Hayley's Children's Book Reviews

The sheriff and his deputy are on an important mission to bring a box of donuts home safely without any of them disappearing.  Can they do it?  Read The Case Of The Missing Donut by Allison McGhee and see why everyone in town seems to think that possibly there might be a donut missing.  Are they right or were the sheriff and his deputy successful on their mission?

First Jamie feels really good, a purple kind of mood.  When his brothers treat him bad, his mood turns gray.  Then Jamie eases into a gentle kind of green mood.  Throughout the day Jamie goes through lots of different kinds of moods. My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood by Tameka Fryer Brown teaches kids about different kinds of moods and how to describe how they feel in a whole new way.

Papa has invented many things but never once has anything Papa invented worked perfectly.  All he needs is a fantastic idea.  Then one day while fishing on Lake Michigan Papa’s daughter, Virena, asks him if he has ever wondered what it’s like to be a fish.  Now Papa has his fantastic idea!  Papa gets to work and builds a kind of mechanical fish he calls the Whitefish.  Read Papa’s Mechanical Fish by Candace Fleming and find out if Papa finally has the perfect invention.  (This story is loosely based on the life of Lodner Phillips, the creator of one of the first modern day submarines.)