Category: Education

The Whale in my Swimming Pool is effectively named and cuts to the chase on the third page. A young boy is eager to hop into the swimming pool but finds that there is a whale already in it. It’s one of those round, plastic pools, so of course the whale takes up more than three times the size of the pool. From here the book really cooks and is clever, imaginative and so very simple that it’ll leave even the most frustrated child with a smile.

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At first glance, Normandy: A Graphic History of D-Day could be confusing to some readers. It’s a graphic novel with the word graphic in the title of the book about the history of D-Day. This graphic novel is historically accurate, so everything in the book is true and has realistic art accompanying the narrative. Author and illustrator Wayne Vansant has been drawing realistic war comics for years and has a series of graphic novels to help teach key points in the history of the United States military.

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So, our youngest is 3 and knows that he should use the potty, but doesn’t most of the time.  He’ll use it just prior to bath time, but won’t tell us during the day if he has to go.  Vegetables in Underwear is a silly book about vegetables, in underwear and being ridiculously happy about it.  A large piece of broccoli strips down to their red underwear and runs across the pages where they meet their other vegetables wearing underwear.

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