Book Review: A Flower in the Snow by Tracey Corderoy and Sophie Allsopp

The Deal: Luna and her best friend in the world Bear (who, yes, happens to be a polar bear) enjoy spending their days together playing in the snow. One day they discover a beautiful golden flower that brings even more happiness to their lives... until the flower dies and makes Luna sad. 

In order to see her smile again, Bear goes on a quest to find another flower for his best friend. 

My Thoughts: A Flower in the Snow is a very short but sweet picture book aimed toward the younger kids.

It's a lovely story about friendship and companionship, and the illustrations were adorable. I loved that Bear was Luna's best friend.

If you want to share with your young ones a story that's seasonal but not religiously oriented, then A Flower in the Snow is a very good option. 

1/2

Book Review: Hooligan Bear: A Special Day by Ian Toynton and Andrea Dietrich

The Deal: One day Hooligan Bear realized that his nephew Little Louie didn't know what a birthday was, so Hooligan Bear, along with his friends Scooter, Lenny and Waldo decided to do something about it. 

They come up with a plan to rescue a cupcake and show Louie what a birthday is. 

My Thoughts: Okay, so A Special Day is the third book of the Hooligan Bear series, which tells the story of five teddy bears living on a shelf and forming an epic friendship.

I haven't read the first two books of the series but I found A Special Day to be an adorable read, I liked the design of the books and the strong message of friendship of the story.

The book is fairly short though, but good for very young readers.  

Speed Date: Zoo Borns! - The Next Generation by Andrew Bleiman and Christ Eastland

The Deal*: The new generation of zoo babies will reset the standard for devastating cuteness. From the creators of the smash hit ZooBorns series of books, ZooBorns: The Next Generation features full-color photos and fascinating facts on exotic baby animals from every corner of the world. Filled with brand-new species and some beloved favorites, this collection is irresistible to any animal lover.

These babies are much more than just adorable furry faces. They are ambassadors for their species in the wild, helping educate about conservation while they entertain.

My Thoughts: ZooBorns: The Next Generation is an adorable collection of photographs about adorable babies in Zoos all over the world - and okay, some of the babies aren't that pretty but they are cute. The photographs come with short texts describing the baby in particular and something about it's history and status (if it's an endangered or not).

It's not heavy reading, but it was fun to look at the photographs and learn little factoids about these furry cuties. My heart melted with the polar bears and the dingos and many other adorable babies. 

Also, part of the sales of the book go toward conservation of these animals, so yay for that! ZooBorns: The Next Generation will be available in November 6th, 2012. 

What's a Book Speed Date, you ask? It's a quickie review--about 150 words or so--of any genre book (variety is the spice of life, after all).

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* The summary is courtesy of GoodReads, I usually write my own summaries but because of the nature of the book I didn't see the point.