Tina Marie KahtCritiques

Young children dress in different outfits and pretend that they are whom they are dressed as.

The idea and the art is cute. The writing is sweet and short. It is a very simple book and easy for kids to relate to.

Some of the writing rhymes and sometimes it does not but it tries to. Some sections are kinda clunky.

I think little kids ages 3 to 8 will absolutely enjoy this. It would be nice to read to kids and encourage them to learn about different jobs and maybe show them what each worker does.

Dress Up Day
Children's book showing a little girl and it's dress up day as she goes about not only dressing up but other facts about the person she has dressed up.
Favorite is the farmer who she shows what kind of work she'd be doing in the vegetable gardens.
She dreams of other careers when she goes to sleep.

Well-meaning but clunky, uninspired story of a little girl dressing up and imagining different possible futures. Of course, it starts with princess and is just about as creative as it goes along. It's hard to imagine that the author took more than 15 minutes to write it. The illustrations are nice, however. If you're looking for a much, much better children's book about female empowerment, please turn to "He Bear, She Bear" by the Berenstains.½

Grandparents' Day
Colorful children's book about a girl who has her grandmother at her house. They don't get to see each other often so the girl treasures every minute she gets to spend with her.
Starting out with breakfast the girl is late waking up as the grandmother has the meal made. The girl realizes she is not being called by her name but her mothers. She also goes to
help the grandfather with his socks and shoes. She recalls the grip her grandfather had on her arm as they walked to get the mail, now he grips onto her arm for support to get the mail.
Other books by the author are highlighted at the end.

Zoo Day
Brilliantly colorful children's book about their day at the zoo. They see some common animals and some not so common. My favorite was the flamingo as it took up many pages of information.
All the animals had their own pages where it states what they do and sometimes with a strange part of their body. Very good learning tool.
Other books by the author are highlighted at the end.

This is supposed to be a charming rhyming book. But it hardly rhymes at all. The illustrations are well done, but the text is really bad. My advice to parents: Make up your own story.½

Tina Marie Kaht’s Grandparents’ Day is a nicely illustrated book for young children, pairing the promise of growing up with growing old. There’s a pleasing well-crayoned feel to the images, offering an appealing sense of light and age. Meanwhile the text is enjoyably simple, like an older girl explaining to a smaller sibling how she’s spent her day.

I particularly enjoyed how the girl is able to remember past times when she was cared for, as she in turn offers care. Aging becomes more a fact of life than something to be afraid of, and the family relationships in this book are as delightful as the memories they evoke.

Seeing through an older child's eyes makes this an intriguingly different and definitely appealing picture book,a tale for our times as grandparents continue to be involved in children’s lives, and a nicely offered lesson in care, respect, and tolerance.

Disclosure: I was given a free ecopy and I offer my honest review

The text is simple and rhythmic with unobtrusive rhymes in Tina Marie Kaht’s Dress Up Day. And the illustrations are delightfully bright and full of detail. A small girl wakes in the morning and finds her mother “took all of it down, out of the bins...,” all of “it” being the fantasy items needed for a perfect day of let’s pretend. Friends join in the game, dark-haired and light, dark-skinned and fair, boys and girls, with plenty of imagined scenes, beautifully drawn and simply described. Not all children will find themselves represented, but they’ll enjoy watching for familiar faces to reappear, perhaps even making up names as the characters make up games. “Your mother will be proud of the person you will,” says the final page—a lovely message for any child, making this a lovely book to share with children everywhere.

Disclosure: The author gave me a free ecopy of this book and I’m offering my honest review.