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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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Must Read Monday (84): Children’s Fiction from Nikki Grimes, Charis Cotter, Torrey Maldonado & more!
Welcome to another edition of Must Read Monday! This feature is where I spotlight older, recent, or upcoming releases I am looking forward to. The lists will include all genres I like to read, everything from picture books to comics, children’s lit to adult fiction. Slightly late posting this edition, but too many great children’s… Read more
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Great Picture Books! (13)
Welcome to another Recently Read round up of great- and I mean tremendous- picture books! This entry features what I would more broadly categorize as children’s lit: there are picture books for the preschool and under crowd, but there are also some slightly longer and more mature illustrated children’s titles as well. In this round… Read more
canadian lit, children’s, david alexander robertson, david roberts, esme shapiro, excellent, great picture books, historical, jo empson, julie flett, julie kraulis, kyo maclear, matt james, nicola i. campbell, paul harbridge, picture books, read alouds, rogério coelho, sally lloyd-jones, storytime, very good, wordless picture books -
Review: Mary Anning’s Curiosity by Monica Kulling
Review: Mary Anning’s Curiosity by Monica Kulling, with illus. by Melissa Castrillon Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Groundwood Books. Thank you! Publication: May 1, 2017 by Groundwood Books Book Description: Mary Anning, considered the world’s greatest fossilist, discovered her first big find at the age of twelve. This novel is an imaginative re-creation of her childhood… Read more
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Must Read Monday (63): Children’s Lit from Linda Williams Jackson, Caela Carter & more!
Welcome to another edition of Must Read Monday! This feature is where I spotlight older, recent, or upcoming releases I am looking forward to. The lists will include all genres I like to read, everything from picture books to comics, children’s lit to adult fiction! This week: children’s fiction! I am featuring a slew of… Read more
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Review: Armstrong & Charlie by Steven B. Frank
Review: Armstrong & Charlie by Steven B. Frank Source: ARC courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Expected publication: March 7, 2017 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Book Description: Charlie isn’t looking forward to sixth grade. If he starts sixth grade, chances are he’ll finish it. And when he does, he’ll grow older than the brother he… Read more
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Must Read Monday (48): Mystery Titles on my TBR!
Welcome to another edition of Must Read Monday! This feature is where I spotlight older, recent, or upcoming releases I am looking forward to. The lists will include all genres I like to read, everything from picture books to comics, children’s lit to adult fiction! This week: a focus on mystery titles! I have (much)… Read more
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Must Read Monday (47): Looking at Fall 2016 Releases (Part 3)
Continuing on with a Must Read Monday feature on Fall 2016 releases!… This week’s Must Read Monday is a little bit different. I’ve been looking through various sources (review journals, publisher’s sites, Goodreads, blogs, etc.) as is my norm, but my to-be read pile has grown tremendously in a short span! This is due, in… Read more
adult fiction, alex marwood, ann patchett, ben clanton, booki vivat, cate holohan, children’s, chris hadfield, contemporary, elise gravel, emma donoghue, fall 2016, fantasy, gilly macmillan, graphic novels, historical, jan thomas, jordan sonnenblick, jory john, joyce wan, julia sarda, karen foxlee, kate moretti, kathryn siebel, kayla rae whitaker, lane smith, lily brooks dalton, matt phelan, middle grade, must read monday, mystery, picture books, sue lowell gallion, suspense, the fan brothers, thriller, trilby kent, Young Adult -
Must Read Monday (46): Janet Ellis’s The Butcher’s Hook & Sarah Perry’s The Essex Serpent
Welcome to another edition of Must Read Monday! This feature is where I spotlight older, recent, or upcoming releases I am looking forward to. The lists will include all genres I like to read, everything from picture books to comics, children’s lit to adult fiction! This week: a few seemingly under-the-radar historical fiction titles that… Read more
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