Review: Ada Lovelace Cracks the Code - Rebel Girls - November 2021 One thing I am happy I get to read them now as a reviewer, but I so wish that when I was in my tweens/teens that Rebel Girls had existed as I could have gone down a completely different track with my career as I would have been exposed to more female role models, as it was I had ones like Ann M. Martin, Beverley Cleary, Judy Blume, Louise May Alcott, and Laura Ingalls Wilder, Jacqueline Wilson, and Francine Pascal and then their book characters like Elizabeth Wakefield, Harriet the Spy and Mary Ann Spiers. This makes sense as to why I went down the track of reading and writing, and even so with this I often wish I had parents at the same time that encouraged me as I would be on a completely different life path than I am now. Who knows where I could be if only we had books like Rebel Girls in the 90s and early to mid-2000s? Working for the House of Science as an EA, I am now exposed to females in the STEM field and one...

Review: Ella Says .... I'm Not Afraid of the Dark - Anu D. Misa - January 2019 In this cute little picture book, we meet Ella. Ella and her dog Ollie are the best of friends and love to play together. One day, the pair of them are out playing and having lots of fun when Ella notices the sky is getting a tad darker and then splat, she feels something fall on her head. Unsure what it is, the pair of them continue to play and go deeper into the woods and then more splats hit her and she discovers it is raining and now it is looking very dark. Ella and Ollie are scared at first, but with the help of some animal friends in the wood, Ella and Ollie will not only find their way back home after they end up lost but together, they will learn with the help of their new friends not to be afraid of the dark. Ella Says... I'm not Afraid of the Dark is the perfect book for teaching children to be brave and that night-time and dark are not something to be scared of.  Ella Says is the perfec...

#VBT - Friends Forever - Pen Pal Gals Series - Julie Thiessen - February 2022 Friends Forever was a quick chapter book read at only 36 pages and the perfect reader for girls aged 7-8 years old as it not only has a good number of words but also has a mixture of colored illustrations to keep their attention and not overwhelm the reader with too many words as these days, a lot of children prefer a good balance of illustrations and words when reading otherwise it can be seen as a daunting task.  This series would have been right up my alley when I was 6-7 years old as I love the idea of pen pals and writing and at the back of this book also includes some letter-writing paper to write to your pen pals. Our story is about two girls Addie and Reese who meet on a summer vacation at the Lake and became fast friends and spend all their time together. Summer is coming to an end and it means that they both have to leave and go back to their "real lives" and so they promise to write to ...