Phil Roxbee Cox

My two-year-old grandson really enjoys this book although I find it a bit simple. It's a fun book, though, as most books by Usborne publishers turn out to be. There are colorful large pictures, objects to identify, small animals (a bird and a duck) to spot, flaps to open, and construction equipment which should enthrall any young boy! All of these make for enjoyable toddler reading...and re-reading.

Rusty the dog is looking all over the farm for his bone but can't find it. Did one of his farm friends hide it?

This touch-and-feel board book is thin on plot and light on words, but it is certainly fun to have a book that allows children to explore many senses at once. I read this book with my toddler class when we did a unit on dogs, and they loved exploring the different textures offered by it. The shortness of the book meant less time for them to lose attention, although I did supplement show more some of the text with my own explanations of various things as well as questions about what the children were feeling when they touched the various three-dimensional items (i.e., "How do the doggy's ears feel? Are they soft? What about the blanket?," etc.). All in all, I would definitely recommend me this for very young readers. show less

This book is about the Romans and their Reign; it is heavy on the facts, so I don't really like it. Regardless, I will still include it in my classroom library for my efferent readers. It could be read to grades 3rd-5th who are learning European history and its influence on western civilization.

This book is a great book that tells a rhyming story of a bear in search of a bed. The story uses imagination along with real life concepts, such as purchasing a bed in a story to him falling asleep in the store and him being moved to his own house and room. He dreams of bobbing “…on a wave into a cave”. This book is great for phonic readers.