Lily Lemon Blossom Welcome to Lily's Room: (Kids Book, Picture Books, Ages 3-5, Preschool Books, Baby Books, Children's Bedtime Story) (Lily Lemon Blossom Books)

Playing with her pals and going on adventures are two things that Little Lily Lemon Blossom adores. She truly wants you to see her room, meet Bunny Rabbit, and get to know Josephine Kitten. The decor of a girl's room can reveal a lot about her character. Bright colors and fuzzy plush toys make her room a happy place to be.The target audience for this children's book is young children. It has great full-page visuals on approximately 15 pages altogether. Since there aren't many words on each page, this would be ideal for teaching kids to read and sight words. There are further books in this collection. I believe girls would find it more enjoyable than boys.Although it doesn't flow well enough to be a poetry, I do believe it was intended to be a poem. Some of the words rhyme, which is fantastic for teaching kids about rhymes, especially at such a young age. Even if a parent isn't reading to them, kids will enjoy this adorable little book and want to look at the illustrations.

The first thing that hit me was the fact that though written as paragraphs this is actually a poem. I'm all about rhyme since I have written (mostly rhyming) poetry for over 50 years now. There will come a point in time where children will have papers in school where they will have 4 or 5 pictures (let's say a house, a flower, a cat, a book, & a car), and they will need to circle the one that rhymes with the picture of a hat. I never even thought about it before because rhyme came naturally to me. However, I learned very quickly that wasn't true for everyone: my own daughter couldn't find the correct answer! I worked with her & worked with her: she just didn't get it. Off we went to the library to get books that rhymed. THAT was when I learned: START EARLY! Children need early examples (and plenty of them) of proper rhymes. Trust me: they will NEED this skill eventually. In 6th grade I had to write a poem. It was my first one ever. Who would ever have thought a few lines about the Phonecians would have become the first step in fulfilling God's purpose for me?Back to this story: I was glad that I wasn't the only one who thought the poem didn't flow well. The rhyme worked; the rhythm often didn't. I realize that once in a while a stanza will have an extra syllable in a line, but it is often not noticeable because it flows with the way we normally speak. However, this shouldn't be overdone. With this story I had a hard time with the flow, but I think the author was clever in choosing to write in paragraphs. That gives her more leeway with the rhythm: a paragraph doesn't need to follow a set rhythm or meter.The illustrations are colorful and numerous. They will definitely grab a child's attention. At one point I became very aware of the fact that there is no way Lily's neck could support her head, but I don't think young children will pay attention to that. They'll just have fun with this, & that is the point. If children aren't actually enjoying the book, they won't be interested in reading. Reading is another skill we all need. Make it fun for them.

This is the complete review as it appears <a href="http://ianwoodnovellum.blogspot.com/2014/11/lily-lemon-blossom-welcome-to-lilys.html">at my blog dedicated to reading, writing (no 'rithmatic!), movies, & TV</a>. Blog reviews often contain links which are not reproduced here, nor will updates or modifications to the blog review be replicated here. Graphic and children's reviews on the blog typically feature two or three images from the book's interior, which are not reproduced here.Note that I don't really do stars. To me a book is either worth reading or it isn't. I can't rate it three-fifths worth reading! The only reason I've relented and started putting stars up there is to credit the good ones, which were being unfairly uncredited. So, all you'll ever see from me is a five-star or a one-star (since no stars isn't a rating, unfortunately).I rated this book WORTHY!Lily Lemon Blossom has a whole series of books and I've read only this one, so my observations are somewhat blinkered. Keep that in mind! I had some minor mixed feelings about his book, but in view of the 'snapshot' that this represents in the series, I was willing to let them slide because the book has some very endearing and useful qualities.On the downside - to get it out of the way! - I had a concern or two about Lily's isolation. I know this was a kind of 'private tour' of her room, but her entire life - based solely on this snapshot of it - was one of isolation. There are no friends, siblings, parents or guardians either in evidence or even mentioned, which was a bit disturbing.Her entire life in this one story centered around her solo activities. This doesn’t mean she doesn’t have friends, of course, or parents/guardians and brothers/sisters, but I would have felt a bit happier if some mention had been made of them. I mean if it had been indicated that she was grounded, or not well, or just wanted quiet time, or we were being treated to a secret special tour or something, and that's why we were confined to her room, that would have solved the problem for me.There was also some conspicuous consumerism going on here! I'm not sure that this book would appeal to poorer families which have children who do not have so many toys and trinkets available for them to play with. That said, there was a lot on the positive side. Lily makes a tiara from bits and bobs, and she's rightly proud of it. That's a nice indication that you're not confined to the toys at hand: you can craft beautiful things out of odds and ends.Lily also makes a point of keeping her room clean without being nagged - something from which my own kids could learn an admirable lesson. And she has a cat to hang out with, so she's not bereft of all animate companionship. Overall I liked this story, and Lily, and her ability to be alone and not get into a state, so on balance I think this is a positive story and I would recommend it for young children. It's very bright and colorful, although a little too prevalent with the 'pink is a girl's color' gender issue, but that's a relatively minor consideration given the positive things.

I received this book for free because of a limited time trial period. I thought I would write a review to help others decide whether they would want to purchase this book.My best friend has a 3 year old and a 4 month old. Quiet time does not come easily so it is always perfect t sit down with a book and gather around. Her younger daughter especially enjoyed the pictures and listening to her other daughter sing the words. This book is great for children because it all rhymes so it makes it that bit more interesting and entertaining. The sentences are not so long that the children become disinterested and the beautiful illustrations become talking points through out the story. This particular book really engaged the children, they loved Josephine the cat as they also have a similar cat. Their favourite part was when Josephine was found hiding in the doll house!A fun read with beautiful illustrations, a must for all children!

You can keep all your electronic wizardry, when all said and done the book still remains the most powerful form of entertainment. The look on my grandchildren's faces when reading this to them, their interest in the subject and the illustrations of course all add up to hours of happiness. It's also and excellent way of practising their reading and spelling skills. N.B. They are also taught the name of the author and the illustrator, reason they learn to appreciate their works and are then learn a little bit more about them ( this is also the norm now at their school). My grandchildren were fortunate enough to meet one such author viz Julia Donaldson, (What the Ladybid Heard) , she is one of their favourites.

This is a sweet picture book about a little girl called Lily. Like all little girls, Lily loves her bedroom and is happy to show off all her toys. She enjoys tea parties and reading storybooks. This is one of a series of books about Lily Lemon Blossom. This is more of an introduction to the character than a story, but the vibrant illustrations helped interest my niece, although she did not enjoy the story as much as the previous one we read, where Lily visited the amusement park. These stories are really about everyday things, with simple text for young children and are suitable for ages 2 – 4

A short book, with rhyming text that could be better, however what the book lacks in text is more than made up for with the illustrations which are very bright, colourful and detailed and great for using a jump off point for getting the kids to use their imaginations, my 6 year old granddaughter enjoyed reading this a couple of times but had far more fun making up her own stories from the illustrations. If the text had been more interesting or even rhymed better I would of given it a full 5 stars.

A very engaging children's book that works wonderfully on Kindle or iPad. It is a great read along book with just enough words on each page to stretch children as they move from memorising the words to actually reading the words. Assuming the other books in this series are as good as this one, they make a fantastic collection for young girls.Personally I did feel some of the rhymes didn't quite flow, but overall this has a limited impact and doesn't effect the kids enjoyment.