reviews
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Graphic Novel Review: Flamer by Mike Curato
Review: Flamer by Mike Curato Source: ARC courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: September 1, 2020 by Henry Holt and Company I know I’m not gay. Gay boys like other boys. I hate boys. They’re mean, and scary, and they’re always destroying something or saying something dumb or both. I hate that word. Gay. Read more
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Board Book Look: Titles from Shasha Lv, Brendan Wenzel, and Aaron Becker!
It has been quite some time since a look at board books! I have three lovely titles here on the review docket: Time to Go Home (A Little Snail Book) by Shasha Lv ,and Hello Hello by Brendan Wenzel, both courtesy of Raincoast Books; as well as My Favorite Color (I Can Only Have One?) Read more
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Picture Book Reviews: Snow Days & Shape Up, Construction Trucks!
Hello and happy Friday, lovely readers! I have been on quite a delightful picture book kick lately, and wanted to keep it going to the week’s end with two terrific reads courtesy of friends at Pajama Press. On the review docket today I will be talking about Snow Days by Deborah Kerbel and Miki Sato, Read more
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Picture Book Reviews: This Old Dog & On Account of the Gum
Thanks to the kind folks at Raincoast Books, I have two terrific picture books on the review docket! I will be taking a look at This Old Dog by Martha Brockenbrough and Gabriel Alborozo, and On Account of the Gum by Adam Rex. I hope you enjoy! The speed of life since the girl was Read more
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Picture Book Reviews: The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt & Gustavo, the Shy Ghost
Have I got some wonderful new ghostly friends for you to meet! In today’s post, I have two new perfect-for-the-season picture books starring unforgettable ghosts! Courtesy of friends at Penguin Random House Canada and imprints Tundra Books and Candlewick Press, we’ll be taking a look at The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt by Riel Read more
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Review: The Lost Spells by Robert Macfarlane & Jackie Morris
Well hello there, dear readers! I have been on hiatus the last month, but what could be a better book to come back to than The Lost Spells? Yes, the spotlight today is on The Lost Spells, the follow-up to the critically acclaimed, reader-beloved The Lost Words, by creators Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris. Read Read more
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Picture Book Review: No Fuzzball! by Isabella Kung
Review: No Fuzzball! by Isabella Kung Source: ARC courtsesy of Isabella Kung. Thank you! Publication: August 4, 2020 by Orchard Books, imprint of Scholastic A hilarious new story from debut picture book artist Isabella Kung. Fuzzball is Queen of the house. Her subjects just LOVE how she scales the tallest shelves and drags their belongings Read more
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Graphic Novel Review: Svetlana Chmakova’s The Weirn Books, Vol. 1: Be Wary of the Silent Woods
Welcome to an all-new graphic novel review post! On the docket today, courtesy of the folks at JY for Kids/Yen Press, is a look at bestselling graphic novelist Svetlana Chmakova‘s newest release: The Weirn Books, Vol. 1: Be Wary of the Silent Woods. Read on for my thoughts on the graphic novel as well as Read more
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Picture Book Review: Soaked! by Abi Cushman
Review: Soaked! by Abi Cushman Source: e-ARC courtesy of Abi Cushman and Penguin Random House Canada. Thank you! Publication: July 14, 2020 by Viking Books for Young Readers A Hula-Hooping moose, a badger with a bumblebee umbrella, a rabbit in a cashmere sweater, and a very wet bear star in this unpredictable and laugh-out-loud picture Read more
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Picture Book Reviews: Outside In & My Bison
Two picture books on the review docket today! Courtesy of the kind folks at Raincoast Books, I will be talking about Deborah Underwood and Cindy Derby’s Outside In, and My Bison by Gaya Wisnieski. Please enjoy! “Once we were part of Outside and Outside was part of us. There was nothing between us. Now sometimes Read more
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