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Picture Book Reviews: Tiny T. Rex and the Impossible Hug & My Heart
Gently finding my way back into the world of reviewing, and doing so by talking about something dear to my heart: picture books! More specifically, picture book titles full of love and sincerity. In this post I will be featuring two beautiful new picture books: courtesy of my friends at Raincoast Books, Tiny T. Rex Read more
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Great Picture Books! (23)
Welcome to another round-up of recently read and recommended picture books! In no particular order, here are the titles: let’s start with Grandma’s Tiny House: A Counting Story! by Janay Brown-Wood, illustrated Priscilla Burris, an adorable and vivacious counting story about friends and family coming over and filling up a grandma’s house to almost (!) Read more
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Picture Book Review & Giveaway for Queenie Quail Can’t Keep Up!
Welcome to a special post featuring a review and giveaway for the lovely picture book Queenie Quail Can’t Keep Up, a collaboration from the Canadian duo of author Jane Whittingham and illustrator Emma Pederson! The author and Pajama Press are very kindly offering one Canadian reader a chance to win a copy of Queenie Quail Read more
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Great Picture Books! (22)
Welcome to another round-up of recently read and recommended picture books! In no particular order, here are the titles: let’s start off with the deliciously screwball- and beautifully illustrated- That’s Not a Hippopotamus! by Juliette MacIver, illustrated by Sarah Davis, about a class trip to the zoo that goes awry when a hippopotamus goes missing Read more
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Graphic Novel Review: Click by Kayla Miller
Review: Click by Kayla Miller (additional color by Katherine Efird, design by Andrea Miller) Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: January 8, 2019 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Book Description: For fans of Smile and Real Friends comes a debut graphic novel about friendship and finding where you click” in middle school. Olive Read more
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Review & Giveaway: It’s the End When I Say It’s the End by Stephan Pastis
Review and giveaway time! Courtesy of the very kind folks at Candlewick Press/Penguin Random House Canada, I have book seven in Stephan Pastis‘s Timmy Failure series, It’s the End When I Say It’s the End. Read on for my thoughts on the book and information on how Canadian residents can enter to win a copy! Read more
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Picture Book Reviews & Titles to Celebrate Friendship, Love & Kindness
Valentine’s Day is indeed coming up, and it’s typically a time when picture books with themes about friendship, gentle meditations on love, and stories about being kind to one another are often in higher than usual demand! I thought now would be a great time to look at some new picture books fitting the themes Read more
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Children’s Fiction Reviews: The Ghost Road & Louisiana’s Way Home
Let’s take a look at two children’s fiction titles I’ve had the pleasure of reading: The Ghost Road by Charis Cotter and Louisiana’s Way Home by Kate DiCamillo- a pretty incredible duo of acclaimed authors! Thank you to the lovely folks at Tundra Books, Candlewick Press, and Penguin Random House Canada! “Don’t you see? Read more
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Picture Book Reviews: Door & Little Bear’s Big House
Two wonderful picture books courtesy of my friends at Raincoast Books on review today, each dealing with very different sorts of adventures! First I will be talking about Door by JiHyeon Lee, followed by Benjamin Chaud‘s Little Bear’s Big House. JiHyeon’s debuted with the critically acclaimed and gorgeous wordless picture book Pool; the author Read more
