A Dog Bling

Hi Friends, We have a really fun book to review this week.  The name of the book is Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse and it was written by Kevin Henkes.      Our main character is a little gray mouse named Lilly.   She is really cute.    If you look at the photo below you will see I was reading the book to Faith and Lacey, one of my cats.   All of a sudden, the pup, Bliss, barged in and demanded to be part of the story time.  Ooops - I thought she was taking her baby nap.   Sorry Bliss!  I better not leave my little sister out again. You know how I LOVE to look at the pictures in books.   I noticed right away that Lilly was wearing red cowboy boots.  I LOVE red cowboy boots.   Oh my, it appears I am getting off track... back to my review.  The first thing I noticed while reading the book was how Lilly was happy about everything.   She loved her teacher, she loved school, she loved d...

Hi Friends, Many of you know how much I LOVE "Charlie The Ranch Dog" books by Ree Drummond (The Pioneer Woman).   Charlie lives on a real ranch and is a real dog -  just like me.   I pretend to be a ranch dog.  Really, our property is a hobby farm.  A hobby farm is bigger than a regular property, but not as big as a ranch.  I have chickens just like Charlie. This story about Charlie is titled "Charlie's New Friend".   In the story, Charlie wakes up and heads to the kitchen for breakfast.  He is very surprised to find his bowl empty.   He goes outside to find his mom and see what is happening.   Here is one of my favorite parts - once outside he sees a SQUIRREL .  He chased the squirrel up a tree.  Someday, I want to do that too!   My squirrels are too fast and are always in the trees by the time I get outside.  Yikes, back to our story.   Charlie passes the garden and disc...

Hi Friends, It has been so hot outside lately - gosh!   We sure know it is summer time.  I thought it would be fun to review a book that takes place in the SNOW.    This book really touched my heart.  The star of the book is a young penguin named "Penguin."  Penguin was a bit lonely in the beginning of the story.  He came across something he hadn't seen before.   SHHHHH - it was a pine cone but Penguin didn't know what a pine cone was.   Penguin decided to play with his new "friend."   It was pretty cold outside and Penguin thought  Pinecone needed a scarf, so he made the Pinecone one.    Making the scarf shows me that Penguin wants to do things for others.   It is really important that we do things for others.   We need to be kind to everyone.   Okay, back to our story! One day Penguin's grandfather told him that Pinecone should not live there, but should ...