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Great Picture Books! (9): Mother Bruce, Dear Yeti, Lost. Found., Wild & Little Elliot, Big Family
I have had the great fortune of reading another great batch of picture books in the last while! The following five are all ones I would definitely recommend: Mother Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins Publication: November 24, 2015 by Disney-Hyperion Author and illustrator Higgins has knocked it out of the stratosphere with Mother Bruce. Inventive,… Read more
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Must Read Monday (25): The War that Saved My Life & The Swallow: A Ghost Story
Welcome to another edition of Must Read Monday! This feature is where I spotlight older, recent, or upcoming releases I am looking forward to. The lists will include all genres I like to read, everything from picture books to comics, children’s lit to adult fiction! This week features more wonderfully reviewed children’s lit. First up… Read more
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Review: Killing Trail by Margaret Mizushima
Review: Killing Trail (A Timber Creek K-9 Mystery) by Margaret Mizushima Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Crooked Lane Books. Thank you! Publication: December 8, 2015 by Crooked Lane Books Verdict: Very Good Book Description: When a young girl is found dead in the mountains outside Timber Creek, life-long resident Officer Mattie Cobb and her partner, K-9… Read more
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Must Read Monday (24): The Tiara on the Terrace & Pax
Just squeaking in a new Must Read Monday post in time! Welcome to another edition of Must Read Monday! This feature is where I spotlight older, recent, or upcoming releases I am looking forward to. The lists will include all genres I like to read, everything from picture books to comics, children’s lit to adult… Read more
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Picture Book Review: Emily’s Balloon by Komako Sakai
Review: Emily’s Balloon by Komako Sakai Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: Paperback edition, August 4 2015 by Chronicle Books (first published in 2005) Verdict: Excellent Book Description: One day, Emily gets a balloon. By the end of the afternoon, the balloon is no longer just a plaything—Emily and the balloon are… Read more
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Picture Book Review: Out of the Woods by Rebecca Bond
Review: Out of the Woods: A True Story of an Unforgettable Event by Rebecca Bond Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: July 21 2015 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) Verdict: Excellent Book Description: Antonio Willie Giroux lived in a hotel his mother ran on the edge of a lake. He loved… Read more
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Review: Pippa Morgan’s Diary by Annie Kelsey
Review: Pippa Morgan’s Diary by Annie Kelsey Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Sourcebooks Jabberwocky. Thank you! Publication: December 1, 2015 by Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Verdict: Very Good Book Description: Sometimes a little white lie can land you in a whole lot of trouble… Pippa’s new BFF Catie Brown is perfect. So perfect, that Pippa tells her a… Read more
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Review: The Scorpion Rules (Prisoners of Peace #1) by Erin Bow
Happy New Year everyone! Thank you to all you lovely readers and visitors to my site; thank you for stopping by, liking, following or commenting. I am getting right back into the swing of things for 2016 with a review of a recently released young adult title from Erin Bow! Review: The Scorpion Rules (Prisoners… Read more
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Best Books of 2015, Part 3: Adult Fiction
I hope everyone is having a lovely holiday! Welcome to Part 3 of my Best Books of 2015 round-up! Another year of reading is inching its way to an end! All around, I would say that it has been a pretty solid year of reads: from brilliant and moving picture books, to gems in young… Read more