A book review journal from the Heart of Texas Literature Center in Brownwood, TX. Publishing reviews of children's and YA books since 1987.
Current Issue: Volume 37, Number 2 (2025)
American Wings: Chicago's Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky
Reviewed by Cher Ptacek
Animal Superpowers!
Reviewed by Shan Martinez
Bionic Animals
Reviewed by Shan Martinez
Blue Whales: Nature’s Biggest Mammal
Reviewed by Shan Martinez
Born Naughty: My Childhood in China
Reviewed by Janet Bond
Capybaras: Nature's Biggest Rodent
Reviewed by Charlene D. Bustos
Counting Candy
Reviewed by Shan Martinez
Dino-Earth Day
Reviewed by Jewell Fine
Dinosaurs in Boots
Reviewed by Jewell Fine
Dodo Dodgeball
Reviewed by Jewell Fine
Dolphin Rescue
Reviewed by Jan Waggoner
Everybody's Book: The Story of the Sarajevo Haggadah
Reviewed by Pam Blake
Explore Desert Habitats with Rosita
Reviewed by Shan Martinez
Fergus and Zeke and the Great Farm Field Trip
Reviewed by Jan Waggoner
Fun with Shapes
Reviewed by Shan Martinez
Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller
Reviewed by Laura Baker
Go! Go! Dino!
Reviewed by Jewell Fine
Goodnight Sounds
Reviewed by Pam Blake
Gracie Under the Waves
Reviewed by Lea Ann Stasney
Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home
Reviewed by Jan Waggoner
How to Love a Kitten
Reviewed by Jewell Fine
How to Make a Picture Book: The Ultimate Step-By-Step Guide
Reviewed by Leah D. Carruth
I’m a Black Hole
Reviewed by Shan Martinez
It's Not Easy Being a Ghost
Reviewed by Jewell Fine
Japanese Spider Crabs: Nature's Biggest Arthropod
Reviewed by Jewell Fine
Mamie Tape Fights to Go to School: Based on a True Story
Reviewed by Leah D. Carruth
Mermaid Lullaby
Reviewed by Arlene Stephenson
Molly, Olive, and Dexter: The Guessing Game
Reviewed by Erica Pye
Monster Hands
Reviewed by Jewell Fine
Monster Pie
Reviewed by Jewell Fine
Moose Blasts Off!
Reviewed by Jewell Fine
Nat the Cat Has a Snack
Reviewed by Jewell Fine
Nate the Great and the Star-Spangled Parrot
Reviewed by Jennifer Engle
Oh, Are You Awake?
Reviewed by Pam Blake
Oodles of Poodles and Doodles: A Woofing, Wagging Book of Colors
Reviewed by Pam Blake
Outspoken: Paul Robeson, Ahead of His Time: A One-Man Show
Reviewed by Charlene D. Bustos
Penelope Rex and the Problem With Pets
Reviewed by Jewell Fine
Pizza for Pia
Reviewed by Jewell Fine
Play All Day
Reviewed by Laura Baker
Shermy & Shake, the Not-So-New Kid
Reviewed by Janet Bond
Sleepy: Surprising Ways Animals Snooze
Reviewed by Leah D. Carruth
Spider in the Well
Reviewed by Laura Baker
Sunny-Side Up
Reviewed by Janet Bond
The Dark!: Wild Life in the Mysterious World of Caves
Reviewed by Shan Martinez
The Dictionary Story
Reviewed by Leah D. Carruth
The Giants' Visitor
Reviewed by Jewell Fine
The Girl and the Mermaid
Reviewed by Arlene Stephenson
The Hotel Balzaar
Reviewed by Lea Ann Stasney
The Mighty Pollinators
Reviewed by Arlene Stephenson
The Mirror of Beasts
Reviewed by Becky Isbell
The Mochi Makers
Reviewed by Erica Pye
The Quiet Forest
Reviewed by Pam Blake
The Rock in My Throat
Reviewed by Leah D. Carruth
The Tree of Life: How a Holocaust Sapling Inspired the World
Reviewed by Pam Blake
The Underdogs of Upson Downs
Reviewed by Sheila Hamlin
The World in Our Backyard
Reviewed by Leah D. Carruth
The Wrong Way Home
Reviewed by Cher Ptacek
This Land: The History of the Land We're On
Reviewed by Laura Baker
Tree. Table. Book
Reviewed by Lea Ann Stasney
Tricky Chopsticks
Reviewed by Pam Blake
What Animals Do in Fall
Reviewed by Shan Martinez
Wild Places: The Life of Naturalist David Attenborough
Reviewed by Charlene Bustos
You're the Pumpkin in My Pie
Reviewed by Jennifer Engle
