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Graphic Novel Review: Cub by Cynthia L. Copeland
Review: Cub by Cynthia L. Copeland Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Thomas Allen & Son. Thank you! Publication: January 7, 2020 by Algonquin Books Book Description: A laugh-out-loud funny and empowering graphic memoir about growing up and finding your voice. Twelve-year-old Cindy has just dipped a toe into seventh-grade drama—with its complicated friendships, bullies, and cute… Read more
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Great Children’s Non-Fiction! (6)
Welcome to a new round up featuring recently read and recommended children’s non-fiction titles! Just a note that your library may catalogue some of these titles in children’s non-fiction or in picture books, etc.- it really depends on how your library has decided to categorize them! In no particular order here are the standouts: let’s… Read more
biographical, blair thornburgh, children’s, children’s non-fiction, cynthia lord, diana sudyka, excellent, great children’s non-fiction, hayley barrett, hazel mitchell, john bald, julie morstad, katy wu, kyo maclear, laurie wallmark, read alouds, rebecca huang, scott campbell, teresa robeson, very good -
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 on The Little Snowplow Wishes for Snow, Peppa Pig and Maisy!
Three more fun and sweet just-right for Christmas and winter children’s books on the review docket! Thanks to the lovely folks at Penguin Random House Canada/Candlewick Press, I have the pleasure of talking about: The Little Snowplow Wishes for Snow by Lora Koehler and Jake Parker, Peppa Pig and the Christmas Play, and Maisy’s Christmas… Read more
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Holiday Spotlight: The Shortest Day & Little Christmas Tree
Two beautiful and perfect-for-winter children’s titles on review today, courtesy of friends at Penguin Random House Canada. Just in time for the winter solstice, I will be talking about Susan Cooper and Carson Ellis’s The Shortest Day, and turning to holiday board books, I will be looking at Little Christmas Tree by Jessica Courtney-Tickle. Happy… 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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Spotlight on Ho’onani: Hula Warrior Author Heather Gale & A Giveaway!
Hello readers and welcome to a very special post! I am delighted to welcome Heather Gale, the debut picture book author of Ho’onani: Hula Warrior (illustrated by Mika Song). Born in New Zealand and now living in Toronto with her family, Heather Gale is a former orthotist-turned-author (not to mention a recipe tester/cook and photographer)!… Read more
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Remembrance Day Read: Sergeant Billy by Mireille Messier and Kass Reich
Review: Sergeant Billy: The True Story of the Goat Who Went to War by Mireille Messier, illus. Kass Reich Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Tundra Books/Penguin Random House Canada. Thank you! Publication: September 17, 2019 by Tundra Books Book Description: During World War I, a goat named Billy was adopted by a platoon of soldiers and… Read more
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