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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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Great Picture Books! (25)
Well. I was rather mistaken in thinking I had posted a picture books roundup not that long ago!! Whoops!! It’s definitely time to play catch up over the course of a few posts. So, without further preamble, welcome to another round-up of recently read and recommended picture books! In no particular order, here are the… Read more
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Graphic Novel Reviews: Are You Listening? & George Orwell’s Animal Farm
On review today are two new standout graphic novels, courtesy of the kind folks at Raincoast Books: first up for review is the young adult title Are You Listening?, the latest from Eisner and Ignatz Award-winning cartoonist and illustrator Tillie Walden; second up for review is George Orwell’s Animal Farm: The Graphic Novel, adapted and… Read more
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Picture Book Reviews: What Cats Think & Triceratops Stomp
Welcome to another picture book review post! Today is all about creatures (very!) big and small. Courtesy of my friends at Pajama Press, I will be talking about two new titles: What Cats Think by Mies Van Hout, with text by John Spray; and Karen Patkau’s Triceratops Stomp. Enjoy! Now, watch me do… Read more
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Children’s Fiction Reviews: Weird Little Robots & Beverly, Right Here
More fabulous children’s lit to talk about, dear readers! On review today, I have the illustrated chapter book Weird Little Robots by Carolyn Crimi, with illustrations by Corinna Luyken, and book three in Kate DiCamillo’s Three Rancheros series called Beverly, Right Here. Thank you to Penguin Random House Canada and Candlewick Press…and, as ever, happy… Read more
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Blog Tour Stop for Leigh Bardugo’s Ninth House!
Welcome to one of the stops on the Raincoast Books blog tour for bestselling author Leigh Bardugo‘s debut- and eagerly anticipated!- adult fantasy novel, Ninth House. Read on for my thoughts on the novel, and please be sure to take a look at the postcard at the bottom of the post and check out the… Read more
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Graphic Novel Review: Stargazing by Jen Wang
Review: Stargazing by Jen Wang Source: ARC courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: September 10, 2019 by First Second. Book Description: Moon is everything Christine isn’t. She’s confident, impulsive, artistic . . . and though they both grew up in the same Chinese-American suburb, Moon is somehow unlike anyone Christine has ever known. But… Read more
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Review: The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
Review: The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Gallery Books, imprint of Simon & Schuster. Thank you! Publication: August 6, 2019 by Gallery/Scout Press. Book Description: When Rowan stumbles across an ad for a live-in nanny, she’s looking for something else completely. But it seems like too good an opportunity… Read more
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Review: We Contain Multitudes by Sarah Henstra
Review: We Contain Multitudes by Sarah Henstra Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada. Thank you! Publication: May 14, 2019 by Penguin Teen Canada/Penguin Random House Canada Book Description: When Walt Whitman fan Jonathan Hopkirk and football player Adam “Kurl” Kurlansky are partnered together in a weekly pen pal assignment, they don’t expect to… Read more
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