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Resources from Authors, Illustrators & Scientists to Use At Home!
Hello everyone! I cannot pretend to keep posting on as if our world- due to COVID-19– is not in tremendous upheaval, and that people in Canada, and around the globe, are not experiencing stress, turmoil, and/or tragedy. What has been a bright light is to see the kid lit world, and the world of educators… Read more
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Picture Book Review: Where’s Baby? by Anne Hunter
Review: Where’s Baby? by Anne Hunter Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Tundra Books/Penguin Random House Canada. Thank you! Publication: January 7, 2020 by Tundra Books Book Description: Papa Fox is looking for Baby Fox, who is just out of his sight . . . but not ours! An adorable, interactive read-aloud for fans of Are You… Read more
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Picture Book Review: Mabel: A Mermaid Fable by Rowboat Watkins
Review: Mabel: A Mermaid Fable by Rowboat Watkins Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Expected publication: March 24, 2020 by Chronicle Books Book Description: A lovely and laugh-out-loud picture book from the award-winning author of Rude Cakes and Most Marshmallows . Mabel isn’t like the other mermaids. Lucky isn’t like the other… Read more
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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 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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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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Great Picture Books! (26)
Welcome to another picture books post! I am still playing catch up as I’ve been zipping through stacks of terrific picture books and haven’t posted enough…whoops! In any event, please enjoy this round up of recently read and recommended picture books. In no particular order, here are the titles: Birdsong, the latest by award-winning, critically… Read more
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