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A is for Awesome! 23 Iconic  women who changed the world

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A is for Awesome! 23 Iconic  women who changed the world

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Written by Eva Chen
Illustrated by Derek Desierto

Here is another book that is not a "story." It goes through the alphabet, naming famous or influential women with a very brief description of their accomplishments, and usually an accompanying quote by that woman. While I love the idea of it, I don't agree with some of the author's choices. For example, "V is for Venus, Roman goddess of love, beauty, and victory." The author chose a mythological woman instead of a real one - she even could have used Venus Williams, the tennis player!
Aside from that, I appreciate the diversity represented. There are several women of color, different religions, and all sorts of jobs including athletes, performers, authors, scientists, etc. It shows that any woman can grow up to do whatever she wants, and be great at it. As a mother of a young daughter, this message is especially important to me, but the book is great for both girls and boys.
Besides the message, the other thing that stood out to me about  this book was the illustrations. They used photographs of real hair and fabric to add texture to the otherwise cartoony people, and I really liked the effect.
A follow-up activity would be to focus on a few of the women that the child was especially interested and learn more about them. Or, find other people similar to the ones listed (other fashion designers, for example) and learn more.

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by Anna Dewdney

This book is about a little personified piece of machinery that is just trying to find its place and do a job. It tries and tries, but keeps being told that it is too little for specific things.
There is a lot of onomatopoeia which one would expect in a book about machinery ("chug chug" and "Vroom vroom," for example). In the end, the little excavator finds a job that nobody else can do because it is so small.
This book teaches kids that everyone has a purpose, even if it takes a while to find it. Don't give up if you're small, because someday you will get bigger, then you can do different things than what you do now. Also, everyone's different jobs help them to work together as a team to get the job done!
On a more basic level, the book also teaches what these big pieces of construction equipment are and what they do.

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Poems by Lin Oliver
Illustrated by Tomie dePaola

This book is meant for babies, as the short and simple poems (only a few lines long) discuss topics such as body parts, bodily noises, car seat, stroller, learning to walk, etc. Older kids will already have a grasp of these subjects, but they may find the rhymes fun to hear and say.
Activities related to this book would be handling the objects as the poem about them is read, and just great bonding time for caregivers and baby.

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Written by Melanie Worth
Illustrated by Wook Jin Jung

This book is very cute, teaching a child about buoyancy (though they use much simpler words). It shows experimentation as the child in the story tries different things to help the caterpillar float across the stream, and explains why each failed (or in the case of the last item, why it worked).
The back of the book itself lists the same activities I would have the child do, namely finding the objects listed in the book (rock, feather, pinecone, acorn, stick, leaf) and guessing whether or not they would float, then trying it to see if they were right. It opens the door for other types of questions of the "what will this item do?" variety.

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Written by Varsha Bajaj
Illustrated by Simona Mulazzani

This book rhymes as it describes different ways that animals can build all their different styles of homes. It doesn't go into any detail; only when mentioning the babies that live in the homes does it even mention any type of specific animals. The last line, "Home is our earth, shared by us all" makes me think the book was written with an environmental message, but that wasn't clear. It might be a good way to start a young child thinking about animals and the environment, and maybe to be more observant when in nature. If a teacher or parent explains all the pictures and gives some context to the words, the child may appreciate it more, but other than some nice illustrations, this book would go in my "pass" pile.

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by Chieri DeGregorio and Steve DeGregorio

This book isn't a story. It is more about word and object recognition for beginning readers, though some of the words (like "articulated bus") are a bit advanced for those just learning to read. Each set of pages has a category of transportation, such as "Trucks" or "Things That Fly," and then several pictorial examples with their corresponding words underneath them. There is also a companion Youtube series, which may also help engage young children.
A good activity would be to have this book when the kids go outside, so the parents can help the child identify any vehicles they come across.

Vehicles Book Version Collection (video)

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by Meryl G. Gordon
Illustrations by Holly Clifton-Brown

This beautifully illustrated book is aimed at younger readers, probably around preschool age. Even better if the child will be attending a wedding, as it explains some terms that children might misunderstand when hearing them for the first time, like "ring bear(er)" and "flower girl."
This book is great for teaching diversity and inclusion, as it centers around a Jewish same-sex wedding, covering two under-represented groups at once. It also doesn't make a big deal out of either. That's great, because the child will learn that these things are not a big deal - they are just part of the differences that make all people so special.