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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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Picture Book Review: Wild One by Jane Whittingham & Noel Tuazon
Review: Wild One by Jane Whittingham, illus. Noel Tuazon Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Pajama Press. Thank you! Publication: Book Description: Can you stretch like a cat or hang like a bat? This little one can do those things and so much more as she bounds energetically through her day. Author Jane Whittingham‘s sprightly couplets take 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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Review: Unholy City (A Claire Codella Mystery #3) by Carrie Smith
Review: Unholy City (A Claire Codella Mystery #3) by Carrie Smith Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Crooked Lane Books. Thank you! Expected publication: November 7, 2017 by Crooked Lane Books Book Description: Despite their rocky history, Detective Claire Codella and Precinct Detective Brian Haggerty come together when senior churchwarden Philip Graves’s bloody body is found lying Read more
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Halloween Picture Book Giveaway!
Something fun and not at all too scary for Halloween: a chance to win one of four perfect-for-Halloween picture books! Courtesy of the lovely folks at Raincoast Books, I have four new seasonal spooky reads to share with you, and one lucky reader will have the chance to win their top picture book pick. Halloween 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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Reviews: Wishtree & The Exact Location of Home
I have had the pleasure of recently reading two children’s fiction titles: Wishtree, from Newbery Medal award-winning author Katherine Applegate (The One and Only Ivan), and The Exact Location of Home from another award-winning author, Kate Messner (The Seventh Wish). Read on for my thoughts on the two middle-grade titles: Wishtree by Katherine Applegate, illus. Read more
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Spotlight & Giveaway for Beatrice Zinker, Upside Down Thinker by Shelley Johannes!
Be An Upside Down Thinker! Welcome to a special post featuring Shelley Johannes’s debut children’s title Beatrice Zinker, Upside Down Thinker! Disney-Hyperion has very kindly sent me a copy of the book to check out and is partnering with me for a great giveaway. Shelley Johannes’s debut is an early children’s fiction title with lots Read more
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Blog Tour Stop: Eileen Cook’s The Hanging Girl!
Welcome to one of the stops on the Raincoast Books tour for Canadian author Eileen Cook‘s latest young adult novel, The Hanging Girl! Read on for my thoughts on the novel as well as a special Q&A that the wonderful author herself participated in! The Hanging Girl by Eileen Cook Source: ARC courtesy of Raincoast Read more
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