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Blog Tour Stop & Giveaway: Maddie Dawson’s Matchmaking for Beginners!
Welcome to one of stops on the Thomas Allen & Son blog tour for Maddie Dawson’s latest adult fiction release, Matchmaking for Beginners! Read on for my thoughts on the novel as well as giveaway information! Matchmaking for Beginners by Maddie Dawson Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Thomas Allen & Son. Thank you! Publication: June 1, Read more
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Picture Book Reviews: A Dog with Nice Ears & The Other Dog
From Lauren Child‘s Charlie and Lola dreaming of and picking out a rather unexpected dog, to Madeleine L’Engle‘s dog Touché telling her story- brought to life by artist Christine Davenier– of having to come to terms with a new, unusual sort of dog, canines are on the roster today! In Lauren Child’s A Dog with Read more
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Picture Book Review: Sometimes You Fly by Katherine Applegate & Jennifer Black Reinhardt
Review: Sometimes You Fly by Katherine Applegate & Jennifer Black Reinhardt Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: April 3, 2018 by Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Book Description: From Newbery Medalist and bestselling author Katherine Applegate, a sweet book of encouragement, filled with humor and insight into the effort behind any meaningful accomplishment Read more
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Picture Book Review: Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal
Review: Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada. Thank you! Publication: April 11, 2018 by Candlewick Press Book Description: If you ask her, Alma Sofia Esperanza José Pura Candela has way too many names: six! How did such a small person wind up with Read more
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Reviews: Kate Messner’s Breakout & Sarah Crossan’s Moonrise
Review posts featuring a children’s lit title and young adult lit title don’t often (if ever!) appear on this site. However, after reading Kate Messner’s Breakout (the children’s title) and Sarah Crossan’s Moonrise (the young adult title) in succession, I thought it might be interesting to pair them together in a review. Both titles deal Read more
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Great Picture Books! (16)
A look at some wonderful picture books that I have had the pleasure of reading lately! All are titles I have read and enjoyed and would recommend. Let’s start off with two funny books featuring bears: first up is Don’t Feed the Bear by Kathleen Doherty, illustrated by Chip Wass, a riotous story about an Read more
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Picture Book Review: Sakura’s Cherry Blossoms by Robert Paul Weston & Misa Saburi
Review: Sakura’s Cherry Blossoms by Robert Paul Weston, illus. Misa Saburi Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada. Thank you! Publication: February 20, 2018 by Tundra Books Book Description: When Sakura’s father gets a new job, she and her parents leave their home in Japan. In America, Sakura misses the blossoming cherry tree where Read more
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Picture Book Review: Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
Review: Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada. Thank you! Publication: May 22, 2018 by Candlewick Press Book Description: In an exuberant picture book, a glimpse of costumed mermaids leaves one boy flooded with wonder and ready to dazzle the world. While riding the subway home from Read more
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Review: Missing Mike by Shari Green
Review: Missing Mike by Shari Green Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Pajama Press. Thank you! Publication: May 11, 2018 by Pajama Press (in Canada) Book Description: He’s a rescue, a mutt. Maybe there’s a little golden retriever in him, although he’s not exactly pretty. He’s had a run-in with coyotes and he’s missing an eye. But Read more
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Blog Tour Stop: Claire Legrand’s Furyborn!
Welcome to one of the stops for Raincoast Books blog tour for Claire Legrand’s Furyborn! Read on for my thoughts on the book as well as a short Q & A with Claire! Review: Furyborn (The Empirium Trilogy #1) by Claire Legrand Source: ARC courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Expected publication: May 22, 2018 Read more
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