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  • Great Picture Books! (33)

    Great Picture Books! (33)

    I am happily swimming around and among picture books lately! This picture book rundown features lovely reads I have generously received courtesy of various publishers. All are ones I would recommend reading, so I hope you have a chance to take a look through this list! In no particular, here they are: Alice & Gert:… Read more


    July 15, 2021

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    Children’s, Reviews
    andrea curtis, annelouise mahoney, brian lies, children’s, dena seiferling, excellent, good, great picture books, helaine becker, kass reich, picture books, read alouds, reviews, sarah jacoby, storytime, very good
  • Picture Book Reviews: I Am Every Good Thing & Over the Shop

    Picture Book Reviews: I Am Every Good Thing & Over the Shop

    It’s coming to the end of the week and I have two fantastic picture books I wanted to talk about before the weekend begins! Thanks to partner Candlewick Press/Penguin Random House Canada, I will be taking a look at I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James as well as Over… Read more


    July 9, 2021

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    Children’s, Reviews
    canadian lit, Children’s, derrick barnes, excellent, gordon c. james, jonarno lawson, picture books, poetry, qin leng, read alouds, reviews, wordless picture books
  • Board Book Look: Eco Baby: Where Are You Elephant? and more great reads!

    Board Book Look: Eco Baby: Where Are You Elephant? and more great reads!

    Hi everyone! I am back with a rundown of some wonderful board book titles I’ve had the pleasure of reading lately. Thanks to the kind friends at DK (Dorling Kindersley) and Penguin Random House Canada, I will first be talking about an Eco Baby title called Where Are You Elephant?, illustrated and designed by Rachael… Read more


    July 7, 2021

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    Children’s, Reviews
    andrew knapp, animals, board books, canadian lit, Children’s, excellent, Indigenous artists, irene chan, isabella kung, lesléa newman, rachael hare, read alouds, Renée treml, reviews, robert budd, roy henry vickers, ruth spiro, sophie beer, storytime, very good, william bee
  • Picture Books About Flowers, Friends, Frogs, and more!

    Picture Books About Flowers, Friends, Frogs, and more!

    Hello everyone! I hope everyone is staying as safe and cool as possible during this heatwave hitting much of North America. On the review docket today, I will be taking a look at four- yes, four!- new and fantastic picture books. Thanks to a number of kind publishing folks, I have the following books to… Read more


    June 28, 2021

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    Children’s, Reviews
    carmen mok, Children’s, dawn casey, eugenie fernandes, excellent, jessica courtney-tickle, picture books, read alouds, reviews, sara o’leary, sarah nelson, shawn harris, storytime, very good
  • Spotlight: Interview with Children’s Author and Illustrator Maddie Frost!

    Spotlight: Interview with Children’s Author and Illustrator Maddie Frost!

    Welcome to a very special post, everyone! A sparkling, all-new spotlight post featuring an interview with children’s author and illustrator Maddie Frost! You may know Maddie Frost as the author and/or illustrator behind a number of wonderful board books, picture books, and children’s non-fiction titles: Smug Seagull, Once Upon a Zzzz, Wakey Birds, Animobiles: Animals… Read more


    June 22, 2021

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    Children’s
    animals, Children’s, children’s non-fiction, drawing, fun, interviews, maddie frost, picture books, read alouds, spotlight, storytime
  • Children’s Reviews: Monarch Butterflies by Ann Hobbie and Olga Baumert &  Starboy by Jami Gigot

    Children’s Reviews: Monarch Butterflies by Ann Hobbie and Olga Baumert & Starboy by Jami Gigot

    More children’s titles on the review docket today! Thanks to the lovely folks at Thomas Allen & Son, I will first be talking about the stunning children’s non-fiction title Monarch Butterflies: Explore the Life Journey of One of the Winged Wonders of the World by Ann Hobbie, illustrated by Olga Baumert. Next, I will take… Read more


    June 21, 2021

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    Children’s, Non-Fiction, Reviews
    animals, ann hobbie, biographical, biographical picture books, Children’s, children’s non-fiction, david bowie, excellent, jami gigot, non-fiction, olga baumert, reviews, very good
  • Children’s Fiction: Alice Fleck’s Recipes for Disaster & more great reads!

    Children’s Fiction: Alice Fleck’s Recipes for Disaster & more great reads!

    If you’re itching for some fabulous children’s fiction/middle grade reads, then I have some picks for you here! I had the pleasure of reading, thanks to the kind folks at Penguin Random House Canada, Rachelle Delaney’s Alice Fleck’s Recipes for Disaster. I also had the delight of reading a number of truly excellent children’s fiction… Read more


    June 10, 2021

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    Children’s, Reviews
    canadian lit, caroline gertler, Children’s, elizabeth c. bunce, excellent, maurice broaddus, mysteries, mystery, rachelle delaney, reviews, rita williams-garcia, very good
  • Children’s Non-Fiction Reviews: The No-Cook Cookbook and Guinea Pigs Go Gardening

    Children’s Non-Fiction Reviews: The No-Cook Cookbook and Guinea Pigs Go Gardening

    Hello everyone! Welcome to a brand new post featuring reviews of two wonderful titles courtesy of friends at DK Children and Penguin Random House Canada. I will be taking a look at: The No-Cook Cookbook: More than 50 heat-free recipes for young chefs, recipes by Rebecca Woollard; as well as Guinea Pigs Go Gardening by… Read more


    June 9, 2021

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    Children’s, Non-Fiction, Reviews
    Children’s, children’s non-fiction, cooking, excellent, gardening, kate sheehy, non-fiction, rebecca woollard, reviews, very good
  • Children’s Reviews: Osnat and Her Dove, Bigger Than A Dream & What Ollie Saw

    Children’s Reviews: Osnat and Her Dove, Bigger Than A Dream & What Ollie Saw

    Thanks to kind friends at Raincoast Books, I have three wonderful, distinctive titles from publisher Levine Querido on the review docket today! First up on review is the based-on-a-true-story Osnat and Her Dove: The True Story of the World’s First Female Rabbi by Canadian author Sigal Samuel, illustrated by Vali Mintzi; then we’ll be taking… Read more


    May 25, 2021

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    Children’s, Reviews
    bill nagelkerke, biographical, biographical picture books, Children’s, children’s non-fiction, david colmer, excellent, jef aerts, marit törnqvist, reviews, sieb posthuma, sigal samuel, vali mintzi, very good
  • Picture Book Reviews: Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know & The Dog’s Gardener

    Picture Book Reviews: Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know & The Dog’s Gardener

    Are you ready for some splendid picture books? Thanks to the kind folks at Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, I have the pleasure of getting to talk about two wonderful picture books: Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh/This Is How I Know by Brittany Luby and Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley, Anishinaabemowin translation by Alvin Ted Corbiere and Alan Corbiere; and… Read more


    May 17, 2021

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    Children’s, Reviews
    alan corbiere, alvin ted corbiere, brittany luby, canadian lit, Children’s, excellent, joshua mangeshig pawis-steckley, nathalie dion, patricia storms, picture books, read alouds, reviews, storytime, very good
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