‘Game-Day Youth: Learning Football’s Lingo’
By Suzy Beamer Bohnert
B&B Publishing
A winner of the Mom’s Choice Award and author of other kid-friendly sports tutorials in the Game-Day Goddess and Game-Day Youth series, Suzy Beamer Bohnert releases her latest iteration focusing on football. Through easy-to-understand language, she not only goes into detail on the setup, rules and formations of the game, but she also touches on the history and the current day professional league. And with easy-to-understand graphics, this book provides a great primer for children who are just starting out in the game.
‘Xs and Os for Gabby Ann’
By Petrell Marie Özbay
Adorn Inc.
Gabby Ann is a young girl who misses her father, especially at bedtime as she awaits his hugs and kisses. But he is in the military and stationed far away. Petrell Marie Özbay has penned a tale filled with exotic places and animals that takes readers along the journey Gabby Ann’s father’s kisses and hugs travel and lets children who are in military families understand that while a parent may not be present, they are always there in spirit.
‘Sounds of the Savanna’
By Terry Catasús Jennings
Abordale Publishing
If a children’s book ever captured the description of sound, it is “Sounds of the Savanna.” Through expressive word choice, accompanied by beautiful illustrations by Phyllis Saroff, this book brings children’s imaginations alive as they travel through the jungles of the Africa, meet the inhabitants and learn about the natural practices of the animals.
( December 2015 )
