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Board Book Look: Titles from Maggie Li and Camilla Reid & Ingela P. Arrhenius!
Hello lovely readers! Welcome to a brand new post featuring three utterly lovely board books, courtesy of friends at Templar/Candlewick Press/Penguin Random House Canada. Let’s dive right in! Seed and Drip, written and illustrated by Maggie Li, are titles in a new non-fiction board book series called Little Life Cycles. These are absolutely adorable die-cut… Read more
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Picture Book Reviews: Together We Ride & Hat Cat
Two splendid picture books all about taking chances on the review docket! First up, courtesy of author Valerie Bolling, I have pleasure of talking about Together We Ride written by Valerie Bolling and illustrated by Kaylani Juanita. Second on review, courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada, is the beautiful Hat Cat written by Troy Wilson… Read more
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Picture Book Review: Big and Small and In-Between by Carter Higgins and Daniel Miyares
Thanks to lovely friends at Raincoast Books, I had the pleasure of getting to review a new picture book from acclaimed creators Carter Higgins and Daniel Miyares called Big and Small and In-Between. Join me as I take a closer look! Written by Carter Higgins (Circle Under Berry) and illustrated by Daniel Miyares (Night Out)… Read more
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Picture Book Review: Animals Move by Jane Whittingham
Well, hello everyone! Thank you to all who are still out there, visiting my site! It has been more than a few months since my last post. I took a hiatus as our family moved (for the second time in two years…during a pandemic…!), and I had the tremendous opportunity to start a new librarian… Read more
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Seasonal Children’s Books: The Legend of the Christmas Witch & Red and Green and Blue and White
Two beautiful and distinctive seasonal children’s books on the review docket today! Thanks to Penguin Random House Canada, I have the pleasure of getting to talk about The Legend of the Christmas Witch by Dan Murphy and Aubrey Plaza, illustrated by Julia Iredale; and thanks to Raincoast Books, I have the pleasure of sharing my… Read more
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Seasonal Picture Books: Santa Jaws, How to Catch a Gingerbread Man & more!
Three seasonal, just-right-for-Christmas picture books on the review docket today, thanks to the kind folks at Raincoast Books! I will taking a look at the following delightful and fun reads: Santa Jaws by Bridget Heos, illustrated by Galia Bernstein; How to Catch a Gingerbread Man by Adam Wallace and Andy Elkerton; and ’Twas the Night… Read more
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Picture Book Reviews: My Mad Hair Day & If Only…
Two lovely picture books on the review docket today! Thanks to kind folks at Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, I will be talking about Nathalie Dion’s My Mad Hair Day; and thanks to friends at Pajama Press, I will be talking about Mies van Hout’s If Only… . Happy reading! The author-illustrator debut of Nathalie… Read more
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Seasonal Picture Books: Tiny Reindeer & ’Twas the Night Before Christmas
Two wonderful Christmas picture books on the review docket today! Firstly, I’ll be taking a look at Chris Naylor-Ballesteros’s Tiny Reindeer, thanks to the kind folks at Tundra Books/Penguin Random House Canada; and secondly, I will be talking about a newly illustrated version of Clement C. Moore’s ’Twas the Night Before Christmas by P.J. Lynch,… Read more
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Spotlight: The Latest in Sherri Duskey Rinker and AG Ford’s Construction Site Books!
Get your engines ready for a look at three new titles in Sherri Duskey Rinker and AG Ford’s (Three Cheers for Kid McGear!) bestselling Construction Site series! Thanks to kinds friends at Raincoast Books, I have the pleasure of talking about: the picture book Construction Site: Road Crew, Coming Through!; the board book Construction Site:… Read more
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Picture Book Reviews: Gemma and the Giant Girl & Merry Christmas, Anne
Today, thanks to lovely friends at Tundra Books/Penguin Random House Canada, I have the pleasure of talking about two splendid picture books: Gemma and the Giant Girl by the Canadian duo of author Sara O’Leary and illustrator Marie Lafrance; and Merry Christmas, Anne (Inspired by Anne of Green Gables) by another Canadian team of author… Read more
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