Reviews
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Spotlight: Rachelle Delaney’s The Bonaventure Adventures!
Welcome to a special spotlight post featuring Canadian author Rachelle Delaney and her latest children’s novel (out now!), The Bonaventure Adventures. Read on for my thoughts on the novel and an interview with Rachelle! Sebastian Konstantinov has grown up in a travelling circus, surrounded by talented performers. Seb, however, has no circus skills at all.… Read more
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Picture Book Review: This Is How We Do It by Matt Lamothe
Review: This Is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from around the World by Matt Lamothe Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: April 4, 2017 by Chronicle Books Book Description: Follow the real lives of seven kids from Italy, Japan, Iran, India, Peru, Uganda, and Russia… Read more
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Review: The Dead Inside: A True Story by Cyndy Etler
Review: The Dead Inside: A True Story by Cyndy Etler Source: ARC courtesy of Raincoast Books Publication: April 4, 2017 by Sourcebooks Book Description: For readers of Girl Interrupted and Tweak, Cyndy Etler’s gripping memoir gives readers a glimpse into the harrowing reality of her sixteen months in the notorious tough love program the ACLU… Read more
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Spotlight & Giveaway: Happy Dreamer by Peter H. Reynolds!
Welcome to a special post featuring Peter H. Reynolds’s Happy Dreamer and a giveaway, courtesy of Scholastic! Read on to find out more about Happy Dreamer, my thoughts on the picture book, and how you can enter to win a copy. Thank you to Scholastic for sending me a copy for review. About the Book… Read more
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Giveaway for Loryn Brantz’s Feminist Baby Board Book & Prize Pack!
Welcome to a special post featuring Loryn Brantz’s Feminist Baby board book and a fabulous giveaway, courtesy of Disney-Hyperion! Read on to find out more about Feminist Baby, my thoughts on the board book, and how you can enter to win a prize pack! Thank you to Disney-Hyperion for sending me a copy and providing a… Read more
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Hopping Into Easter with Picture Books and a Giveaway!
As a children’s librarian, part of the build up to Easter weekend at the library includes fielding a lot of questions about Easter books or Easter-themed books, preparing songs and stories about bunnies and other cute creatures…and, did I mention, finding lots and lots of cute stories about anything Easter-themed? I now have two more… Read more
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Picture Book Review: Over and Under the Pond by Kate Messner & Christopher Silas Neal
Review: Over and Under the Pond by Kate Messner, illus. Christopher Silas Neal Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: March 7, 2017 by Chronicle Books Book Description: In this gorgeous companion to the acclaimed Over and Under the Snow and Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt, Kate Messner and… Read more
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Great Children’s Titles from Elise Gravel, Dana Simpson, Ben Hatke & more!
Admittedly, there are indeed a number of book genres that I love- but children’s graphic novels hold a special spot in my reader’s and librarian’s heart. I cannot even count the number of times I’ve had a caregiver or self-described reluctant reader come ask me for reader’s advisory help and graphic novels (or comics) have… Read more
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Review: Someday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren Graham
Review: Someday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren Graham Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada via First Reads. Thank you! Publication: March 25, 2014 by Ballantine Books (Trade Paperback edition) Book Description: It’s January 1995, and Franny Banks has just six months left of the three-year deadline she set for herself when she came to… Read more
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Board Book Look (3): Flora and the Chicks & Little Oink
Review: Flora and the Chicks: A Counting Book by Molly Idle Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: March 7, 2017 by Chronicle Books Book Description: Inspired by the main character of the Caldecott Honor book Flora and the Flamingo, this new series of board books is perfect for the very youngest Flora… Read more
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