William Boniface

Nov 19, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Lawrence Schimel |Alice Schertle |Jill McElmurry |William Boniface

Little Blue’s fans will enjoy the animal sounds and counting opportunities, but it’s the sparkling lights on the truck’s own... The sturdy Little Blue Truck is back for his third adventure, this time delivering Christmas trees to his band of animal pals. The truck is decked out for the season with a Christmas wreath that suggests a nose between headlights acting as eyeballs. Little Blue loads up with trees at Toad’s Trees, where five trees are marked with numbered tags.

Jul 4, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Sara Levine |Jimmy Fallon |Miguel Ordóñez |William Boniface

Nothing riveting but serviceable enough. Children are introduced to the concepts of sorting and classifying in this bedtime story. It is getting close to bedtime, and Marco’s mother asks him to put his toys away. Marco—who thinks of himself as a scientist—corrects her: “You mean time to sort the animals.” And that’s what he proceeds to do. Marco sorts his animals into three baskets labeled “Flying Animals,” “Swimming Animals,” and “Animals That Move on Land,” but the animals will not sleep.