Book Review: Charlotte & Penelope and Their Magical Menagerie by Teresa Argenbright

 

Geared towards a 4- 8-year-old audience, this book is helpful for young emerging readers as it encourages using phonics which they can easily use to decode the next rhyming word based on the last word of the previous word.

This story is enjoyable and I couldn't help but chuckle at the writer's  creativity.  The illustrations are gorgeous and colorful.  My 11-year-old enjoyed the story and recommended the book to her elementary school classmates.

At the end of the book, they ask readers fun questions to give them further things to think about, along with interesting facts about the animals featured in the book.

Book Review: The Ten Big Anti-Israel Lies and How to Refute Them with Truth

 Alan Dershowitz, in this tiny book, presents an argument about the 10 Big Anti-Israel lies and it's powerful. In his introduction, he categorizes them into past, present, and future. He then presents each of the myths and rebuttals in separate chapters.

Mr. Dershowitz is very thorough with his facts and presents the political history of the disputed territory. It is clear that he is pro-Israel, but he is also balanced because he does think it would be beneficial to have a two-state system and that the surrounding Arab nations are against it.

This book was written as an informational guide to talk to
Pro-Palestinian protestors he feels are misinformed about the truth, in his opinion, about the Israeli-Arab conflict that came to its ultimate explosion on October 7, 2023.