Author: Valeria Davila
Artist: Laura Aguerrebehere
Genre: Children's / Monsters / Humor / School
Year Published: 2018
Year Read: 2018
Publisher: Crackboom!
Source: eARC (NetGalley)
Content Rating: Ages 5+ (Some Gross Humor)
Buy on: Amazon // Book Depository
I
would like to thank NetGalley and Crackboom! for providing me a copy of
this book in exchange for an honest review.
The book starts off with an ogre who is writing a
diary and is explaining to the audience about how ogres are not how they used
to be. So, to fix this problem, he sets
out on creating a school for young ogres and teach them the nasty ways of a
true ogre, such as giving a spit and burp class, teaching them to sew clothes
that smell like farts and giving awards to ogres who wear the same underwear
for many years.
Will
the school be successful?
Read
this book to find out!
Wow! Valeria Davila has done an excellent
job at writing this story! I loved the
way that Valeria Davila incorporated
some gross humor into the story, while making the story still remain humorous
to read! I was also interested in seeing
what kind of classes and activities that the ogre school offers for the young
students, such as having classes that teach young ogres how to burp and
spit! I like the little digs that Valeria Davila made towards some movies
that stars ogres, such as taking a dig at “Shrek!” Laura Aguerrebehere’s artwork was truly
hilarious to look at as all the ogre characters have exaggerated expressions on
their faces that really brought out their disgusting personalities! I also enjoyed seeing the images of the ogres
doing disgusting activities, such as walking around in the mud and showing green
stink clouds around the ogres whenever they are wearing their dirty underwear!
Overall, “Diary
of an Ogre” is a truly hilarious and fun book to read if you enjoy reading
children’s books with gross out humor! I
would recommend this book to children ages five and up since there are some
disgusting moments that children who do not like gross humor might cringe at.
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Title: Bear Child
Author: Geoff Mead
Artist: Sanne Dufft
Genre: Children's / Folklore / Family / Fantasy
Year Published: 2018
Year Read: 2018
Publisher: Floris Books
Source: eARC (Edelweiss)
Content Rating: Ages 4+ (Nothing Objectionable)
Buy on: Amazon // Book Depository
I
would like to thank Edelweiss and Floris Books for providing me a copy of
this book in exchange for an honest review.
The story starts off with a young girl named Ursula
who asks her father to tell her a bedtime story about magical beings called the
bear folk. The bear folk were beings who
were half human and half bear due to their parents being bears and humans who
fell in love and married each other. The bear folk also had the abilities to
change shape from bears to humans whenever they feel like it. One day however, the bears decided to stay in
the woods while the humans decided to stay in towns; but despite this, some of
the bear folk still went into the towns that were occupied by humans and managed
to mingled in with some of the humans. It
was at this point that Ursula asks her father if the bear folk still exists and
will she ever meet one of the bear folks?
Will
Ursula meet one of the bear folks?
Read
this book to find out!
Yay! I have
always loved reading folktales that dealt with magical beings and “Bear Child” is definitely one of those
folktale books that I was interested in reading! Geoff
Mead has done a great job at writing this book as this book is extremely
heartwarming and magical to read through as I enjoyed seeing the loving
relationship between Ursula and her father as Ursula’s father tells Ursula a
bedtime story that deals with the importance of family. I also liked the way that Geoff Mead wrote the story about the
bear folk as I love magical beings that are able to change into different forms
and I like the fact that the basis of their characters is that they try to
create a loving family with human beings.
Sanne Dufft’s artwork is
probably the best part of this book as they are gorgeous to look at, especially
of the artwork of seeing white cloud versions of the bears up in the blue and
starry skies!
The reason why I gave this book a four-star rating was
because I felt that the pacing of this book was a bit too slow in some
places. I actually wished that there was
a bit more action in this book, although I really enjoyed the heartwarming
aspect of this story.
Overall, “Bear
Child” is a truly adorable story about the importance of family that
children will enjoy! I would recommend
this book to children ages four and up since there is nothing inappropriate in
this book.
Title: Bear Child
Author: Geoff Mead
Artist: Sanne Dufft
Author: Geoff Mead
Artist: Sanne Dufft
Genre: Children's / Folklore / Family / Fantasy
Year Published: 2018
Year Read: 2018
Publisher: Floris Books
Source: eARC (Edelweiss)
Content Rating: Ages 4+ (Nothing Objectionable)
I
would like to thank Edelweiss and Floris Books for providing me a copy of
this book in exchange for an honest review.
The story starts off with a young girl named Ursula
who asks her father to tell her a bedtime story about magical beings called the
bear folk. The bear folk were beings who
were half human and half bear due to their parents being bears and humans who
fell in love and married each other. The bear folk also had the abilities to
change shape from bears to humans whenever they feel like it. One day however, the bears decided to stay in
the woods while the humans decided to stay in towns; but despite this, some of
the bear folk still went into the towns that were occupied by humans and managed
to mingled in with some of the humans. It
was at this point that Ursula asks her father if the bear folk still exists and
will she ever meet one of the bear folks?
Will
Ursula meet one of the bear folks?
Read
this book to find out!
Yay! I have
always loved reading folktales that dealt with magical beings and “Bear Child” is definitely one of those
folktale books that I was interested in reading! Geoff
Mead has done a great job at writing this book as this book is extremely
heartwarming and magical to read through as I enjoyed seeing the loving
relationship between Ursula and her father as Ursula’s father tells Ursula a
bedtime story that deals with the importance of family. I also liked the way that Geoff Mead wrote the story about the
bear folk as I love magical beings that are able to change into different forms
and I like the fact that the basis of their characters is that they try to
create a loving family with human beings.
Sanne Dufft’s artwork is
probably the best part of this book as they are gorgeous to look at, especially
of the artwork of seeing white cloud versions of the bears up in the blue and
starry skies!
The reason why I gave this book a four-star rating was
because I felt that the pacing of this book was a bit too slow in some
places. I actually wished that there was
a bit more action in this book, although I really enjoyed the heartwarming
aspect of this story.
Overall, “Bear
Child” is a truly adorable story about the importance of family that
children will enjoy! I would recommend
this book to children ages four and up since there is nothing inappropriate in
this book.
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