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Best of 2017, Part 2: Picture Books & more!
Welcome to Part 2 of my Best of 2017 posts, which is all about picture books (including early fiction, readers and non-fiction picture books)! This reading year was picture book intensive– as you can tell from the sheer volume of awesome titles! There are so many incredible, unique, innovative and beautiful titles I had the Read more
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Best of 2017, Part 1: Children’s Lit, Young Adult, Adult Fiction & more!
Hope everyone is having a wonderful, safe and lovely holiday season, whatever your celebrations may be! I am rather late in posting this, but I wanted to get in my 2017 reading highlights before the end of the year. In no particular order, here are my book selections for part one, hope you enjoy! Read more
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Picture Book Review: Smoot: A Rebellious Shadow by Michelle Cuevas & Sydney Smith
Review: Smoot: A Rebellious Shadow by Michelle Cuevas, illus. Sydney Smith Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Tundra Books, imprint of Penguin Random House Canada. Thank you! Publication: September 12, 2017 by Tundra Books. Book Description: Smoot the shadow has been living a yawn-filled life for years. His boy never laughs and never leaps, so Smoot never Read more
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Review: Nine Lessons by Nicola Upson
Review: Nine Lessons (A Josephine Tey Mystery #7) by Nicola Upson Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Crooked Lane Books. Thank you! Publication: October 10, 2017 by Crooked Lane Books Book Description: Called to the peaceful wooded churchyard of St-John’s-at-Hampstead, Detective Chief Inspector Archie Penrose faces one of the most audacious and unusual murders of his career. Read more
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Picture Book Reviews: Professional Crocodile & Lines
Two glorious wordless picture books on the review docket! But first, a slight preamble: I think I have previously reflected that authors and illustrators perform incredible feats in carrying out wordless picture books: plotting and mapping a story, holding interest, moving from beginning, middle, climax/reveal, to end, all without words to propel and prompt. Wordless Read more
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Picture Books: More Halloween Ready Reads!
A few years ago, I put together a book list just in time for Halloween called, ‘Picture Book Picks: Halloween Ready Reads‘. Given the number of spooky seasonal reads I’ve had the chance to pore over since then, I thought it high time to do an update of sorts! Here are some of my newer Read more
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Picture Book Review: After the Fall by Dan Santat
Review: After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again) by Dan Santat Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: October 3, 2017 by Roaring Brook Press Book Description: From the New York Times -bestselling creator of The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend comes the inspiring epilogue to the beloved classic Read more
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Great Picture Books! (13)
Welcome to another Recently Read round up of great- and I mean tremendous- picture books! This entry features what I would more broadly categorize as children’s lit: there are picture books for the preschool and under crowd, but there are also some slightly longer and more mature illustrated children’s titles as well. In this round Read more
canadian lit, children’s, david alexander robertson, david roberts, esme shapiro, excellent, great picture books, historical, jo empson, julie flett, julie kraulis, kyo maclear, matt james, nicola i. campbell, paul harbridge, picture books, read alouds, rogério coelho, sally lloyd-jones, storytime, very good, wordless picture books -
Review: The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser
Review: The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser Source: ARC courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Expected publication: October 3, 2017 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers Book Description: A modern classic in the making reminiscent of the Penderwicks series, The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street is about the connections we make Read more
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