Little Homesteader: A Winter Treasury of Recipes, Crafts, & Wisdom (Children's Nonfiction Book Review)

 We received a digital review copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. 

Little Homesteader: A Winter Treasury
of Recipes, Crafts, and Wisdom
Words by Angela Ferraro-Fanning
Illustrations by Anneliesdraws
Published by Ivy Kids
on September 6, 2022
Genre: Children's, Nonfiction
Length: 32 pages
Ages: 5 - 8 years

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Synopsis:
This charmingly illustrated seasonal treasury of nature-based crafts, baking recipes, and gardening projects for the winter celebrates the homesteading lifestyle with self-sufficient and eco-friendly fun.


My Thoughts:

This winter treasury of recipes, crafts, and wisdom is the perfect way to keep your family busy this holiday season! 

Paired with cute illustrations, there are recipes for cocoa, homemade bread, candied oranges, and more, with fun activities such as salt dough ornaments or solstice lanterns mixed in.  You can learn how to tap a tree, which trees to tap, and how to make candy from the syrup. There's also a few pages that focus on winter gardening, animals and their tracks, and different types of evergreens! 

This book is a great resource for families looking for more hands-on activities to keep them occupied during the long winter days stuck inside. With a little supervision and help, these activities and recipes can be fun at almost any age and can even make great homemade gifts for the holidays! 


 Many thanks to Ivy Kids & Netgalley for the chance to read this fun children's book! 

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Little Homesteader: A Summer Treasury by Angela Ferraro-Fanning (Children's Nonfiction Book Review)

 We received a temporary digital copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. 

Little Homesteader:
A Summer Treasury of Recipes, Crafts, and Wisdom
by Angela Ferraro-Fanning
Illustrations by Anneliesdraws
Published by Ivy Kids
on May 22, 2022
Genre: Children's, Nonfiction, Nature
Length: 35 pages
Ages: 6 - 8 years

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Synopsis:

Families looking for nature-based fun away from phones and screens will adore this wholesome children's collection of cooking, crafting, and gardening projects, locally printed on 100% recycled paper. 

The latest from the Little Homesteader series, with these books readers can get creative, practice self-sufficiency skills, handcraft items for themselves or as gifts for loved ones, learn about nature and celebrate the best of each season. 


Our Thoughts:

This children's treasury of recipes, crafts, and wisdom is the perfect way to keep your family busy and happy this summer! 

This fun little book includes super cute illustrations that will appeal to little listeners and parents attempting to keep their children busy during the hot, summer months! 

Included are lots of fun activities, recipes, and more to keep you busy and crafting throughout the season. Learn how to grow tomatoes from seed and then make a tomato salad or sun-dried tomatoes from the harvest. Learn about honeybees and butterflies and what flowers to plant in your garden to attract them. Even better, learn the life cycle of a butterfly and how to observe it yourself! 
With several more recipes and activities, this fun and instructive book will keep you busy all summer long! 

This treasury is perfect for homeschoolers, wildschoolers, or just families trying to find something to do during summer breaks!

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Let's Go For A Walk by Ranger Hamza (Children's Interactive Nature-Based Picture Book Review)

 We received an ecopy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. 

Let's Go For A Walk
by Ranger Hamza
Published by Ivy Kids
on July 13, 2021
Genre: Children's, Picture Books, Nature
Length: 36 pages
Ages: 3 - 6 years

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Synopsis:
Walking in the country, by the sea, or in the town, so many wonderful things to see if you stop and look around! Go on your very own walk guided by Ranger Hamza with this book that can be used again and again!


My Thoughts:

Let's Go For A Walk is a fantastic interactive picture book that you can take with you on walks or hikes and read aloud to Littles to prompt them to use all of their senses to experience the world around them. 

Each page poses questions that urge children to look for specific colors, shapes, and sizes, to touch and feel the textures of the natural world, to smell the scents of foods and flowers, to listen to the sounds of nature, and more. 

If you're looking for a fun book with lots of simple nature-based activities and facts for the young years, this may be perfect for you!
Not only does it focus on nature and immersing yourself in it, but it also includes educational suggestions to do on the go, such as finding the alphabet or numbers in your everyday surroundings, from street signs to billboards, and encourages learning in all its many forms.

The more time we spend with this wonderful picture book, the more we love it and the more we hope it gets into the hands of children around the world. 
Many thanks to the author and publisher for the chance to read (and USE!) this fantastic book!

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You're the Hero: Pirate Adventure by Lily Murray (Children's Picture Book Review)

We received a digital copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

You're the Hero:
Pirate Adventure

Written by Lily Murray
Illustrated by Stef Murphy

Published by Ivy Kids
on April 7, 2020
Genre: Children's, Picture Books, Adventure
Length: 32 pages
Ages: 5 - 7 years



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Synopsis:
Imagine if you could have an adventure as a pirate.

What if you could have MILLIONS of them?

With this story-building book, readers aged 5+ can create their own pirate-inspired adventures, over and over again.

Our Thoughts:

This is an incredibly fun book that allows you to create your own pirate adventure story! 

Each spread starts with a question that prompts you to choose from an array of characters, supplies, transportation, destinations, and more as you progress through your story! You can choose to be a captain or a knight or a princess or even a goat! You can choose to go on your adventure in a pirate ship or a ghost ship or a bathtub! Some choices seem obvious, while others will certainly add pizazz or humor to your plot. 

Young ones will love being the hero of the story and having the freedom to choose who to be and what to wear and where to go. There are plenty of choices for each prompt to come back and create an entirely new story each time! 

My daughter enjoys making up her own stories so this was extra fun for her and helped her understand the many elements that go into a story as well! We will definitely be on the lookout for more books in the You're A Hero series!

More pirate picture books you may enjoy:

Pirates at the Library by Nadia Ali
Give Me Back My Bones by Kim Norman

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