact, she has a whole chest full of trinkets that she’s gathered in the past. She really wants one more jewel and Stella promises herself it will be the last one she’ll collect. The Rose of the Sea is in a chest, in a sunken ship, and on the bottom of the sea. She enlists two of her friends to help her in her quest. Will they find The Rose of the Sea? What will Stella do after she gets the jewel?

This book is the perfect addition to your child’s library! He or she will delight at this story in rhyme. If you’d like to purchase your child a copy of Stella: The Shark Who Loved Treasure, you can find it on Amazon.

THE LITTLE BUTTERFLY WITH NO COLORS

7/25/2022

TITLE: The Little Butterfly With No Colors
AUTHOR: Brittany Herrera and Yosi Vidal
ILLUSTRATOR: Eszter Angéla Békési
PUBLISHER: Self-Published (March 21, 2022)
ILLUSTRATOR: Eszter Angéla Békési
ASIN: BO9W6XV33Y
ISBN-13: 9798497491944
FORMATS: Paperback, Kindle
Price: Kindle $3.75, Paperback $12.95

This adorable picture book is a must for your child’s library. In it the child will learn about patience and waiting for what he or she wants. It teaches young girls that they don’t have to look like everyone else. It shows your child that they can ignore ‘the mean girls’ and all the bullies in school since they will win in the end by having patience.

If you would like to see this book for 0-6-years-old in your child’s library, you’ll find it on Amazon.

Deb Hockenberry

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