picture books
-
Great Picture Books (and more!) (11)
It’s been a tad quiet on the Fab Book Reviews front lately…I had lofty goals for posting in June, somehow (why?!?) not counting on the fact that Summer Reading Club, school visits, and recent life craziness, etc., would really impact my reading and posting schedule! Ah well! Here are some wonderful picture books and non-fiction… Read more
adam lehrhaupt, ame dyckman, canadian lit, children’s non-fiction, corinna luyken, dan yaccarino, daniel duncan, darrin p lunde, david degrand, excellent, felicita sala, funny, ged adamson, great picture books, informational picture book, isabelle arsenault, jess keating, kelsey oseid, liz climo, paul meisel, peter carnavas, picture books, read alouds, seasonal, storytime, very good -
Picture Book Reviews: Blue Ethel & A Funny Thing Happened at the Museum…
Review: Blue Ethel by Jennifer Black Reinhardt Source: AR courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Expected publication: May 30, 2017 by Farrar Straus & Giroux Book Description: Ethel is old, she is fat, she is black, and she is white. She is also a cat who is very set in her ways… until the day… Read more
-
Picture Book Review: This Is How We Do It by Matt Lamothe
Review: This Is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from around the World by Matt Lamothe Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: April 4, 2017 by Chronicle Books Book Description: Follow the real lives of seven kids from Italy, Japan, Iran, India, Peru, Uganda, and Russia… Read more
-
Great Picture Books! (10, Part 2)
Another spate of recently read wonderful picture books- with a board book tossed in for good measure! Everything from the new and terrifically vibrant, active read alouds, to cheeky and funny rhyming stories to the quietly gorgeous and interactive picture books. As ever ,I am in awe of the talent and innovation in picture books… Read more
aaron blabey, andrea j. loney, board books, britta teckentrup, carmen saldana, children’s, funny, good, great picture books, jessie sima, jorg muhle, lucy cousins, mark fearing, mary sullivan, nicholas john firth, patricia hegarty, picture books, read alouds, samantha cotterill, sandy asher, stephen w. martin, storytime, very good -
Spotlight & Giveaway: Happy Dreamer by Peter H. Reynolds!
Welcome to a special post featuring Peter H. Reynolds’s Happy Dreamer and a giveaway, courtesy of Scholastic! Read on to find out more about Happy Dreamer, my thoughts on the picture book, and how you can enter to win a copy. Thank you to Scholastic for sending me a copy for review. About the Book… Read more
-
Hopping Into Easter with Picture Books and a Giveaway!
As a children’s librarian, part of the build up to Easter weekend at the library includes fielding a lot of questions about Easter books or Easter-themed books, preparing songs and stories about bunnies and other cute creatures…and, did I mention, finding lots and lots of cute stories about anything Easter-themed? I now have two more… Read more
-
Top Ten Tuesday: Unique Books I’ve Read…
Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday! Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. I have not been doing a great job with keeping up and participating, but I have been inspired this week’s topic: the most unique books we’ve read! With the caveat that I have probably/most likely… Read more
-
Picture Book Review: Over and Under the Pond by Kate Messner & Christopher Silas Neal
Review: Over and Under the Pond by Kate Messner, illus. Christopher Silas Neal Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: March 7, 2017 by Chronicle Books Book Description: In this gorgeous companion to the acclaimed Over and Under the Snow and Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt, Kate Messner and… Read more
FAB BOOK REVIEWS 