Iggy is in a city full of ghosts, he lives in a hotel in Los Angeles and thinks of the ghosts as nothing significant. Her friends Neddie and Seamus are all for the ghost life as well, and these three friends make a great team on the adventure that begins throughout this story. The three frien...
So SILLY! Iggy is the child of an old-timey movie star and a psychiatrist who believes in letting kids do whatever they like. She lives in an old Hollywood hotel that is full of ghosts. Her friends, who attend a military academy, also are friendly with ghosts. When the kids notice the ghosts ...
Nick and Maxine live in a tall apartment building in a neighborhood of tall buildings. When they notice a friendly cottage with a little yard and picket fence in the middle of all the large buildings, the siblings have to find a way inside. The little cottage reveals Mrs. Noodlekugel, a friendl...
I'm generally not one to classify picture books as "sweet." But I'm going to make an exception. This is one of the sweetest little picture books I've read in a while. While looking for food one morning, bear discovers something "orange and long and pointy and had green bushy leaves at one end....
I liked the hard ink lines mixed with the softer watercolors. Not to mention the story (a chicken escaping from being butchered who meets and joins a flock of wild parrots in New York City. The icing on top is that all of the dialogue is in English and Yiddish (for the chicken and farmer) or Sp...