Nerdy Birdy Tweets is a children’s book written by Aaron Reynolds and illustrated by Matt Davies about a bird and vulture who play a game called Tweets. The bird got so many friends and tweets, until the vulture decided to FLY AWAY. Then the vulture logs on to Tweets and finds a bunch of bad stuff about them on the site. It gets mad and FLIES AWAY again. Then the bird asks his Tweets friends how to deal with the vulture being mad and his friends started laughing and being mean, so the bird FLEW AWAY. So the bird finds the vulture and they become friends again. This is a heartbreaking story of love, friendship, and betrayal that I would recommend to ages 6-9.

What Do You Do With An Idea is a children’s book written by Kobi Yamada and illustrated by Mae Besom about a small child who had an idea but didn’t want the idea, so he tried to hide it from everyone. But his idea made him feel happier around people. The idea wanted attention, though, so the child showed it to some people, but the people said that the idea was bad and would never become anything. Then the child realized that it was his idea and he could do whatever he wanted with it. So he played with it and gave it attention until it grew and grew higher, and built a house so it could be safe. The child liked his idea, and it encouraged him to do many things. Then the idea spread its wings and flew into the sky. The idea was now a part of everything, and the child decided to change the world with his idea. This book was very interesting and the illustrations were amazing. I would recommend this book to ages 6-9.

Chopsticks is the sequel to the mesmerizing tale Spoon, written and illustrated by the same people. Chopstick A and his best friend, chopstick B, were learning fantastic new culinary tricks when suddenly, chopstick A broke and he was whisked away to the hospital. Then chopstick A told chopstick B to have his own adventures, and so he did. Chopstick B learned to stand on his own, and that changed everything. Not only that, the pair noticed they were getting stronger without each other. This story is simple, sweet, and downright beautiful. The author and illustrator obviously put a lot of work into this wonderful tale of magnificence. This fantastic journey of love, hate, and betrayal is recommended for ages 6-9.

Spoon is a story of envy and compassion written by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and illustrated by Scott Magoon about a spoon who envies his friends. Knife can cut, slit, and scrape, Fork can poke, stab, and prod, and Chopsticks can grab substances with two sticks. But Spoon can’t do any of those skills! Spoon feels immensely depressed until he eavesdrops on his friends chattering about his magnificent adaptations, like being able to scoop or measure substances. Spoon then realized he should be overjoyed for who he is. I would greatly recommend this book to ages 6-8, specifically young boys learning to read. 

Alfred Nobel: The Man Behind The Nobel Peace Prize is a biography by Kathy-Jo Wargin and illustrated by Zachary Pullen about a man named Alfred Nobel, born October 21st, 1833 in Sweden, who found a way to make nitro-glycerin oil safe when igniting. However, one day the the oil exploded and killed his brother, pushing him to make the oil safer. He then combined the oil with sand so they could be rolled into rods, eventually making the oil safer, which was then renamed dynamite. Instead of being scared of the dynamite, though, people used it to blow up others. After a heart attack, Alfred died on December 10th, 1896, in Italy. The government made a prize in his honor called the Nobel Peace Prize.

I Used To Be A Fish is a children’s book written and illustrated by Tom Sullivan about a fish that didn’t want to be a fish, so it evolved over time, from fish to monkey to early man. As a man, it had to learn how to survive in its environment. Eventually, there were too many hazards and problems it had to deal with, so it de-evolved back into a fish. This is a great story because it teaches kids about evolution, how creatures evolved over time. It also teaches you that you should be happy with who you are. I would recommend this story to ages 6-11. Overall, I rate this book 4.3 out of 5.

Bat’s Big Game is a book retold by Margaret Read MacDonald and illustrated by Eugenia Nobati about a bat that is joining a soccer game and can choose between two teams, but the bat doesn’t know which team to join, and he keeps on switching teams. Eventually both teams find out that the bat was switching teams and the bat is kicked out. This book teaches kids that you should choose something and stick with it. This book was very good and illustrated well.

Enemy Pie is a children’s book by Derek Munson and Tara Calahan King that is about a kid that has an enemy he wants to get rid of but he doesn’t know how, so he asks his dad, and his dad decides to make “enemy pie”. The kid thinks that enemy pie would do awful things to his enemy, but his dad tells him that before using enemy pie, he has to spend a day with his enemy. The kid and his enemy get along pretty well, and when his dad offers the pie to the enemy, the kid is worried because his enemy is now his friend. However, the pie actually tasted good and his best enemy became his best friend. I liked this book because it teaches kids that if you have someone who is mean to you, don’t be mean back. I also liked the illustrations.

The Sweetest Fig by Chris Van Allsburg is a story about a fussy dentist with a poor dog who gets two magical figs from a strange woman and tries to use them for his own advantage. However, the results are not what he expected… This story teaches people not to treat their pets and other people badly because bad things could happen. The story was very good and the illustrations were good too.

Stolen Words is a story book written by Melanie Florence and illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard about a little girl who hears the dark past of her grandpa and uses her dreamcatcher to recover her father’s “words”, which are Cree words on a piece of paper. It is written and illustrated very well, and it is a great story overall. Everything fit together, and there is nothing wrong with the story. I would recommend this story to everyone because it is suitable for all ages.