children’s
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Review: A Blind Guide to Normal by Beth Vrabel
Review: A Blind Guide to Normal by Beth Vrabel Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Sky Pony Press. Thank you! Publication: October 11, 2016 by Sky Pony Press, imprint of Skyhorse Publishing Book Description: Richie “Ryder” Raymond has a gift. He can find the punchline in any situation, even in his limited vision and prosthetic eye. During… Read more
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Review: Children’s Fiction from Kate DiCamillo, Elise Broach, Kate Beasley & more!
Let’s take a look at some middle grade titles I have recently read and would recommend! Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo Hardcopy courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada/Candlewick Press. Thank you! Publication: April 12, 2016 by Candlewick Press Kate DiCamillo is an all-time favourite author of mine- I’ve mentioned this before but it bears repeating… Read more
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Spotlight: Interview with Illustrator and Cartoonist Eric Orchard!
Welcome to a very special spotlight post! I am absolutely delighted and honoured to have Canadian cartoonist and illustrator Eric Orchard here for an interview, organized by the lovely folks at Raincoast Books. Eric is an award-winning cartoonist and illustrator who has published such works as the graphic novel Maddy Kettle: The Adventures of the… Read more
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Picture Book Review: A Family Is a Family Is a Family by Sara O’Leary & Qin Leng
Review: A Family Is a Family Is a Family by Sara O’Leary, illus. Qin Leng Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Groundwood Books. Thank you! Publication: September 1, 2016 by Groundwood Books Book Description: When a teacher asks the children in her class to think about what makes their families special, the answers are all different in… Read more
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Picture Book Review: How to Be a Hero by Florence Parry Heide & Chuck Groenink
Review: How to Be a Hero by Florence Parry Heide, illus. Chuck Groenink Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: October 4, 2016 by Chronicle Books Book Description: Once upon a time, there was a nice boy and his name was Gideon. He lived in a nice house, and he had nice parents… Read more
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Spotlight & Interview with If I Had a Gryphon Author Vikki VanSickle!
I am delighted to be sharing this very special spotlight post featuring an interview with If I Had A Gryphon author Vikki VanSickle! Canadian author Vikki VanSickle has published a number of books that I have adored: the Clarissa Delaney middle grade series; the YA standalone Summer Days, Starry Nights; and more recently, the picture… Read more
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Halloween Fun with Curious George & Little Master Conan Doyle
Review: Hooray for Halloween, Curious George by Margret & H.A. Rey (illus. in the style of H.A. Rey by Martha Weston) Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: July 19, 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Book Description: It’s Halloween! When George and his friend the man with the yellow hat go to a… Read more
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Top Ten Tuesday: Spooooooky (or Not-So Spooky!) Picture Books
Welcome to another Top Ten Tuesday! Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s focus is all about our top ten Halloween favourites! Here is my selection of top…eleven…not-so-scary picture books. Some are funny, some are gently spooky, some are more contemplative, some surprising, all are… Read more
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Picture Book Review: Friend or Foe? by John Sobol & Dasha Tolstikova
Friend or Foe? by John Sobol, illus. Dasha Tolstikova Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Groundwood Books. Thank you! Publication: October 1, 2016 by Groundwood Books Book Description: “A lonely mouse lived in a small house beside a great palace. In the great palace lived a cat.” Each night the mouse gazes up at the cat in… Read more
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Must Read Monday (52): Lucy by Randy Cecil & Ollie’s Odyssey by William Joyce
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: titles from Randy Cecil and William Joyce! Lucy,… Read more
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