Publisher : Little Bigfoot; Illustrated edition (March 16, 2021)
Language : English
Hardcover : 32 pages
ISBN-10 : 1632172917
Reading age : 4 - 8 years
Grade level : Preschool - 3
Genre: Children's, Farm Animals, Multinational My Rating: 4.75 of 5.0.
Explore world languages and different cultures as we see--and hear--grandmothers' chickens in the United States, Mexico, Kenya, Japan, India, and France, in this delightful book that introduces children to cultural diversity.
Kid-friendly text full of onomatopoeia and simple international vocabulary makes Chicken Talk Around the World a great read-aloud. Bright, charming illustrations show multigenerational families and chickens in different environments, celebrating cultural diversity; as well as universal elements, such as the special relationships grandmothers have with their grandchildren no matter where they live in the world.
Review:
This charming book shares grandmothers and chickens in at least six countries and languages. It is a lovely book to share with children as you show them how different cultures have much in common even as you share the differences in language, settings, chicken feed and types of chicken.
It is an easy read with bright, engaging illustrations. I would be glad to get this for my grandchildren!
Source: NetGalley 2020. This qualifies for 2021TBR and 2021NetGalley goals.
What Are You Reading? is where we gather to share what we have read this past week and what we plan to read this week. It is a great way to network with other bloggers, see some wonderful blogs, and put new titles on your reading list.
I had another busy week as Heather was out all week with a ruptured eardrum. Besides the pain, she is dizzy and we didn't want her driving the hour+ to work. Stocks rallied and my portfolio account is at the highest (up 73%!) since I began March 19, 2021. Now I'll be watching to determine if I need to close out or just sit tight with my dividend stocks.
Today I am sharing my March nail treatment - for St. Patrick's Day!
(Just ignore all those wrinkles!)
We had some nice warm days last week. And I remembered to Spring Forward since my hubby changes the clocks on Saturday morning so he can be ready when bedtime rolls around. :-)
I enjoyed all of my reading this week. I finished two audiobooks and one author pdf. I posted three reviews and my usual memes.
I only visited 15 blogs last week. Shout Out this week to LITTLE THOUGHTS ABOUT BOOKS AND STUFF. Amelia is "a fan of reading, writing, and coffee...also interested in cooking and gaming."
NG2020- #NetGalley Book Review: Time of the Rose by Bonita Clifton; Genre: Historical Fiction, Romance, Sci Fi & Fantasy, Time Travel; My Rating: 4.0 of 5.0.
ATBR- Audible Book Review: Black Ops, Expeditionary Force, Book 4, by Craig Alanson; Genre: Military Science Fiction, Space Opera; My Rating: 4.5 of 5.0 Overall; Story 4.5; Narration 5.0.
Frosted (Regency Retold #2)
by M.C. Frank I am reading this as pdf on my computer so it takes a bit longer. It is a very rich romance.
Source: Received from author. Release date is February 20, 2021. My review will post before March 12.
Click on book title for full description.
2. Audio/Smartphone (ATBR)
Wolf's Bane Written by Aimee Easterling
Narrated by Piper Goodeve
Release Date: July 2, 2019
Run time: 5 hours and 43 minutes
I enjoyed this shifter, action story.
Source: 4/01/2020 Chirp for $.99.
Click on book title for full description.
Currently Reading: 1. Kindle App on/Smartphone (NG2020)
Forever Phoebe
by Chalon Linton 65% in and I am still enjoying this sweet romance, although I am waiting for the suspense part.
Source: NetGalley 2020.
Click on book title for full description.
Low Tide (The Forgotten Coast Florida Suspense Series Book 1)
by Dawn Lee McKenna I am reading this Mystery set in our near-by Florida as part of our local Woman's Club.
Source: Free Kindle 2017.
In Apalachicola, Florida, sinister things are afoot, as sinister things tend to be.
Lt. Maggie Redmond is called to a crime scene on St. George Island, where she is met with the body of Gregory Boudreaux. The medical examiner calls it a suicide, but no one knows that Maggie has a horrible connection to the dead man.
When Gregory’s uncle, Bennett Boudreaux, the richest and scariest man in town, takes a sudden interest in Maggie, people start to wonder, Maggie included. Maggie knows he may suspect her of killing his nephew, but she finds herself slowly drawn to the man.
As Maggie fights to help a young girl escape the clutches of a volatile drug dealer who’d love to see Maggie dead, she also struggles to hide her dark link to a dead man, and her burgeoning relationship with her boss, Sheriff Wyatt Hamilton.
Unfortunately, secrets have a way of revealing themselves at low tide.
March 14, 2021 - I love seeing new things each time I read the Bible. I am glad to still be current with morning reading.
I am reading/listening to the NLT Tyndale version of the Bible on You Version App so Hubby and I are reading the same passages each day. I didn't pick out a new study last week. Maybe this week....
I completed three books and have three reviews to post to stay current. NetGalley shelf is at 9. (I didn't look last week; maybe this week. :-)) Two author titles remaining in queue. (Plus a few that I received from newsletter sign-ups, not specific review requests.)
Still many titles through InstaFreebie and many new author requests I haven't replied to.
Welcome to Mailbox Monday.
Mailbox Monday is a gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week and explore great book blogs. This Meme started with Marcia at A Girl and Her Books (fka The Printed Page) and after a tour of hosts has returned to its permanent home at Mailbox Monday. Thanks to the ladies sharing hosting duties: Leslie of Under My Apple Tree, Serena of Savvy Verse & Wit and (yours truly). Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists. No new review books this week.
I picked out two for one credit YA deal at Audiobooks.com.
I added four free titles from Audible Plus.
I downloaded the March free selection at Christianaudio.com. I only added one free Kindle title this week.
(Note these are in my Amazon library, NOT on my Kindle until I download and transfer them.) Are your mailbox and TBR piles blooming?
Two for One Young Adult Credit Deal at Audiobooks.com.
I wasn't quite sure about these but I thought I'd give them a try. Has anyone read or listened to either series?
We followed our Sunday worship online again this morning. Pastor continues his series "Crash and Burn". He reminded us that Hope is not lost for believers. The further away from the church they (the world) push, the more opportunity for the church to shine.
The enemy tries to destroy people (even disrupting their identity) to a point where they can’t see a way back to Him. God has answers!
The last message encouraged us to purposely form and develop a relationship with people who don’t know Christ. Ignore the mess. (It's not our job to straighten out the mess.) Give them the message of Jesus!
Our citizenship is in heaven. If we focus on our life here, we may struggle with events around us.
Let’s consider the story of Jonah. In Jonah's world we see cultural decay; sinfulness; imminent crash and burn of a whole city – judgment from God. All parallels to our world situation today.
Jonah 1: 1-3.
God told Jonah to take a message from God to the people of Nineveh. Instead, Jonah ran the other way.
We see the same today: God tells us to take God’s message of Good News (and ultimate judgment) to people who are facing imminent death. Are we doing what God tells us? Jonah 1: 7-13.
Jonah acknowledges that he has brought God’s wrath upon the ship he is on. He convinces the sailors to throw him overboard where he gets swallowed by a ‘big fish’.
Jonah Chapter 2 is Jonah’s prayer to God to be saved from the belly of the fish.
When Jonah was released from the belly of the fish, he followed God’s directive and went to Nineveh. Jonah 3:3-10.
When Jonah warned the city, the people believed, responded and changed! Then God changed His mind and did not destroy the city.
Jonah got upset because God showed mercy! Obviously, Jonah was a flawed prophet. As are all of God’s people and messengers.
God uses imperfect people to do great things for Him.
Did anyone ever grumble because their church got too big? Did anyone ever say “I like our group just as it is; I don’t want to grow.”
Jonah was worried about himself (he appeared to be a liar), more than about God’s victory.
POINT: When God’s people obey and go into their messed-up world, lives will be changed.
When we, the church believers, take God’s message to the world, lives will be changed! The Word of God will not be wasted! We need to share the message of life and Hope!
Daniel disobeyed man’s laws to follow God’s law. God protected him.
A Final Word:
Be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. Put on all of God’s armor…Ephesians 6:10-11.
We have to look at people we disagree with and recognize that they are not our enemy. They are victims of the true enemy. Like Jonah, some would say, ‘Let them go to judgment.’
We need to resist the enemy and see all people with eyes of love.
Stand your ground…stay alert… pray in the Spirit at all times. Ephesians 6:11-18.
I found a couple of songs to choose from this morning. This one speaks of revival and I felt it fits where we need to be: Awake!
Jonah 2:8-10 8“Those who cling to worthless idols
turn away from God’s love for them.
9 But I, with shouts of grateful praise,
will sacrifice to you.
What I have vowed I will make good.
I will say, ‘Salvation comes from the Lord.’”
10 And the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
Lord, forgive us – forgive ME – for failing to go and take your message to others. Change me, and change others.
Question: Why? (on earth)
Meeting place: The Frosted Ball.
What follows: Chaos. Noisy ballrooms. Starry skies. White flurries. Hungry kisses. Haughty stares. Frozen lakes. Shaking breaths. The truth. Finally.
Frosted is a heart-wrenching romance about a pirate and an ice-cold lady who seem to have hated each other for years, inspired by winter-themed fairytales like The Snow Queen and The Steadfast Tin Soldier. It is set in a witty, glittering Regency world made up of a little bit of Jane Austen, a little bit of Georgette Heyer, and a lot of a modern heart yearning for romance, passion and a tall gentleman with a smoldering gaze. This is a broken tale of beauty, dark secrets and love lost.
Frosted is the new enemies-to-lovers Regency novel that will melt your heart.
Stella is a young woman who was taking care of her ailing father and enjoying her days of youthful independence. Unlike other young ladies her age, she isn’t focused on finding the right man for marriage. While out riding, Stella and a handful of friends meet a group of young men. One young man, Vaughn, is the most handsome man she has ever met but that doesn’t turn her head.
When Stella is thrown from her horse, Vaughn carries her home and waits to make sure she is alive. As the days pass, he falls head over heels and Stella warms to his attentions. After more time together during the summer, the pair are deep in a whirlwind romance. Vaughn returns to school and tries to focus seriously on his studies as he counts the days till they are to be married. Then he gets a letter from Stella terminating their engagement with little understandable explanation. She hides and refuses to see him. After repeated attempts, a devastated Vaughn heads off to the sea, maybe to drown. He learns that Stella marries a wealthy neighbor who dies on their honeymoon, leaving her the ‘icy’ widow, Lady DeWinter.
Five years later, Captain Vaughn, aka L’Ange Noir, injured during his privateering adventures, has become a wealthy, sought after bachelor. He has been trapped into an engagement and wants his friend to break his arm so he can avoid the wedding day. He is shocked when he discovers Stella in the shadows eavesdropping on his conversation. She begs him to help her with a task, but he refuses. Yet, now his overwhelming feelings – love despair, anger, hate – have been awakened. He is only more confused when Stella interrupts and stops his wedding. Why has she taken that action when she still refuses to see him?
Stella has a secret that she holds tight. She never meant to cause such pain to Vaughn (or herself), but she thinks it is necessary. She has worked hard to control her emotions and show a certain face to the world. Vaughn thought he had buried his emotions too, but his sensitive nature keeps surfacing when it comes to Stella.
This is a very emotionally rich romance (with a stunning cover too). The author takes some interesting liberties on grammar rules, but I felt they fit the story. I did get a bit frustrated by Stella's stubbornness, but I loved the quiet touches of faith that help these characters move forward. In addition to the lush emotions, the author shares some poignant observations regarding the growth struggles of the characters. She makes a particular statement about swimming and faith that is awesome: ‘Going past where your feet can touch… Swimming takes faith.” And what requires the greatest faith??? Read this luscious story to see what the characters discover.
Source: PDF Arc Received from author. This qualifies for 2019Author reading goal.
(I'm sorry this posted late. Our internet went out just as I published it for schedule this morning.) Happy Friday! Spring is getting closer and the weather is getting warmer. Hmm - I need to look for some titles that fit Spring. :-)
TO ENTER FRIDAY PICK.
US Entrants: Leave a comment and tell me WHICH BOOK you would like to get from the Friday Pick lists.
INTERNATIONAL: Leave a comment indicating "Gift Card" (see further comments near the end of the post.)
CUT OFF TIME IS THURSDAY NIGHTS AT 9:00 PM CENTRAL so I do not have to stay up too late to do the winner post! I will randomly pick two winners to announce Friday mornings with the next Pick post.
Thank you to all who entered the March 5, 2021 Pick. There was no automatic win this week. Automatic wins are those who requested the book four times without other people asking for that book during those weeks. There was no title blocked.
CONGRATULATIONS to Random.org picked Winners from March 5, 2021 Pick: NATALIJA gets a GC AND BN100 gets Angel Face
All winners please fill in the Winner's Acceptance Formor email me to confirm your win, send your snail mail address information and let me know if you would like bookmarks - sensual, sexy or sweet bookmarks. {The form is new because Google changed their forms and the old one wasn't letting me print out the responses.}
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New Book Groups #92 and #93 November 13, 2020. #92 (15 books):
The Promise by TJ Bennett A Most Unsuitable Man by Jo Beverley Alaskan Renegade by Kate Bridges Killing Floor by Lee Child The Tender Stranger by Carolyn Davidson Her Wedding Wish by Jillian Hart Heart's Desire by Ruth Ryan Hagan Snowflakes on the Sea by Linda Lael Miller Murder in Plain Sight by Marta Perry One Perfect Rose by Mary Jo Putney The Deputy's Duty by Terri Reed No Ordinary Man by Suzanne Simmons The Scot by Lyn Stone The Abducted Heiress by Claire Thornton Summer by the Sea by Susan Wiggs
Box #93 (14 books)
Three Complete Novels by Sandra Brown (Best Kept Secrets, Mirror Image, and Slow Heat to Heaven) Select Editions Four Novels: Safe Harbor, The Analyst, Fallen Angel and Open Season Seducing Mr. Darcy by Gwyn Cready There's Only Been You by Donna Marie Rogers (personally signed) The Celtic Riddle by Lyn Hamilton For the Love of Pete by Julia Harper The Irish Bride by Alexa Harrington The Best Man by Kristan Higgins Castles in the Mist by Jose Litton When We Met by Susan Mallery Thief of Hearts by Teresa Medeiros Anne of Green Gables by Montgomery Familiar Stranger by Sharon Sala All of Me by Lori Wilde
New Book Group #91 October 2, 2020 - Suspense themed
SINGLES: Ten books in this box: Senseless by Mary Burton Indefensible by Pamela Callow
Fight or Flight by Natalie J. Damschroder Final Appeal by Joanne Fluke The Shape Shifter by Tony Hillerman
The Sinister Pig by Tony Hillerman Audiobook
PICK TWO your choice (listed below the picture) Nora Roberts:
Born in Fire Audiobook Cassettes
Montana Sky A Little Magic (Sorry - I initially listed this as Dark Magic) Valley of Silence
Inner Harbor and
Chesapeake Blue
New Book Group #90 June 19, 2020 Quite a few mysteries in this box.
SINGLES: Siren's Song by Trish Albright (personally autographed) Alias by Smy J. Fetzer Angel Face by Suzanne Forster Stalking the Puzzle Lady by Parnell Hall Hot Sex by Janet Evanovich (Audio cassettes) The Warrior by Frances Richey (poetry hardcover)
New Book Group #89 March 6, 2020
Singles: My Surrender by Connie Brockway How to Tame a Modern Rogue by Diana Holoquist Phoenix by A.J. Scudiere
New Book Group #88 November 8, 2019
Singles: A Lady Never Tells by Candace Camp Dawn of Redemption by Starla Childs
New Book Group #85 March 22, 2019 A variety from my shelves.
SINGLES: Summer Skies by Judith Christenberry
Windfall (two stories) by JoAnn Ross
Daddy's Little Cowgirl (two stories) by Judith Bowen and Kimberly Raye
The Forever Year, Cold Pursuit, Lover's Lane and Temporary Sanity (Reader's Condensed)
ToxiCity by Libby Fischer Hillmann
New Book Group #84 December 15, 2018 Here are some Christmas titles to pick from.
SINGLES:
A Family for Thanksgiving
On this Holy Night
Christmas Haven
King Harold's Snow Job
New Book Group #83 November 30, 2018
(Starting bottom left and continuing up then down)
SINGLE Seductive Secrets by Lynne Connolly
Seven Up by Janet Evanovich - Audio Cassettes
A Good Walk Spoiled by John Feinstein Audio Cassettes
Three Reader's Digest Condensed Books - each hardback:
Cold Harbour and The Courtship of Peggy McCoy The Things We Do for Love, Three Weeks With My Brother, The Murder Artist and Night Train to Lisbon
Follow the Stars Home, Hunting Badger, The Quiet Game and Second Wind
New Book Group #82 November 9, 2018
SINGLES: Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews
Killing Time by Linda Howard
The Wedding Night by Barbara Dawson Smith
New Book Group #81 August 17, 2018
SINGLES Best Laid Plans by Allison Brennan Darkness Tell Us by Richard Laymon Cooking Most Deadly by Joanne Pence
New Book Group #80 August 17, 2018
Note: The Final Judgment and
The Book of Fate are Audio Cassettes
SINGLES:
Summer’s Moon by Lacey Baker
The Final Judgment by Richard North PattersonAudio Cassettes
Firebird by Janice Graham
No Getting Over a Cowboy by Delores Fossen
The Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer Audio Cassettes
New Book Group #79 July 13, 2018
I found this box of books buried under some other boxes.
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lenox by Maggie O’Farrell
P.S. by Helen Schulman
Her Sexiest Surprise by Dawn Atkins (personally autographed)
Dakota Child by Linda Ford
Calling the Shots by Ellen Hartman
Promises, Promises by Amber Miller
This Time for Keeps by Jenna Mills A Daughter’s Legacy by Virginia Smith
Another Man’s Baby by Kay Stockham
New Book Group #78 April 27, 2018
SINGLES
Blackberry Bush
Breaking Point
A Tangled Affair
Too Wicked to Love
Roses are Red Audio Cassettes
New Book Group #77 February 16, 2018- All gone
New Book Group #76 November 3, 2017
13 books remain of the original 37:
I finally Have them Listed!
Boots & Booties by Kristine Rolofson
Saucer the Conquest by Stephen Coonts
The Scorpion Seducer by Bonnie Vanak
Hell On Earth by David L. Porter
Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey
The Glimpses of the Moon by Edith Wharton
Crisscross by Harmon Henkin
Maelstrom by Anne McCaffrey
Inhuman Condition by Clive Barker
101 Commonsense Rules for the Office by John R. Brinkerhoff
This shelf of 35 books are what is left from Groups #1 (11/27/09) through Group #75 September 29, 2017
(Title list reads left at bottom to right at top - 14 titles.) Rehabilitation
Secret Blessing
Named of the Dragon Aunt Erma's Cope Book The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan Bound by Destiny by Rayka Mennen
(Title list reads left at bottom to right at top - 21 titles.) Plan of Attack by Dan Brown
(*Three One more very old books from my Gothics box.) *The Man in the Garden by Paule Mason (1969 - yellowed) Fire Dancer by Ann Maxwell
*Four One books are very old; pulled from a box of gothic novels I found. *Maggie – Her Marriage by Taylor Caldwell (1953 very old, yellowed pages, some stain damage doesn't effect reading) First Things First by Stephen R. Covey- Audio Cassette Trilogy Of Mysteries Audio Book Shadow Prey, There Was A Little Girl, Smokescreen Audio Cassettes (NOT CDs) Raintree Haunted by Linda Winstead Jones (spine creases) The Shadowing by Joan Overfield The Sweetheart Dance by Patti Ann Colt BOX 4 2015 (reboxed from Boxes 47-53) Undateable by Ellen Rakieten & Anne Coyle Jezebel by Katherine Sutcliff The Hidden Truth of Cytech's Randall Forty by Vickie Kennedy Breakfast in Bed by Sandra Brown - Audio Cassette Tapes (link is for mass media version) BOX 3 2015 (reboxed from Boxes 39- 47) Shetland Summer by Janet Lynnford BOX 2 2015 (reboxed from Boxes 24- 38) The Trailsman: Texas Lead Slingers by Jon Sharpe A Courtesans Guide to Getting Your Manby Susan Donovan and Celeste Bradley -- NOTE This book has dog bite damage; it is missing half back cover and the edges of pages in the back third of the book... it does not effect the text but I will understand if no one wants this one An Honorable Man by Rosemary Rogers (spine creases) The Willful Widow by Valerie King (spine wear)
Foundation (Foundation Novels) by Isaac Asimov BOX #1 2015 (reboxed from Boxes 1- 23) Ghost Writer (Shivers #3) by M.D. Spenser Alien Chronicles - The Crimson Claw by Deborah Chester
If you saw the pictures posted of my bookshelves and boxes you know I do have lots of books! And that doesn't include the other eight or so boxes at my office!! And more books as I find deals too good to pass up! I am sharing my book bounty by these Friday Pick Giveaways.
I started Friday Pick on November 27, 2009 and in almost TEN years I have posted 91 groups of 16 books plus an additional 21 totaling 1,477 books available to find new homes! (As of November 6, 2020).
I am happy to say that so far about 1,354+ books have found new homes through this feature! YAY. [A year or so ago I posted I had reached 2000 books given away. As I calculated the numbers 11/2/17 I realized that had to be an error. I realized I went from 1098 to 2001 instead of 1101. Guess I was tired; sorry for the error.] I have to update my print out to check the exact number sent out - a few were never claimed. I periodically update the lists - deleting those won. You can still go to the Friday Pick list link to see older posts and the older lists book pictures if you want!
Note rules here regarding international entries.
Because postage to overseas can be prohibitive I am willing to give a $5.00 book certificate to international winners - Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders, ARe, TWRP, ClassAct Books, eTreasures, Desert Breeze, etc....you tell me where and I'll set it up. So for my overseas visitors, your comment may indicate a smaller book and I'll check postage or note your choice of gift card.
I learned that The Book Depository does not ship to everywhere. The postage for some of the books to faraway places runs between $7.00 and $10.00 and up. Since I would award $5.00 for The Book Depository to an international winner, as an alternative you may choose a smaller book and we will hope the postage will not exceed $6.00. If the postage is more, or if you want to pick a larger book and you are willing to pay any extra postage beyond the $6.00 I will work with you on that. This may not make a difference to many but if it helps one or two of you to give one of my books a home that will make me happy too. :o)
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