Laura's Books and Blogs

What’s So Special About A Tree? By Susan Polk Van Dusen Book Review and Author Interview

Laura - Jul 29, 2024 10

Aside from animal books, the most popular type of picture book requests that come my way are nature-based. A lot of authors love to introduce children to peaceful and serene

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Coco the Mooing Horse by Leila Summers Book Review and Author Interview

Laura - Jul 15, 2024 7

When I was a kid, my family had this collection of easy reader books that contained stories compiled of 50 or so beginning words. In the back of the book

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The Whistling Kettle Book Club Into the Water and Blood Orange Tea

Laura - Jul 1, 2024 1

The Whistling Kettle Book Club pick for July 2024 is Into the Water by Paula Hawkins which has been paired with their blood orange tea. This mystery is packed with

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The Demon Secret by Dan Gindlesperger Book Review and Author Interview

Laura - Jun 17, 2024 4

To me, there is nothing scarier than the idea of being possessed. A killer can brutally murder you. A monster can eat you. A vampire can suck you dry. But

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Dickie the Dinosaur and His Best Pal Dot by James D. Robinson Book Review and Author Interview

Laura - Jun 10, 2024 0

Ask people their top five favorite topics as a kid, and you are likely to find dinosaurs on most lists. There’s something intriguing about these dragon-like animals from long ago

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I Don’t Want to Eat That Thing! By R.K. Vetter Book Review and Author Interview

Laura - May 28, 2024 3

Picky eaters. There’s one in every family, and they are usually a stubborn kid on top of a picky one. I personally never understood the idea of forcing a kid

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The Whistling Kettle Book Club May Book Review and Tea Review: American Dirt and Chocolate Chai

Laura - May 6, 2024 2

It has been nearly a year since I first partnered with The Whistling Kettle to offer a discount on their tea products to my readers. I don’t like to gush

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Katharine’s Remarkable Road Trip by Gail Ward Olmsted Book Review and Author Interview

Laura - Apr 22, 2024 6

What does it mean to live a full life? There’s no definitive answer. There’s no single lifestyle, profession, or age that a person can attain to earn the title. It’s

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Catastrophe in the City by Stephen and Arlo Baer Book Review and Author Interview

Laura - Mar 18, 2024 2

When we get too impulsive, we can really mess things up. We can get too hyper and break something. We can say the wrong thing on impulse and hurt somebody’s

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A Bird Alone by Ericka Clay Book Review and Author Interview

Laura - Mar 4, 2024 7

We all know someone who has had it rough. I’m not talking about the friend who tends to spill coffee on themselves each morning or the relative who is always

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What Happens in Montana by Kim McCollum Book Review and Author Interview

Laura - Feb 19, 2024 8

The purpose of getting away is literally to get away from your life, and hopefully, from your worries and problems that you carry around every day. Unfortunately, those problems can

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60 Songs That Explain the 90s Book Review

Laura - Feb 12, 2024 3

I started the 90’s barely out of my toddler years and ended it a full-blown teenager. That personally makes for a long and definitive decade. And it’s the decade that

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Shelby and the First Ride by Marty Kay Jones Book Review and Author Interview

Laura - Jan 29, 2024 1

I’ve never been a big animal lover, but I always understood the stereotypical girl obsession with horses. Horses, like girls, are a mixture of strength and grace. They’re one of

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The Way You View the World by Tasneem Dairywala Book Review and Author Interview

Laura - Jan 15, 2024 2

We tend to think of the world as a big, scary place for children, but children mostly see it as a big playground with new things to see, hear, touch,

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The Black Magician by KayCee Jones Book Review and Author Interview

Laura - Jan 2, 2024 4

Why do readers love dismal tales of people being held captive? The short answer is…because we want to see how they escape. We want to know that the wrongfully imprisoned