Books by Ashley Spires
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review 1: For whatever reason, I hadn't read any of the Binky the Space Cat easy graphic novel series before, which is obviously a mistake. This is the kind of comic that kids and adults of all ages can enjoy. Binky the Space Cat is proud to be a lieutenant in charge of training the new sp...
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review 1: I wish this book would have somehow alluded to a moral or theme. I tried to come up with some myself: There is a little good in everything, when frustrated we need to relax and look at the positive, the simple pleasures bring us peace--like taking a walk or getting ice cream, don...
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review 1: The theme in this book is rebellion. When Binky's family has a house guest come and visit them, it isn't a human its a cat named Gracie which Binky quickly gets jealous of because she's getting all the attention. Binky becomes rebellion when he figures out that Gracie might be hi...
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review 1: Larf is a red scarf wearing vegetarian Sasquatch with a pet bunny named Eric. He does normal everyday Sasquatch things and is one of a kind. Until he sees an ad about another town having a Bigfoot appear. He takes the bus to meet this familiar. Turns out, it was a fake and he hea...
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review 1: This is one of the cutest books about cats vs. bugs (aliens) I have ever seen.The colours are muted but that leaves tons of room to be filled with Binky's (our cat protagonist)thoughts and actions.In this volume, Binky falls out of a window while tracking down an alien (moth) in ...
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review 1: So fucking adorable.Binky sends in a form to be a space cat. He wants to travel outside the house and go where people have gone before. Also wants to save his humans from aliens (ordinary bugs). He catches the"aliens" and eats them. Totally saves the day. Builds a spaceship and w...
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review 1: This book is about a little girl who thinks of a great idea. She knows just how it will look and work, but when she tries to create what she envisions in her head, she encounters many difficulties. The girl persevered time after time, struggle after struggle. So the girl became f...
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review 1: This story of a small boy who wishes to live the sea-faring life and will take any job to get there doesn't make the best readaloud (you have to stop and explain the finely detailed pictures a lot in order to understand the story and the pictures are so small that groups find the...
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review 1: Binky is living his quiet life as a space cat when a new cat comes to town, and Binky doesn't know whether or not he can be trusted.Although clever and well-written, this book started to drag on towards the end, and honestly became quite boring. The plot was sort of plain and did...
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review 1: The story is about a foot-ball shaped cat, Binky, who is interested in space. The author is writing a humorous story about a football-shaped cat that her sister adopted. The cat wants to be an astronaut and practices for the life in space. It does not work out and Binky realizes ...
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review 1: "They are an elite space team. There is no chance that a "pet hotel" will contain the likes of them!"When their humans go on vacation, Binky, Gracie and Gordie are toted off to be boarded at the Vet's office. "Who knew being held captive was so boring?" But when the three of them...
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review 1: This was a cute graphic novel for kids about 2 cats and a dog that fancy themselves to be part of a team of Space Explorers. For all intents and purposes, it appears to the reader that they are just house pets, however, I am starting in the middle of a series of books, so I may b...