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Children’s Fiction Reviews: Megabat Is a Fraidybat & See the Cat: Three Stories About a Dog
Two terrific children’s books on review today! Thanks to the lovely folks at Penguin Random House Canada, I will be talking about: Megabat Is a Fraidybat, book four in the Megabat series by Anna Humphrey and Kass Reich; and See the Cat: Three Stories About a Dog by David LaRochelle and Mike Wohnoutka. Enjoy! “Mine… Read more
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Children’s Reviews: Madame Badobedah, Make Your Mark Gallery: A Coloring Book-ish & more!
A selection of beautiful children’s fiction and non-fiction titles on the review docket today! Thanks to the kind friends at Penguin Random House Canada, I have had the great pleasure of taking a look at the following: Madame Badobedah by Sophie Dahl and Lauren O’Hara; Peter H. Reynolds’ Make Your Mark Gallery: A Coloring Book-ish;… Read more
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Picture Book Review: No Fuzzball! by Isabella Kung
Review: No Fuzzball! by Isabella Kung Source: ARC courtsesy of Isabella Kung. Thank you! Publication: August 4, 2020 by Orchard Books, imprint of Scholastic A hilarious new story from debut picture book artist Isabella Kung. Fuzzball is Queen of the house. Her subjects just LOVE how she scales the tallest shelves and drags their belongings… Read more
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Graphic Novel Review: Svetlana Chmakova’s The Weirn Books, Vol. 1: Be Wary of the Silent Woods
Welcome to an all-new graphic novel review post! On the docket today, courtesy of the folks at JY for Kids/Yen Press, is a look at bestselling graphic novelist Svetlana Chmakova‘s newest release: The Weirn Books, Vol. 1: Be Wary of the Silent Woods. Read on for my thoughts on the graphic novel as well as… Read more
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Great Picture Books! (29)
Another entry of wonderful picture books for this series! As I noted in the previous Great Picture Books post, so much time at home has had some benefits, one of which has been going through my shelves of books for review. I have, thanks to the generous folks at Penguin Random House Canada, a number… Read more
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Picture Book Review: Soaked! by Abi Cushman
Review: Soaked! by Abi Cushman Source: e-ARC courtesy of Abi Cushman and Penguin Random House Canada. Thank you! Publication: July 14, 2020 by Viking Books for Young Readers A Hula-Hooping moose, a badger with a bumblebee umbrella, a rabbit in a cashmere sweater, and a very wet bear star in this unpredictable and laugh-out-loud picture… Read more
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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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