Book for kids:"WHITE CAT BLACK CAT":Bedt...

Two cats of different colors meet for the first time.  Each is full of disdain for the other based on color.  Then they think and decide to become the other one.  Both discover both are needed and good.  Neither is better than the other.

I liked the rhyming.  It was fun to read aloud.  The illustrations are wonderful.  It teaches a lesson we all need but it doesn't preach.

Billy Brush Your Teeth: Funny Bedtime St...

Billy, Brush Your Teeth! by Pamela Malcolm is a fun to read book about a six-year old boy. It's written for children ages four to eight.

After his bath, Billy's mother tells him to brush his teeth. He begins daydreaming about his alien friends and doesn't brush them.

This happened for a few nights until Billy had a dream. I gave it four stars.

I received a complimentary Kindle copy in an Amazon promotion. That did not change my opinion for this review.

Link to purchase: https://www.amazon.com/Billy-Brush-Your-Teeth-Children-ebook/dp/B06X6DSSVG

I received this book for free via a LibraryThing giveaway, in exchange for an honest review.

It's difficult to review a picture book as an adult, but I did enjoy this one. I read The War of Art by Steven Pressfield last year, and am currently reading Resisting Happiness by Matthew Kelly. Both discuss ways of fighting Resistance. This seems like a child's book for how to combat Resistance. It has cute art and good rhymes. Growing up I always liked books that rhymed. I thought it was odd that the order the children were introduced (David, Sophie and Joe) was not the order that we got the details of their Dizzies (Sophie, David and Joe.) I'm not sure if this is something that would significantly bother young children, but I noticed it.

The only thing that I think could be potentially problematic is the lack of specification between when Dizzies tell you not to do something good (not cry, play with your friends, give a teacher an answer you know) and when you want something bad, and your conscience tells you not to. The teacher describes Dizzies as a voice that tells you not to do something that you want to do, but there will be times when you want to do something bad and your conscience tells you not to.

So in the end, this is a good book to discuss with a child the strange Resistance that we sometimes have to doing something good, but be careful that they don't confuse Dizzies (Resistance) with their conscience.

Written by Carolyn Crimi

Illustrated by: John Manders

Little Baby Mummy wants to play one more game of hide-and-shriek before bedtime and Big Mama Mummy agrees to play. This story follows Little Baby Mummy in his adventures of finding different friendly creatures that help him along the way to find Big Mama Mummy before bedtime. But who is to comfort Little Baby Mummy when he comes along a rat that ends up scaring him? Mama Mummy to the rescue!  

I would use the book in my 2nd or 3rd grade classroom. It is a wonderful Halloween book to read with the students. It is also full of adjectives that describe the different creatures, creating a super exciting lesson on adjectives and what there purpose is! 

I Love You, Stinky Face, by Lisa McCourt, is a sweet book about a mother's love for her son.  He's getting ready for bed and asks her repeatedly, "Would you love me if I....".  In his questions he is an alligator, an alien, a swamp creature - but she loves him however or whoever he is.  It is an awesome example of a mother's unconditional love.  The illustrations are funny, his questions are funny, and mom's reassurances are funny.  I cannot imagine a child who wouldn't love this book.

I Love You, Stinky Face would be a good book for a classroom library for any child to read. It would also be a perfect fit for a kindergarten or first grade teacher who has a child who has not quite adjusted to school and being away from home.  Reading this book with that child, or sending it home for the parent to read with her, could be just the thing to hlep an insecure child get over those insecurities and realize that they are loved - even if they are away from their loved ones each day.