https://blog.vollink.com/tags/book-review+childrens/ Recent content in book-review+childrens on On My Mind... Hugo -- gohugo.io Thu, 03 Oct 2019 01:36:00 -0400 https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/10/the-snow-queen/ Thu, 03 Oct 2019 01:36:00 -0400 https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/10/the-snow-queen/ Title Illustration I read somewhere that the story of Disney's Frozen was based on this book, so I decided to read and review it for this blog.   I want to be clear that there is almost nothing that the story of Frozen has left in common with this original fairytale, except for a talking reindeer.  This is a short read, and I've linked to the full text via Project Gutenberg in the book information block below. https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/08/how-to-be-a-snow-queen/ Wed, 28 Aug 2019 12:00:00 -0400 https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/08/how-to-be-a-snow-queen/ Book cover This is a children's (6 to 10 years) book about leadership, the subtitle is Leadership With Elsa.  While recapping the story of Disney's Frozen, it is a combination of pointing out leadership traits within the story, and pop-up video style call-outs to movie related facts.  Because this is an educational title riding on top of the fictional story of Frozen, it is categorized as a non-fiction book. https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/08/the-adventures-of-tom-sawyer/ Wed, 21 Aug 2019 12:00:00 -0400 https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/08/the-adventures-of-tom-sawyer/ Book cover This is a book that I've known about for most of my life, and Tom Sawyer is a character that I've heard referenced through my entire life.  A fairly large area of Disney's Magic Kingdom is dedicated to this book; one of my favorite places to hang out for an hour.  Yet, nothing of the story was spoiled for me. First and foremost, the " https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/08/peter-pan/ Wed, 07 Aug 2019 00:05:00 -0400 https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/08/peter-pan/ Book cover Originally a play, then released in book form as Peter and Wendy, this book is the basis of Disney's cartoon movie, Peter Pan.  The movie is surprisingly faithful to the book with the exception that Disney's version doesn't portray deaths that the book does. Problematic doesn't begin to describe this experience.  Like a lot of classic literature, defenders will point out that this is a product of its time. https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/07/treasure-island/ Wed, 17 Jul 2019 12:00:00 -0400 https://blog.vollink.com/post/2019/07/treasure-island/ Book Cover Every once in a while, I try to get in a review of a classic.  Something that some of my readers are likely to have read themselves.  I do this, mostly, to help readers calibrate my taste...  That is, it seems likely enough that some readers are likely to disagree with everything I like, and might find it compelling to read a book that I really didn't like. https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/06/piggy-and-pug/ Wed, 06 Jun 2018 12:00:00 -0400 https://blog.vollink.com/post/2018/06/piggy-and-pug/ This is a story about the journey that brings together Pug, who's searching for a new family, and Piggy, who's searching for a new friend.  That text is lifted almost directly from the piggyandpug web site, but it's a short book, so hard to not spoil anything... This is a children's illustrated book, from Monolith Press, 32 pages.  I was at BookExpo at the end of last week, and I got an opportunity to flip through this book with the book's publicist, Susan, watching me intently for reaction.