Dolly’s Bookshelf – Children’s Book Reviews | Diapers and Daydreams

Pick up this book or the others in the collection!

What does an elephant do? It stomps its foot. Can you? From the creator of such beloved classics as The Grouchy Ladybug and The Mixed-Up Chameleon comes this interactive story that invites kids to imitate animal movements. Watching giraffes bend their necks or monkeys wave their arms is fun, but nothing could be better than […]

Brynlee loves to read her First Look and Find “Sesame Street – I Can Do It!” book! When we first started reading it, I would read the little poem at the top of the page explaining where the characters were and then point in the box to tell her what the item was called and […]

Pick up this great book and others from the series!

“Good Morning, Good Night: A Touch & Feel Bedtime Book Board book” by Melanie Mitchell is one of our favorites on Dolly’s Bookshelf! This touchable book is ideal for bedtime! Children read about the activities of a cute and cuddly animal during the day, and then open the folded pages to reveal their night time […]

If animals went to children’s school, would they learn the ABCs, 123s, days of the week, music, reading and writing and arithmetic, just like children do? No! If children when to an animals’ school, would they learn how to change color, like a chameleon? No! This book is a great way to introduce all the […]

If you give your child “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie”, they will probably want the stuffed mouse, the cute matching lunchbox, the book on CD, and all the other books in the “If You Give A…” collection. And you should probably get them all of that because they are some of the greatest […]

Horace and Hattie are our favorite hedgehog best buddies who are at it again… and by it I mean being sweet and playing nicely together, watching blossoms fall, climbing trees, and spotting the first star in the night sky. One day they discover a small caterpillar. They watch for weeks as it eats and eats […]

Horace and Hattie are a couple of best friend hedgehogs. They love spending time together having tea parties, swinging, and splashing in puddles, but when the fun day is through, there is one thing they can’t do, and want to very badly…. Horace and Hattie can’t hug! Their spikes are too prickly! They’ve tried every […]

“Shake My Sillies Out (Raffi Songs to Read)” by Raffi is one of our favorites on Dolly’s Bookshelf! Singing and reading to your child are considered two of the most vital ways parents can stimulate the development of a child’s brain during the earlist years. Raffi’s Songs to Read unites the rhythm, rhyme, and repetition […]