Children's books sept 29

  

 

Bee Kind, Little Bees: Bee Kind, Bee Gentle, Bee Respectful (Bee Lollie's Littles Lessons Book 1)

AA Ouilmette

In this story bee Lolli is walking around the garden where she has planted vegetables. There are other little bees helping out also and they start throwing fruit at each other. Things get a bit wild and one of them get hurt. Bee Lolli has to tell them to be respectful and they can play again. Cute story children's colorful educational

 

 

Sweet Baby Halloween: A Rhyming Book for Little Girls & Boys by Victoria Scudder

Colorful, rhyming, children's, educational book about Halloween. The problem with this book is I was not able to view any of the pitures after page one. Tried different methods and different programs and none of them worked. The pictures must be too high quality for my computer and tablet.

 

Children's books read Sept 28

  

 

My Crazy: Halloween by Bella Dale 

This is a middle grade chapter book about the week before Halloween. The girl lost her dog actually it was her dad that tied him outside the pizza place and stayed in there a little bit too long and the dog ran away. She puts up signs all over the neighborhood and her friends are. She goes to her grandmother's house the day before Halloween to do grand. I love that phrase and I can imagine the chores that I would give to my grandson for Grandma work. They had a good time she entered a Halloween costume party and was singing in the talent show just such good. When she arrives home she decides to go look in the lost woods for her dog. She finds a surprise there and then her father follows her and they are all surprised by the cold icy Wind blowing so hard that only 2 of them could fit in the tent the dog and the girl. Poor dad. When they arrived back home her girlfriend shows up with a bucket of candy that all of her friends collected for her plus the pizza slices because she missed the party everyone else had gone home early because of. It was a very magical kind of story really enjoyable. Also has pictures throughout the book of the scenes that are being described.

 

 

 

The Little Fish Who Got Lost in the Sea by Nancy Khalif

This is a rhyming, children's, colorful book about a little fish who was always by his mother's side.  One day he decides to go exploring by himself and he meets a lot of different fish. Most are very friendly to him. Until he meets the big shark who wants to eat him. He escapes and then he gets help from a turtle and other creatures to help hide him so the shark won't eat him. He does eventually find his way home and his mama is waiting for him. He won't leave her side anymore. Cute story.

  

 

Jack-a-Roo Misses Mama (Jack-a-Roo's Adventures Book 2) by Angela Radzevich

Colorful, rhyming, children's book about jack-a-roo the rabbit. His mother leaves to do chores in town and he goes into the fields to play with his friend. He sees a lot of different things and they are explained in the pictures and the words.  He starts feeling sad at the end and his friends come to play with him. He was just not used to his mother being gone so long. But he's happy to find her waiting at home when he returns. Cute story.

 

 

The Naughty Little Baby Elephant: The Naughty Little Baby Elephant What is the Baby elephant up to ? Let's find out. by Ami Bhagat

This is a colorful, children's book about a baby elephant and he leaves in the morning and finds some children to play with at the park. Julie and the big elephant come looking for baby elephant and the kids have told him yes they saw him and played with them and he went somewhere else. They are on the track of finding him.  A huge trunk is sticking out of the bushes. The baby elephant really just wants to play, he wants to make a castle out of sand. Kind of a silly book for kids.

 

Book Review: The Amish Method Survival by Aden Brown

  

 

The Amish Method Survival a 4 level resillence protocol for apartments by Aden Brown

What I enjoyed about this book was the ability to survive but doing what you are doing. It's a start with recycling and how you prepare food, shop and handle utilities.

This book will lead you to do the framework of setting up a system that you can rely on when times get hard or you lose electric for a few days or weeks.

Love the parts about food because we harvest our crops and store them in jars for the winter months.  I know some preparedness skills from others where they store cans by wiring dates on top for when they need to be used. store new things in back and use from the front of the shelves.

I like how the book is laid out by levels. Appreciate the chore of figuring out how much space you really have that is useable for storing of foods and toiletries.

Under the back, tops of closets, etc. It's not livable space but is great for other storage. We use mylar bags already and we food save our foods in the freezer with dates on them already.

Lots of practical information in this book. 30 Day plan is included.

Great reference book to keep handy.

 

Book Review: The Lovers Who Found Each other again by Werner Stejskal

  

 

The Lovers Who Found Each other again by Werner Stejskal

This book is a fun one to read and imagine. I have had moments where I felt I had run into my spouse when we were teens, roller skating. We each had been there every Saturday. We knew some of the same people and the events during the skating.

Love how this one starts at a coffee place and he sees her across the room and approaches her. She is hesitant but gives in and they go to the river to sit and decide what to do with what the have seen in dreams. Love the adventures they go on, not knowing will they will end up...

Love where the storyline goes and it's very descriptive. So much that later on they can figure out where it's actually located and they travel there to see the distant relatives...

Love ending and how it goes on from the legends told.....

Love the adventures, travels, descriptive details and destiny.

Great book to read and imagine you are there with them.

 

Book Review: Faith and Fireworks: A Sweet and Inspirational Cowboy Romance (Montana Sweethearts) by Josie Riviera

  

 

Faith and Fireworks: A Sweet and Inspirational Cowboy Romance (Montana Sweethearts)

by Josie Riviera

This book starts out with Levi, a returning home chaplain in the military. He has moments when he remembers his best friend Danny who was also a neighbor.  

Story also follows Annie and shes in charge of the 250 America celebration and she has to rally to get everything in order to make it the biggest festival/day for the town.

She approaches Levi, a long time heart throb and asks him to be the host at the cparade.

He declines and says he will just help her fix up the town with deocrations. She does get him to open up to her, his past in the military and he even asks her what she did while he was gone. Interesting that they have a past and each has an eye for the other.

Love the interactions with the community. Town really wants to honor his service.

Never in a second realized the planning that goes into this big of a celebration for the community. Love that everybody is helping out. Levi does give a speech and Danny's parents are there and he has something for them from Danny. Love the time they are able to spend with one another and how Danny had felt about Levi.

So very descriptive from the first page, I can eel myself with blisters and calluses on my hands from the fencing work Levi is doing. 

Excellent read. There is an excerpt from another of the authors work at the end. Also her listin gof all her works is included.

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Book Review: American Mah Jongg: What Do I Do Next? A Visual Guide to Using Your Rack and Card to Choose a

  

 

American Mah Jongg: What Do I Do Next? A Visual Guide to Using Your Rack and Card to Choose a Hand, Deciding What to Keep and Pass in the Charleston, and Changing Course Without Freezing

by Claire Whitmere

Enjoyed this book because it taught me things about one of my favorite games that I didn't realize. The tiles all have names and some fit into the same category but don't look the same.

The book also explains how to play with what you have in your hand. Explains about the strategy and how to win at the game.

A must read for everyone that plays the game. I didn't know they even made a book like this.

Such a fun read and makes sense the way they explain it.

Book Review: Echoes of Fortune: knights of the golden circle by David R. Leng

  

 

Echoes of Fortune: knights of the golden circle by David R. Leng

This story starts out with the trio and a friend gathering clues for their next mystery.

Zeke had called Jack with a message about a note from his grandfather's possessions.  Like little clues that Zeke gives away without realizing what the others will make of it.

Priya is attracted to Seve and they hit it off right away as she's a computer wiz at finding things and hiding things through the computer.

What interested me without realizing it after I read the summary and first few chapters was that we are new to TN and had visited KY, specifically Jefferson David Monument with our son - another gem for me.

So many incidents/gems  in all three books that I've read from this author. It's leading me into wanting to know more as I've walked the places mentioned in the books. Zeke hands them more information that what he things as they take him along. Little do they know why...

directions.   Kind of reminds me of Oak Island and how they are trying to find treasures from the Knights Templar on the island. TV takes forever to tell the story. Love this book because it ends up the whole thing by the end.

Familiar with Templars, Masons, etc and now the knights of the golden circle although in a different era and time but still connected to what's happening in the present days of our country.

Another gem for me was mention of patriot missiles that Raytheon makes. They are right behind my house in Portsmouth, RI and I knew what they made during the time mostly from the protests outside their gates.

Love legend of who holds the two halves of the puzzle and how it all comes together and how the foursome are able to figure out the location of the treasure.

There is so much more involved going through Mexico, Texas, Arkansas, DC, New Orleans, etc.

They are followed by many who want to know what the group knows. Some are kidnapped for ransom and you wonder if they will ever make it out.

There are so many aspects to this story, mystery, thriller, espionage, treason, romance, travel, something for everybody to sink their teeth into.

Love paths they take to make it all happen and how they do the step by step process.  Especially like all the compute tech going on as only certain people can keep up with the harm that is being done. Can they stop the threats in time?

The appendixes at the end really pull the story together as to who is who and what they have done to form the golden circle. Love dual time line also nestled in between real time present day story line.

Another awesome read from this author that I just found a few weeks ago. Can't wait to read more of his journeys.