Book Review: The Treasure Tree

Title: The Treasure Tree
By: John & Cindry Trent and Gary & Norma Smalley
Illustrated By: Judy Love
Reviewed By: EM, Age 5

The book is about four friends. A lion, a golden retriever, a beaver, and an otter. They are at a party and they get a gift from their friend owl. The gift is a treasure map! So they follow the treasure map to find four keys that will get them to the treasure tree. They go to a blueberry pie patch, they visit a clam (who spits!), they go to peppermint falls (my favorite!!), and they visit four rabbits and an elephant who sneezed. Once they had all the keys they had to figure out how to use them to get the gate open so they could get to the tree. Owl came and said, "Why don't you put all your keys together and open the lock?" And it worked! And they got to eat candy hearts. I like this book a lot.

Book Review: Dogku

Title: Dogku
Written By: Andrew Clements
Pictures By: Tim Bowers
Reviewed By: EM, Age 5

Dogku is a story about a cute dog. His name is Mooch. The story is written like a poem, so it rhymes a little. The dog is looking for a home. He sits at the front door of a house. And there is a mom standing there making breakfast for the kids. She opens the door and gives him some food and he gets a bath. He doesn't know if they will keep him or not. They play with him and he is happy. At the end he thinks they are taking him to the pound. But instead dad goes out the door and comes back with a new doggie bed. He was happy to find a family. Everyone should read this book.

Book Review: Splat the Cat

Title: Splat the Cat
By: Rob Scotton (Best selling author of Russell the Sheep)
Reviewed By: EM, Age 5

The book is about a cat named Splat. He is worried about school. It was his first day of school. He tells his mom he doesn't have clean socks, and his mom says, "You don't wear socks!" He was trying to get out of going. Splat's mom asked if he wanted to ride his bike to school, so he did. And then the got to school. The teacher's name is Mrs. Whimpydimple (giggle). The kids all said, "Hi Splat!" At lunchtime, Splat opened his lunch box and his pet, Seymour (a pet mouse), jumped out. The kids said, "MOUSE!" And they chased him through the room. But then Seymour saved the day when he climbed, jumped, and crawled through a hole to open the milk door (that was locked). And they all drank the milk. They were all happy. Splat wakes up the next morning, he's so happy, he wants to go to school again, and again, and again. I think people would like this book a lot.

Kidlandia

By MAD21

Our kids love, love, love maps. Real maps. Fake maps. Maps they make themselves. Stories about maps. They just love them. We found this website that was created by someone who loved maps when they were little, too. And then grew up to work for Disney. Kidlandia ("A Kingdom for Every Kid") is a website where you can go and create your very own map. Including either real names or ones you make up. Basically, you choose one of four different map styles and then you fill in a bunch of information, and they will generate a really cool map that includes all the information you gave them. The final product can be a little pricy, but it's not too bad. The smallest print is a 12"x16"canvas scroll and costs $39.95.

Go check it out. Not only will kids love it, it is a really great gift idea! Here is a review of the site with comments from people who have tried it.

Book Review: Moose Tracks!

Title: Moose Tracks
By: Karma Wilson and Jack E. Davis
Reviewed By: EM, Age 5

The book is about moose who keeps finding moose tracks all over her house and doesn't know where they are coming from. Friends visit her like a goose, a chipmonk, and a pig (who leaves the same tracks as the moose). I really like the part about the hippo being in the bathtub! I think that this is a really great book. Parents should read it to their kids.