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  • 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
  • Picture Book Reviews: The Rock from the Sky by Jon Klassen & In the Half Room by Carson Ellis

    Picture Book Reviews: The Rock from the Sky by Jon Klassen & In the Half Room by Carson Ellis

    Two fantastic picture books on the review docket for today’s post! Thanks to the kind folks at Candlewick Press and Penguin Random House Canada, I have the pleasure of getting to talk about the following titles: Jon Klassen’s The Rock from the Sky and Carson Ellis’s In the Half Room. Happy weekend and happy reading… Read more


    May 15, 2021

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    Children’s, Reviews
    canadian lit, carson ellis, Children’s, excellent, jon klassen, picture books, read alouds, reviews, storytime, very good
  • Picture Book Reviews: Carmen and the House That Gaudí Built by Susan Hughes and Marianne Ferrer & The Wind and the Trees by Todd Stewart

    Picture Book Reviews: Carmen and the House That Gaudí Built by Susan Hughes and Marianne Ferrer & The Wind and the Trees by Todd Stewart

    Two new beautiful picture books from Canadian authors and illustrators on the review docket today! Thanks to kind friends at Owlkids Books, I will be taking a look at: Carmen and the House That Gaudí Built by Susan Hughes and Marianne Ferrer, and The Wind and the Trees by Todd Stewart. Happy reading to you… Read more


    May 11, 2021

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    Children’s, Reviews
    biographical, biographical picture books, canadian lit, excellent, marianne ferrer, picture books, read alouds, reviews, susan hughes, todd stewart
  • Review: The Losers at the Center of the Galaxy by Mary Winn Heider

    Review: The Losers at the Center of the Galaxy by Mary Winn Heider

    Review: The Losers at the Center of the Galaxy by Mary Winn Heider Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Thank you! Publication: March 16, 2021 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Description: A tuba player without a tuba and his jellyfish-imitating sister cope with their father’s disappearance in this hilarious… Read more


    May 9, 2021

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    Children’s, Reviews
    Children’s, contemporary, excellent, mary winn heider, middle grade, reviews
  • Board Book Look: New Titles from Leslie Patricelli & more!

    Board Book Look: New Titles from Leslie Patricelli & more!

    Hello, everyone! Thanks to the kind folks at Candlewick Press and Penguin Random House Canada, I will be taking a look at two new adorable board books from bestselling and beloved children’s author and illustrator Leslie Patricelli: Mommy (just in time for Mother’s Day coming up this weekend!) and Daddy. I will also include a… Read more


    May 4, 2021

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    Children’s, Reviews
    ben clanton, board book look, board books, Children’s, Georgie taylor, good, guiliano ferri, interactive, Leslie patricelli, maria putri, rachael hare, read alouds, reviews, sam meredith, sophie corrigan, storytime, very good, william bee, yusuke yonezu
  • Great Children’s Non-Fiction! (7)

    Great Children’s Non-Fiction! (7)

    Let’s take a peek at some terrific children’s non-fiction titles! Reviews of kid’s non-fiction titles have been interspersed among the fiction reviews, but it’s been A WHILE since a true round-up! So without further adieu, let’s turn our attention to some of the great non-fiction books that have caught my attention. Just a note that… Read more


    April 27, 2021

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    Children’s, Non-Fiction, Reviews
    ashima shiraishi, biographical, biographical picture books, Children’s, children’s non-fiction, ebony glenn, elise gravel, erica salcedo, excellent, good, great children’s non-fiction, Joy keller, Jude isabella, kim smith, michelle meadows, reviews, very good, yao xiao
  • Picture Book Reviews: Outside Art by Madeline Kloepper & Anonymouse by Vikki VanSickle and Anna Pirolli

    Picture Book Reviews: Outside Art by Madeline Kloepper & Anonymouse by Vikki VanSickle and Anna Pirolli

    Get ready to learn more about two incredibly inventive and beautiful picture books! Thanks to the very kind folks at Tundra Books/Penguin Random House Canada, I will be talking about: Outside Art by Madeline Kloepper, and Anonymouse by Vikki VanSickle and Anna Pirolli. Happy reading- and happy discoveries- to you! If you were to ask… Read more


    April 22, 2021

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    Children’s, Reviews
    animals, anna pirolli, art, canadian lit, Children’s, excellent, madeline kloepper, picture books, read alouds, reviews, storytime, vikki vansickle
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