Where Are Your Shoes, Mr. Brown? By Justin Rhodes Illustrated by Heather Dickinson Book Review

 

Where Are Your Shoes?, Mr. Brown is a farmer themed children’s book all about a missing pair of shoes that everyone is searching for. There is a lot of work that is needed to be completed around the farm and of course the little boy can’t find his shoes when they are desperately needed. Sometimes the shoes would be hiding in his closet and sometimes they would be nowhere. He thought they at first might be located on the roof. The boy would sometimes get a wild hair and throw them up there. Mr. Brown and his papa looked on the roof and couldn’t find them. They looked near the creek, the barn, lettuce patch, chicken coop, and many more fun places. His sister even tried to let him borrow hers and they wouldn’t fit. His father finally carried him on his back everywhere while his papa worked. They completed wheel barreling tasks, picking the garden, feeding the pigs, watering the crops, and much more. The book showed a father and son enjoying the company of each other and his papa knew it wouldn’t last forever. 

 

 

I would recommend this remarkable book about a father and son bonding to children aged 1-8. I liked how the book showed a family enjoying a meal together and being together as a family. It also showed a father truly loving on his kid and carrying him around, protecting him, and assisting him with trying to find his lost shoes. You didn’t see the father beating his son down with negative words or giving him a difficult time when he lost his shoes again. Even though the son regularly loses his shoes, he didn’t shame him. I thought this was a wonderful example of a father’s love and the Heavenly Father’s love to us. I loved how it was based off of true story on Youtube’ star, influencer, and homesteader. They take care of a 75 acre’s farm as a family. His son really does struggle with losing his shoes. This book is an excellent teaching moment between a father and son and children will learn a lot from it. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"I received this book free from the publisher, Hachette Book Group/Faithwords/Worthy Kids for my honest review.”

 

 

 

 

 

If you would like to purchase a copy, check it out on Amazon.com:

 

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/Where-Are-Your-Shoes-Brown/dp/1546003894/

The Rooted Life: Cultivating Health and Wholeness Through Growing Your Own Food by Justin Rhodes Book Review

In The Rooted Life, Justin Rhodes has written a how to book on how to plant, harvest, and raise chickens and cows. He started his own YouTube channel and own streaming platform, Abundance+. His family lives on a 75-acre family in Asheville, North Carolina. He explained his families’ reasons for planting and growing their own vegetables, fruits, herbs. They also have chicken for eggs and cows for milk. Some of these reasons included: better health, way to earn extra money, having fun, better taste, understanding where your food comes from and you can control the hormones and pesticides. He shared suggestions on how to build different types of gardens such as: container garden, bulletproof garden, raised beds, and crop gardens. He has tons of tips on watering, planting, weeding, dealing with bugs and pests, and harvesting. He discussed tips on how to have a winter garden and how to properly cover them plants from the cold temperatures. He also discussed raising chickens and even using them eventually for meat. 

 

 

 

I would recommend this inspiring book to anyone who is looking to begin their own garden and they have no idea where to begin. I liked how he stated that everyone can garden and you can do it with working in whatever area you currently live at even if it’s a small apartment. I immensely loved how he gave tips on watering and how to tell if you’re watering enough or not enough. This book has tons of tips and ideas on all different garden types. I loved how the book included very beautiful pictures of his garden and different angles they used for some of the shots. I also loved the recipes enclosed in this book and I’m curious to try no-crab breakfast casserole. In the book, he also shared how he battle chronic Lyme disease and struggled with having energy, felt tired, and wanted to sleep all the time, and a mentally foggy brain. I immensely connected with this part of his story since I too have had Lyme and struggled to keep working during this difficult season. It was encouraging to see that he shared how he was able to keep milking the cows and taking care of his farm. 

 

 

 

 

"I received this book free from the publisher, Hachette Book Group/Faithwords for my honest review.”

 

If you would like to purchase a copy, check it out on Amazon.com:

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/Rooted-Life-Cultivating-Wholeness-Through/dp/1546012591/

Check out his YouTube:

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/c/JustinRhodesVlog