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Board Book Look (7)!
It has been quite some time since a board books round-up! With my firstborn, she wanted to explore just about every single board book- from our library’s collection, from bookstores, from our home library, you name it! With my youngest, he has his specific handful of favourites, with new ones making the cut if they Read more
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Picture Book Review: Odd Dog Out by Rob Biddulph
Review: Odd Dog Out by Rob Biddulph Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Wunderkind PR and HarperCollins Publishers. Thank you! Publication: December 3, 2019 by HarperCollins Book Description: It’s a dog’s life in the big, busy city, but there’s one lonely pup who doesn’t quite fit in. She behaves differently from the rest, sports rainbow in a Read more
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Great Children’s Non-Fiction! (6)
Welcome to a new round up featuring recently read and recommended children’s non-fiction titles! Just a note that your library may catalogue some of these titles in children’s non-fiction or in picture books, etc.- it really depends on how your library has decided to categorize them! In no particular order here are the standouts: let’s Read more
biographical, blair thornburgh, children’s, children’s non-fiction, cynthia lord, diana sudyka, excellent, great children’s non-fiction, hayley barrett, hazel mitchell, john bald, julie morstad, katy wu, kyo maclear, laurie wallmark, read alouds, rebecca huang, scott campbell, teresa robeson, very good -
Great Picture Books! (27)
Just over a week into 2020 already! Thank you fellow bloggers, reviewers and readers of this site for your continued support, visits, comments, and entries to book giveaways. Here’s to a new year of more bookish goodness, including new reviews, giveaways, creator spotlights and other good things! I thought it might be a pleasant way Read more
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Spotlight: Interview with Children’s Author and Illustrator Aidan Cassie!
Welcome to the final post of 2019 friends! And what could be a more special and cool way to usher in the New Year than with a spotlight on a fantastic children’s artist? Canadian author and illustrator Aidan Cassie– who debuted on the children’s literature scene with the delightful Sterling, Best Dog Ever– published her Read more
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Holiday Spotlight on The Little Snowplow Wishes for Snow, Peppa Pig and Maisy!
Three more fun and sweet just-right for Christmas and winter children’s books on the review docket! Thanks to the lovely folks at Penguin Random House Canada/Candlewick Press, I have the pleasure of talking about: The Little Snowplow Wishes for Snow by Lora Koehler and Jake Parker, Peppa Pig and the Christmas Play, and Maisy’s Christmas Read more
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Holiday Spotlight: The Shortest Day & Little Christmas Tree
Two beautiful and perfect-for-winter children’s titles on review today, courtesy of friends at Penguin Random House Canada. Just in time for the winter solstice, I will be talking about Susan Cooper and Carson Ellis’s The Shortest Day, and turning to holiday board books, I will be looking at Little Christmas Tree by Jessica Courtney-Tickle. Happy Read more
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Holiday Spotlight: Bear Is Awake! An Alphabet Story & Red Riding Hood
If you are on the lookout for new and fantastic picture books for the winter and holiday season, I have two titles here that are absolutely worth checking out! Courtesy of friends at Penguin Random House Canada, I will be talking about: Bear Is Awake! An Alphabet Story by Hannah E. Harrison, and Red Riding Read more
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Picture Book Reviews: Hungry Jim & Reading Beauty
Two recent picture book releases on review today! Courtesy of the lovely folks at Raincoast Books, I will be be talking about Hungry Jim from Laurel Snyder and Chuck Groenink, and Reading Beauty by Deborah Underwood and Meg Hunt. Happy reading! “I don’t feel much like a pancake today,” Jim called. “Well, what do Read more
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Picture Book Review: Nutcracker Night by Mireille Messier & Gabrielle Grimard
Review: Nutcracker Night by Mireille Messier, illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Pajama Press. Thank you! Publication: September 27, 2019 (Canadian publication date) Book Description: Beep! Beep! go the taxis. Voof! go the velvet curtains. The Nutcracker ballet and New York City’s David H. Koch Theater come to life in this onomatopoeic representation Read more
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