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Picture Book Reviews: Outside In & My Bison
Two picture books on the review docket today! Courtesy of the kind folks at Raincoast Books, I will be talking about Deborah Underwood and Cindy Derby’s Outside In, and My Bison by Gaya Wisnieski. Please enjoy! “Once we were part of Outside and Outside was part of us. There was nothing between us. Now sometimes Read more
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Great Picture Books! (28)
I don’t even want to think about how long it’s been since the last picture books round-up post! (Okay, so I checked and…it was JANUARY. To borrow from Cathy: ACK!). With the necessary library closures in place due to COVID-19, our family’s weekly happy hauls of picture books from the library took a dive, but Read more
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Picture Book Review: I Got You a Present! by Mike Erskine-Kellie, Susan McLennan and Cale Atkinson
Review: I Got You a Present! by Mike Erskine-Kellie and Susan McLennan, illus. Cale Atkinson Source: e-ARC courtesy of Mike Erskine-Kellie and Kids Can Press. Thank you! Publication: April 7, 2020 by Kids Can Press A quest for the perfect birthday present leads to ever grander (and ever more imperfect) gift ideas in this clever Read more
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Picture Book Reviews: We Are Water Protectors & My Friend Earth
Two picture books on the review docket today! Courtesy of the kind folks at Raincoast Books, I will be talking about We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade, and My Friend Earth by Patricia MacLachlan and Francesca Sanna. Happy reading! Water is the first medicine, Nokomis told me…Water is sacred, she said…The Read more
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Picture Book Review: Two Dogs on a Trike by Gabi Snyder & Robin Rosenthal
Review: Two Dogs on a Trike by Gabi Snyder, illus. Robin Rosenthal Source: e-ARC courtesy of Gabi Snyder and Abrams Books. Thank you! Publication: May 19, 2020 by Abrams Appleseed/Abrams Books Count up to 10 and back down again in this picture book starring 10 traveling dogs and one very tenacious cat! One by one, Read more
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Children’s Book Picks for National Indigenous History Month
In Canada, the month of June celebrates National Indigenous History Month “to honour the history, heritage and diversity of Indigenous peoples in Canada. It is also an opportunity to recognize the strength of present-day Indigenous communities“. Before moving on to talk book suggestions for National Indigenous History Month, I think we should briefly look at Read more
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Thoughts and a New List for Storytimes…
Hello everyone. I took a step back from posting, and instead spent time reading, listening, and doing more listening and sharing out information. The incredibly propulsive and now law-changing Black Lives Matter protests are going on globally for multiple days, even as COVID-19 and other threats rage. Regarding thoughts related to the current climate, I Read more
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Review: Stand Up, Yumi Chung! by Jessica Kim
Review: Stand Up, Yumi Chung! by Jessica Kim Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada. Thank you! Publication: March 17, 2020 by Kokila/Penguin Random House Canada Book Description: One lie snowballs into a full-blown double life in this irresistible story about an aspiring stand-up comedian. On the outside, Yumi Chung suffers from #shygirlproblems, a Read more
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Children’s Non-Fiction Reviews: The Girl Who Rode A Shark & The Dog Patrol
If you are on the lookout for terrific new children’s non-fiction titles, I have you covered! Thanks to the lovely folks at Pajama Press, I had the opportunity to peruse these two wonderful titles: The Girl Who Rode a Shark: And Other Stories of Daring Women by Ailsa Ross and illustrated by Amy Blackwell; and Read more
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Picture Book Review: Lone Wolf by Sarah Kurpiel
Review: Lone Wolf by Sarah Kurpiel Source: e-ARC courtesy of Sarah Kurpiel & Greenwillow Books. Thank you! Expected publication: May 19, 2020 by Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins Maple loves being the Parker family’s pet dog . . . but why does everyone else think she’s a wolf? Fans of Red: A Crayon’s Story and Wolfie the Bunny Read more
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