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Picture Books About Flowers, Friends, Frogs, and more!
Hello everyone! I hope everyone is staying as safe and cool as possible during this heatwave hitting much of North America. On the review docket today, I will be taking a look at four- yes, four!- new and fantastic picture books. Thanks to a number of kind publishing folks, I have the following books to Read more
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Spotlight: Interview with Children’s Author and Illustrator Maddie Frost!
Welcome to a very special post, everyone! A sparkling, all-new spotlight post featuring an interview with children’s author and illustrator Maddie Frost! You may know Maddie Frost as the author and/or illustrator behind a number of wonderful board books, picture books, and children’s non-fiction titles: Smug Seagull, Once Upon a Zzzz, Wakey Birds, Animobiles: Animals Read more
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Picture Book Reviews: Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know & The Dog’s Gardener
Are you ready for some splendid picture books? Thanks to the kind folks at Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, I have the pleasure of getting to talk about two wonderful picture books: Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh/This Is How I Know by Brittany Luby and Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley, Anishinaabemowin translation by Alvin Ted Corbiere and Alan Corbiere; and Read more
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Picture Book Reviews: The Rock from the Sky by Jon Klassen & In the Half Room by Carson Ellis
Two fantastic picture books on the review docket for today’s post! Thanks to the kind folks at Candlewick Press and Penguin Random House Canada, I have the pleasure of getting to talk about the following titles: Jon Klassen’s The Rock from the Sky and Carson Ellis’s In the Half Room. Happy weekend and happy reading Read more
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Board Book Look: New Titles from Leslie Patricelli & more!
Hello, everyone! Thanks to the kind folks at Candlewick Press and Penguin Random House Canada, I will be taking a look at two new adorable board books from bestselling and beloved children’s author and illustrator Leslie Patricelli: Mommy (just in time for Mother’s Day coming up this weekend!) and Daddy. I will also include a Read more
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Picture Book Reviews: Outside Art by Madeline Kloepper & Anonymouse by Vikki VanSickle and Anna Pirolli
Get ready to learn more about two incredibly inventive and beautiful picture books! Thanks to the very kind folks at Tundra Books/Penguin Random House Canada, I will be talking about: Outside Art by Madeline Kloepper, and Anonymouse by Vikki VanSickle and Anna Pirolli. Happy reading- and happy discoveries- to you! If you were to ask Read more
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Children’s Reviews: When Elephants Listen with Their Feet, Raven, Rabbit, Deer and Benjamin’s Blue Feet
Hello to you all and welcome to a roundup of terrific children’s books all featuring animals! On the review docket today are three titles courtesy of the kind folks at Pajama Press. We’ll be taking a look at: When Elephants Listen with Their Feet: Discover Extraordinary Animal Senses, a non-fiction title from Emmanuelle Grundmann and Read more
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Picture Book Reviews: The Big House and the Little House & Let’s Get Sleepy!
Let’s dive into some lovely picture books! Courtesy of friends at Raincoast Books, I have two wonderful picture books on the review docket today! We’ll be taking a look at: The Big House and the Little House by Yoshi Ueno and Emiko Fujishima and Let’s Get Sleepy! by Tony Cliff. Happy reading, everyone! A tender Read more
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Children’s Reviews: Megabat and the Not-Happy Birthday and First Day of Unicorn School
Hello, everyone! It’s back to reviews with two delightful children’s books here! Up first, thanks to the kind folks at Tundra Books/Penguin Random House Canada, I’ll be talking about the newest Megabat chapter book, Megabat and the Not-Happy Birthday by Anna Humphrey, illustrated by Kass Reich. Second on the review docket, thanks to author Jess Read more
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Picture Book Reviews: The Barnabus Project by The Fan Brothers & Ray by Marianna Coppo
Courtesy of friends at Tundra Books/Penguin Random House Canada, I have two wonderful books on the review docket today. I hope you read on for my reviews of The Barnabus Project by The Fan Brothers, as Ray by Marianna Coppo. Happy reading to you all! You may already by familiar with the author-illustrator work of Read more
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