Book Review: Don't Dangle Your Participle by Vanita Oelschlager

I've very nearly cleared out my *Netgalley list. I was hesitant to read this one because I wasn't sure
how my son would do since he is not ready for learning parts of speech etc.

This book explains what a participle is and how to properly use it. By using examples of the right and wrong way to phrase things.

This reminded me of Eats Shoots and Leaves. In fact we have the children's version of it lying around here some where. This wasn't bad at all but I didn't bother to explain to my son what a participle is. I just read it and pointed out the silly things. I explained that the book was showing people how writing things the wrong way changes the meaning of the sentence. Needless to say this was waaaay over my son's head.

The drawings were cute and did a great job of depicting the sentence. My son did ok and cracked up at the silly things but he really didn't understand what the point of the book was. This book is not for younger kids or those with learning disabilities like my son. They may still enjoy the book but they wont understand it like an older or more advanced child would.

I have a hard time rating this because there is absolutely nothing wrong with the book it just wasn't a fit for my family. Because my son did laugh and get some amusement out of it I'm going to go with 4 out of 5 stars.











*I received a free copy of this ebook from Netgalley in exchange for my honest opinion
**This book was read with my special needs son who is severely learning disabled. The review reflects not only my opinion but his as well

Book Review: Knees by Vanita Oelschlager

Ok so I've read a number of books by Vanita Oelschlager. Some good, some bad. I didn't know what to expect with this one but I figured I'd give it a shot so I snagged a copy from *Netgalley

Knees tells the story of a little boy with dyslexia. He tries to explain what it is and then goes on to telling how he tries to find things he is good at. He finally finds basketball and he is quite good at it.

While my son doesn't have dyslexia he could still relate to the problems that the little boy had. I've stated before how my son is learning disabled so he understood the boy having to work extra hard about having a "special teacher". Though my son has multiple "special teachers".

My son did well with this book and his favorite part was when the boy would fall on his butt playing kickball. Again my son has the sense of humor of any other normal little boy. Put in a fart joke or have someone landing on their butt and he'll crack up and think it was the brilliant written piece of literature to grace this earth.

I enjoyed this book a lot more than the other books I've read by the author. I think she did a great job explaining dyslexia and keeping the book interesting enough that it is not limited to just kids with dyslexia or other special needs. I think a "normal" child would have no problem reading and enjoying this book. I also thought that the illustrations were top notch.

4 out of 5 stars.



*I received a free copy of this ebook from Netgalley in exchange for my honest opinion
**This book was read with my special needs son who is severely learning disabled. The review reflects not only my opinion but his as well

Book Review: Carrot by Vanita Oelschlager

My son is a huge fan of cats...ok not so much a fan as much as you could say they are an obsession for him. He could go on and on about them all day long. In fact cat is one of the few words he knows how to spell/read.  So to say that we read a lot of books that feature cats is an understatement. So that's why I was happy to receive this ebook from Netgalley*.

The illustrations are absolutely gorgeous. Bright colors and wonderfully drawn scenes helped keep my son's attention. We both enjoyed the simple rhyming schemes and my son was easily able to keep up with it. In fact he even began to give a few rhyming words of his own.

This was a cute story encouraging children to realize that just because one person (or cat) seems to have it better that doesn't mean that they do.  You should appreciate what you have in your life and not compare it to others.

This was a 4 out of 5 read.

* I recieved a free copy of this ebook from Netgalley in exchange for my honest opinion
** This was read with my special needs son who is severely learning disabled.