I’ve reviewed young adults books in the past and some of my own favorite childhood books but this is my first requested children’s book review.
Going Home is a simple creative non-fiction book about the migration of ten interesting and varied animals for children aged 4 to 8. You can read the full review at The Homeschool Club.
Going “green” or living a “green” lifestyle is a hot topic and it is not going away soon. The topic choices are endless. Create a lens highlighting your local farmer’s market. List all the farmers and their specialties. Make a special module for those that organic farm. Add a poll about how your veggie shoppers…
Dani Shapiro’s Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life is a gentle companion, filled with a myriad of antidotes that helps the writer on their own personal journey. The book is not a how-to guide in the least. It does not go over grammar, writing a sentence, or the like. It does, however,…
Every town has stories of scary or haunted houses. Make a SquidBoo lens of a walking tour of scary houses in your town. Use a “text with big picture” module for each house and include your own images from outside the house. Provide a brief history of the story behind the scary house. Don’t forget…
Throughout White Oleander, Janet Fitch’s words sing a poetic duet with the reader and, from her opening description, I was humming along. My review for this critically acclaimed novel was first published at BellaOnline in June 2005.
Viewers cannot get enough of television shows with dancing competitions! Make a lens about your favorite inspirational dancing movies from the perspective of a reviewer. Pick five to ten movies, watch them, then write a 250 to 400 word review of each one. Use a separate text module for each one. Lenses that have actual…
It still amazes me that people with simple lifestyles are still paying someone else to do their taxes once a year. Of course this is after years of paying my Uncle $20 to do mine until I decided I could put the $20 to better use. Take the fear out of doing taxes by providing…