Kids - Scott J. Pearson’s Book Review

Raising Empowered Athletes: A Youth Sports Parenting Guide for Raising Happy, Brave & Resilient Kids

By Scott J. Pearson | October 29, 2023October 29, 2023 by Scott J. Pearson

Youth athletics in America is an ever-evolving landscape. People continue to focus on its educational benefits, whether learning teamwork or getting a college scholarship. However, these competitive foci can also bring out the worst in parenting. Parents often become more drawn into success than their kid-athletes. At the college level, tantalizing new constructs like the Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) marketing and the Transfer Portal require wise decision-making to avoid pitfalls. What are kids to…

The Recruit’s Playbook: A 4-Year Guide to College Football Recruitment for High School Athletes

By Scott J. Pearson | May 29, 2023May 29, 2023 by Scott J. Pearson

Recruiting for college football is a complicated but important process. Many aspire to its benefits, but only a few will move onto the next level. Like anything in sports and life, those who prepare the best will succeed the most. So how do you prepare, aside from dominating on the field? Larry Hart’s guide is a great way to start. An ex-NFL player and current college coach, he shows aspiring players what they should be…

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The Best Gift for Bear

By Scott J. Pearson | December 3, 2022December 3, 2022 by Scott J. Pearson

This book, illustrated by the author, identifies with children’s excited anticipation for winter holidays – and their worst fears of not measuring up. Hedgehog bakes gifts for all of her friends, but she cannot figure out what to bake for her favorite friend, big Bear. Eventually, she encounters an idea! She plans and constructs a gift perfect for her friend. However, on the delivery, the gift falls apart. It’s everyone’s worst nightmare… At the last…

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PEREMOHA: Victory for Ukraine

By Scott J. Pearson | October 8, 2022October 8, 2022 by Scott J. Pearson

The plight of the Ukrainian people in 2022 has been seen and felt across the world. Most humans sympathize with a country whom a rival invaded for doing nothing but existing. Generally, I have mixed feelings about war because it’s incredibly destructive towards universal human life, but the philosophical category of a just war surely exists for situations like these. The Ukrainian military needs to be supported to defend their right to exist. This short…

Fiction-Stories Indie Kids

The Bridge of Little Jeremy

By Scott J. Pearson | June 29, 2022June 29, 2022 by Scott J. Pearson

Little Jeremy is a 13-year-old young man from Paris. He enjoys painting and the visual arts. He is homeschooled because of a heart condition. His mother works hard at a nursing home to support their family, and his father died previously in war. Little Jeremy and his dog Leon stay home for most of the day, but explore the downtown area around their apartment flat near Notre Dame cathedral. His mother is in a big…

Kids Religion-Philosophy

The Good for Nothing Tree

By Scott J. Pearson | December 28, 2021December 28, 2021 by Scott J. Pearson

It’s easy for children to feel as if they are “good for nothing” because they do not commonly make as significant of societal contributions like adults. Sometimes, forgotten in a Christian, technological culture is that care and nurture are required for all things to bloom. This book, based on one of Jesus’ parables from Luke 13.6-9, reminds us all – children and adults alike – of the value of love so that things can grow.…

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Sneezy the Snowman

By Scott J. Pearson | December 5, 2021December 5, 2021 by Scott J. Pearson

“Aaaaaachooooo!” Sneezy the Snowman is catching a cold, and he needs to figure out appropriate ways to keep warm in the midst of winter weather. Since he is made of snow, he learns that he melts when around warm things like hot cocoa, a warm bath, or a fire. However, plenty of clothes can keep him from winter’s worst effects like sickness. This book, appropriate for kids in preschool up to early elementary school, teaches…

Healthcare Kids

Neurology for Babies

By Scott J. Pearson | January 30, 2021January 30, 2021 by Scott J. Pearson

This illustrated children’s book illuminates the basics of the human nervous system. It teaches kids about their bodies – specifically, about their brains and senses – in a way that intends to make such learning fun. The pictures are colorful and engaging for young learners. Even though the brain can seem like an abstract topic, this book centers on the very basics – in other words, high-yield material. This book can be helpful to just…

Family Kids

Letters from Father Christmas by J.R.R. Tolkien

By Scott J. Pearson | December 13, 2020December 13, 2020 by Scott J. Pearson

J.R.R. Tolkien is most well known as the author behind the famed series The Lord of the Rings. He was also an Oxford don (in the field of Anglo-Saxon literature) and a family man who was widely adored for his overactive imagination. He wrote little publicized letters to his children every year at Christmastime by posing as Father Christmas (the equivalent of Santa Claus), replete with this trademark imagination and with drawings and paintings. His…

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The Odyssey, a Graphic Novel

By Scott J. Pearson | August 8, 2020August 13, 2023 by Scott J. Pearson

Homer’s Odyssey requires no introduction for hard-core fans of literature, but reading this great work in its original translation can be daunting to older kids and young adults. Fortunately, Punter and Fiorin retold this classic in a graphic novel. They maintain the basic storyline and illustrate the action with imagination. Fans of Dog Man and other graphic novels will appreciate this form of one of the best stories ever told in human language. It’s action-packed…