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 36, Number 3 (2023)
Angelina Ballerina's Ballet Tour
Reviewed by Maria Medina
An Impossible Thing to Say
Reviewed by Holly Dameron
A Ruinous Fate
Reviewed by Holly Dameron
Basketball: A First Look
Reviewed by Jewell Fine
Bent Out Of Shape
Reviewed by Laura Baker
Beulah has a Hunch!: Inside the Colorful Mind of Master Inventor Beulah Louise Henry
Reviewed by Leah D. Carruth
Bo and the Basketball Game
Reviewed by Maria Medina
Bo and the Poetry Lesson
Reviewed by Susannah Barrington
Bugs: A Peek-Through Picture Book
Reviewed by Shan Martinez
Can You Hug a Forest?
Reviewed by Leah D. Carruth
Christo and Jeanne-Claude Wrap the World: The Story of Two Groundbreaking Environmental Artists
Reviewed by Pam Blake
Cosmic Wonder: Halley's Comet and Humankind
Reviewed by Susannah Barrington
Dakota Crumb and the Secret Bookshop: A Tiny Treasure Hunt
Reviewed by Pam Blake
Dazzle Makes a Wish
Reviewed by Maria Medina
Diwali: A First Look
Reviewed by Shan Martinez
Dog Can Hide
Reviewed by Jewell Fine
Esperanza Caramelo, the Star of Nochebuena
Reviewed by Maria Medina
Everyone Loves Lunchtime but Zia
Reviewed by Laura Baker
Everyone Wants to Know
Reviewed by Cher Ptacek
Exploring Insects
Reviewed by Shan Martinez
Firefighter Bill & Catch the Crab
Reviewed by Jewell Fine
Forget Me Not
Reviewed by Erica Pye
Good as Gold
Reviewed by Holly Dameron
Good Books For Bad Children: The Genius of Ursula Nordstrom
Reviewed by Maria Medina
Hidden Creature Features
Reviewed by Shan Martinez
How to Love a Pony
Reviewed by Jewell Fine
How to Rock a Snow Day
Reviewed by Jan Waggoner
In Between
Reviewed by Shan Martinez
Inside King Tut’s Tomb
Reviewed by Shan Martinez
Isabel and the Invisible World
Reviewed by Charlene D. Bustos
I Want to be Spaghetti!
Reviewed by Susannah Barrington
Justin Keeps It Fair: A Story About Fairness
Reviewed by Jan Waggoner
Let's Go Puddling!
Reviewed by Laura Baker
Light and Shadow: A Sesame Street Science Book
Reviewed by Shan Martinez
Looking Up
Reviewed by Maria Medina
Lunar New Year: A First Look
Reviewed by Shan Martinez
Martina Has Too Many Tias
Reviewed by Maria Medina
Mindy Kim and the Mid-Autumn Festival
Reviewed by Lea Ann Stasney
Mr. Whiskers and the Shenanigan Sisters
Reviewed by Lea Ann Stasney
Noni the Pony Counts to a Million
Reviewed by Arlene Stephenson
Our Dragon
Reviewed by Leah D. Carruth
Penguin Huddle
Reviewed by Susannah Barrington
Rise to the Sky: How the World's Tallest Trees Grow Up
Reviewed by Leah D. Carruth
Roberto Clemente: Baseball’s Biggest Heart
Reviewed by Shan Martinez
Rock Your Mocs
Reviewed by Charlene D. Bustos
Runaway Pond
Reviewed by Charlene D. Bustos
Sabrina Sue Loves the Sky
Reviewed by Jewell Fine
So You Want To Be a Frog
Reviewed by Pam Blake
Stupendously Samson
Reviewed by Janet Bond
The Book of Stolen Dreams
Reviewed by Cher Ptacek
The Indestructible Tom Crean: Heroic Explorer of the Antarctic
Reviewed by Cynthia Lackey
The Rabbi and His Donkey
Reviewed by Melinda Isbell
The Search for the Giant Arctic Jellyfish
Reviewed by Cynthia Lackey
The Stars and Other Stories
Reviewed by Janet Bond
The Train Home
Reviewed by Laura Baker
This Little Kitty
Reviewed by Arlene Stephenson
Try a Bite, Trilobite!
Reviewed by Maria Medina
Wacky Weather
Reviewed by Jewell Fine
We Are Branches
Reviewed by Cynthia Lackey
Weather Together
Reviewed by Erica Pye
We Disagree About This Tree
Reviewed by Laura Baker
We Don't Lose Our Class Goldfish
Reviewed by Erica Pye
We, the Curious Ones
Reviewed by Susannah Barrington
What A Map Can Do
Reviewed by Erica Pye
White Bird: A Novel: A Wonder Story
Reviewed by Susannah Barrington
Wonders of the Night Sky: Astronomy Starts With Just Looking Up
Reviewed by Shan Martinez
Worm and Caterpillar Are Friends
Reviewed by Maria Medina
