Cascade Park, Cascade Township (Summer): Guide to West Michigan

(Travelogues--West Michigan)

Cascade Park, Cascade Township (Summer): Guide to West Michigan

For my video on Cascade Park in early spring, see here: https://youtu.be/kyVu44t1Mi4

Address: 6805 Burton St SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546

Related Playlists:

Travelogues Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x71JnPJ1gs_uaswSALX-7V9

West Michigan Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4D-0HPmovcbB6cCqlVVGEL&si=IEFmZ3UMgJxI0F4F

Kent County Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x5EOMa9ZWDBtdpQFwtlk_ev&si=t8952PnDfrJQTvBY

Cascade Township Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4WoaXKD7r7tquq2KUQuBjn&si=Hy0GBuPXCEuoZCJE

Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater: Book Review

(Book Review--Reading Books with my Kids, Rereads, Children's Books)

Started: May 21, 2026

This is a reread.  As mentioned in the video, this book was read to me when I was in 1st grade.

Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater: Book Review

My previous video:

Thoughts on Reading Books With My Kids (and other ramblings): https://youtu.be/7c8ZdCE2Ghk

Related Playlists

Reading Books with my Kids Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4x4uFhbpUIJ75wP-6tRNlq&si=S1NnzbyYtagpzTvo

Book Review Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7dao6py7ODX_PkUvrAEch7&si=EJ7CG8iO9IouNaYY

Books I Read in 2026: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7YYl7seud9ov0n6dtdHzvj&si=iMERlWtiF0Rq2-uy

Young Adult Literature: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x5xhu8yD4fcSu3Lw6jJNDxS

Rereads Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x5dMXnK5v4Yc7a8MF5p32Bx&si=HJZkQ7gk8J-EXB9f

Reading Books With My Kids Index

* For a list of some of the picture books I read with my kids when they were very young, see this list here.

* Intro video here.

1. Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater, June 8, 2026

Playlist HERE:

This Week in Booktube: June 7, 2026

(These are the Booktube videos I watched this week. As always, I encourage you also to check out each of the videos I've linked to down below.  Support Booktube.  And let me know what you've watched this past week.)

Google document: docs, pub

Dad's Den of Pop Culture The Newsboy Legion & Guardian - Year One Retropective | Simon and Kirby Do It Again! | 1942

Reading is a Skill Isaac Asimov is the American Tolkien

Steve Donoghue A Truly Epic Epic Comic Book Wednesday!

jim's books reading & stuff What are YOU Reading Wednesday (55)?

Reading IDEAS. From Russia With Love. A Hunter's Sketches by Ivan Turgenev.

Abby Reads "The Secret Agent" by Joseph Conrad | A 5P Review

Bucky749 Flip-through:golden age comic:Hit comics issue 2

William's Library Mangroves in Sulawesi (April 2025)

Thoughts on Reading Books With My Kids (and other ramblings)

Links to stuff mentioned:

The Roald Dahl interview: https://youtu.be/w3NEMdwkIl0?si=TrcXLH48LdFzFc7e

* My Thoughts on Chronicles of Narnia: https://youtu.be/IDelUfso6gg

* Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: https://youtu.be/cdKlRaEMDRs

* Charlotte's Web: https://youtu.be/VmHLPuDOR38

Disney Movies that I tried to watch with my kids (but ended up watching by myself):

* Bambi: https://youtu.be/k-LU1lY0yEA

* Sleeping Beauty: https://youtu.be/DpT7g4oKW0s

* Lady and the Tramp: https://youtu.be/Bn8HLxdgetw

* The Jungle Book: https://youtu.be/yNT0bijKRJk

The playlist of the children's picture books I read 5 years ago: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4GpyfBqVm7xcnYhKsyVNro

Reading Books with my Kids Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4x4uFhbpUIJ75wP-6tRNlq&si=S1NnzbyYtagpzTvo

Vlogs Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7sWjmJPUFF0PhseI7SRLV0&si=iJs-crGEUk8R0CO-

Cascade Burton Park, Cascade Township (Summer): Guide to West Michigan

(Travelogues--West Michigan)

Cascade Burton Park, Cascade Township (Summer): Guide to West Michigan

My tour of Cascade Burton Park in Winter: https://youtu.be/r7YXfMy_Z9o

Address: 6805 Burton St SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546

Related Playlists:

Travelogues Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x71JnPJ1gs_uaswSALX-7V9

West Michigan Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4D-0HPmovcbB6cCqlVVGEL&si=IEFmZ3UMgJxI0F4F

Kent County Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x5EOMa9ZWDBtdpQFwtlk_ev&si=t8952PnDfrJQTvBY

Cascade Township Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4WoaXKD7r7tquq2KUQuBjn&si=Hy0GBuPXCEuoZCJE

Started: Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen by Jack Kirby

Inside Llewyn Davis: Movie Review

Links to reviews of stuff mentioned: 

* Burn After Reading: https://youtu.be/XYqneLv9Pz0

* The Lady Killers: https://youtu.be/WZTjwNRr2_0

* No Country For Old Men: https://youtu.be/XISxEYdU7Ug

* True Grit: https://youtu.be/ORumxX2EUWo

* A Complete Unknown: https://youtu.be/SuDKuMSAsVQ

* Pete Seeger: The Power of Song: https://youtu.be/BS4evGcRfMQ

Links to other stuff mentioned:

Slate article: https://web.archive.org/web/20140104103949/http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/12/02/llewyn_davis_real_person_true_story_behind_coen_brothers_movie_with_oscar.html

Coen Brothers Interview on Inside Llewyn Davis: https://youtu.be/iv6weHxyaNE?si=foYM6IES-D_JKo4m

This is part of my so-called "Scripted Review" series, in which I make a Youtube video based on an old blogpost.  For more information on what this is and why I'm doing it, see HERE:

https://youtu.be/HgneyXvRI04  

and HERE: https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2018/12/vlog-scripted-book-reviews-i-ramble-on.html

In this case, the old blog post is here: https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2014/03/inside-llewyn-davis.html

Related Playlists:

Movie Reviews playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x6N06WoIoV2fLb6xRYrepTk&si=EDHi2_Y41ACLnCmA

Scripted Movie Reviews playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x49ts8TV1DbXQo8zN_e65us&si=_gzqGAmaz337NVCP

Scripted Reviews Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x5BKcEIufNKlS58JHU_glyL&si=Pje0KQqIqOgWGGUI

Movies I Saw in 2014 Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4WRnfM_TDQClWj8OOCg9f_&si=Uu6SYX9o1qm1Ndhc

5 Star Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7k3-fkGUCgnW5tzxfdg9cB

Coen Brothers Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x6ZUL-3uBRJPG4lHjRu6gtM&si=zM2co3ThGzvIAoJy

Grand Ravines Park , Grand River Park, and the walkway between them, Georgetown Township (Spring): Guide to West Michigan

(Travelogues--West Michigan)

Grand Ravines Park , Grand River Park, and the walkway between them, Georgetown Township: Michigan

Grand Ravines North County Park: 9920 42nd Ave, Georgetown Township, MI 49428

Grand River Park: 9473 28th Ave, Jenison, MI 49428

Related Playlists:

Travelogues Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x71JnPJ1gs_uaswSALX-7V9

West Michigan Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4D-0HPmovcbB6cCqlVVGEL&si=IEFmZ3UMgJxI0F4F

Ottawa County Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x6OddthAYeQq7rW7rG0oTTd&si=Yy1NZMrBVurS_s1x

Georgetown Township Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7Dd8SZPQOnAFd76sIgDDDc&si=95kSGv5QCEdCx3Uk

Started: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl  (This is a reread, since I had this book read to me as a child.  It's also a reread of a reread, because I reread this book back in 2021, and reviewed it on this blog.  But now I'm reading it to my kids, so I'm reading it again.)