Children’s
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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