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Picture Book Reviews: Before Morning & First Snow
Review: Before Morning by Joyce Sidman, illus. Beth Krommes Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: October 4, 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Book Description: There are planes to fly and buses to catch, but a child uses the power of words, in the form of an invocation, to persuade fate to bring… Read more
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Picture Books Make Perfect Presents…Titles from Carson Ellis, Jon Klassen & more!
Ahh, the world of picture books is a marvelous, incredible one. I have read over one hundred picture books this year- and counting- and it’s been another STELLAR year. Innovative, hysterical, meaningful, and all around excellent, picture books authors and illustrators continue to amaze. As holiday season is almost upon us and many of us-… Read more
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Great Picture Books! (9, Part 2)
I’ve been swimming in seas of great picture books lately! There was a boom in storytime visits at our library with Kindergarten and early elementary grades- usually happens before holiday/winter break fever sets in! So, needless to say, I had about quadruple the number of storytimes to prepare for; in doing so, I happily discovered… Read more
aaron blabey, adam lehrhaupt, andrea zuill, anita bijsterbosch, benji davies, brian won, children’s, claire messer, ed vere, elise parsley, excellent, funny, great picture books, greg pizzoli, jacob grant, jory john, kelly dipucchio, lane smith, mac barnett, maggie tokudo hall, picture books, read alouds, scott magoon, steve antony, storytime, sue lowell gallion, vera brosgol, very good -
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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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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Comic Strip Review: Molly and the Bear by Bob Scott
Review: Molly and the Bear by Bob Scott Source: Hardcopy courtesy of the author and publisher. Thank you! Publication: March 8, 2016 by Cameron + Company Book Description: It can be tough on a family when someone new has moved in, especially if it’s a 900-pound scaredy-bear so terrified of wilderness life that he’s fled… 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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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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Picture Book Review: The Storybook Knight by Helen Docherty & Thomas Docherty
The Storybook Knight by Helen Docherty, illus. Thomas Docherty Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: September 6, 2016 by Sourcebooks Book Description: Even dragons love a good story… Leo was a gentle knight in thought and word and deed. While other knights liked fighting, Leo liked to sit and read… When Leo’s… Read more
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Review: We’re All in This Together by Amy Jones
Review: We’re All in This Together by Amy Jones Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Penguin Canada via First Reads. Thank you! Publication: June 7, 2016 by McClelland & Stewart Book Description: A woman goes over a waterfall, a video goes viral, a family goes into meltdown — life is about to get a lot more complicated… Read more
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