Storytime with Venessa: Video Review of The Trouble With Tink

This episode of Storytime With Venessa features a video review of The Trouble With Tink, part of the Disney Fairies series of books! Take it away, Venessa!

Additional thoughts about this book from a parent’s point of view: This was a fun book. It's a cute story of Tink losing her hammer and too afraid to tell anyone and the trouble she got into for keeping it secret. There was even an appearance from Peter Pan which was fun and Tink still doesn't like “The Wendy". However, this is one of those tongue-tied books that make it difficult to read aloud at times. You try reading “fast-flying-talent fairy” or “pots-and-pans-talent fairy” fives times fast! Or have them all clustered in one sentence!

Now we're off to read The Emerald Atlas together!

Storytime With Venessa: Video Review of The Boxcar Children

This episode of Storytime With Venessa features a video review of The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner! Take it away, Venessa!

Additional thoughts about this book from a parent’s point of view: I really liked it. For a while I've grown weary of reading picture books. I think we've read through them several times now and, well, most of them are not written to be read aloud, and you would think they would be!

So I decided to sit with Venessa each evening to read chapter books. She’s getting older and I think we’re ready to tackle some more advanced reading for her age group. The Boxcar Children was a good book to start with. It was such a wonderful book to read aloud. No tongue tied sentences that didn't sound right and it was very easy to read with expression and give personality to the characters. Venessa and I both approve of this book very much and hope other parents will read it aloud with their own kids.

Now off reading "The Trouble With Tink" together!

P.S. Happy first day of 2nd grade, Venessa!