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Children’s Review: Welcome to the Opera by Carolyn Sloan & Kaly Quarles
Hello readers! After some time away, I am back with a new review for an interactive children’s non-fiction title called Welcome to the Opera: Discover the Enchanting World of Opera with Mozart’s The Magic Flute written by Carolyn Sloan and illustrated by Kaly Quarles. Thank you to the kind folks at Book Publicity Services for… Read more
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Children’s Book Reviews: How to Make a Peanut Butter Sandwich in 17 Easy Steps & Odd Couples: A Guide to Unlikely Animal Pairs
Hi friends, two new children’s titles on the review docket! Thanks to the lovely folks at Owlkids Books, I have the following fantastically fun titles for review: Bambi Edlund’s picture book How to Make a Peanut Butter Sandwich in 17 Easy Steps; and the non-fiction title Odd Couples: A Guide to Unlikely Animal Pairs written… Read more
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Picture Book Reviews: Sylvie Daigneault’s The Imaginary Alphabet & Ruth Brown’s Eye Spy
Hi folks, I have two lovely picture books on the review docket today! Thanks to kind friends at Pajama Press, we will be taking a look at Sylvie Daigneault’s The Imaginary Alphabet; and thanks to generous friends at Firefly Books, we will be taking a look at Ruth Brown’s Eye Spy. Hope you enjoy! Just… Read more
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Picture Book Reviews: While You Sleep & Over by the Harbour
Two lovely picture books on the review docket today! Courtesy of the kind folks at Pajama Press, I have the pleasure of reviewing Jennifer Maruno and Miki Sato’s While You Sleep; second up, courtesy of the kind folks at Nimbus Publishing, I have the pleasure of reviewing Dwayne LaFitte’s and Thérèse Cilia’s Over by the… Read more
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Picture Book Review: Corner by Zo-O
A terrific picture book on the review docket today! Thanks to the kind folks at Owlkids Books, I have the pleasure of talking about Zo-O’s almost-wordless picture book Corner. Happy reading! Written and illustrated by Zo-O, with English translation by Ellen Jane, Corner marks the Korean author-illustrator’s first book published in English. A fantastical and… Read more
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Picture Book Review: Our Classroom Rules! by Kallie George & Jay Fleck
*Dusts off typewriter* *Sneezes* Hello?? Hello!! After a much longer than anticipated (though much-needed) break from reviewing, I am gently dipping my tapping toes and typing fingers back into the scene. I have had a lovely time reading a grand smorgasbord of things, re-reading favourites, relaxing with romance novels, digging into decades of Peanuts comics,… Read more
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Picture Book Reviews: How to Party Like A Snail & Hooray for Trucks!
Thanks to the lovely folks at Owlkids Books, I have two wonderfully fun picture books on the review docket! First up is How to Party Like A Snail by Naseem Hrab and Kelly Collier; and second up is Hooray for Trucks! by Susan Hughes and Suharu Ogawa. Happy reading! With a number of favourable reviews… Read more
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Children’s Reviews: Iceberg: A Life in Seasons & Boney
Thanks to the lovely folks at Groundwood Books/House of Anansi, I have the pleasure of reviewing two fascinating and unique children’s books: the non-fiction title Iceberg: A Life in Seasons written by Claire Saxby and illustrated by Jess Racklyeft, and the picture book Boney written by Cary Fagan and illustrated by Dasha Tolstikova. Happy reading!… Read more
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Children’s Review: Crimson Twill: Witch in the City by Kallie George & Birgitta Sif
Hello readers! Something lovely for Halloween courtesy of the kind folks at Penguin Random House Canada: the illustrated chapter book Crimson Twill: Witch in the City written by Kallie George, illustrated by Birgitta Sif. Read along for my thoughts on Crimson Twill as well as a look at some terrific graphic novels I’ve had the… Read more
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Picture Book Reviews: Blue Baboon Finds Her Tune & Baby Squeaks
Two terrifically fun picture books on the review docket today! First up, courtesy of Sourcebooks is Blue Baboon Finds Her Tune by Helen Docherty and Thomas Docherty; and second up is Anne Hunter’s Baby Squeaks, courtesy of Tundra Books/Penguin Random House Canada. Happy reading! A wonderfully sweet and vibrantly illustrated rhyming picture book, Blue Baboon… Read more