children’s
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Review: Knockout by K.A. Holt
Review: Knockout by K.A. Holt Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: March 6, 2018 by Chronicle Books Book Description: Levi just wants to be treated like a typical kid. As a baby, he had a serious disease that caused him respiratory issues. He’s fine now, but his mom and overprotective brother still… Read more
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Review: Bloom by Kyo Maclear & Julie Morstad
Review: Bloom: A Story of Fashion Designer Elsa Schiaparelli by Kyo Maclear & Julie Morstad Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada & Tundra Books. Thank you! Publication: February 6, 2018 by Tundra Books Book Description: Here is the life of iconic fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli, who as a little girl in Rome, was… Read more
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Graphic Novel Review: Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol
Review: Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol, color by Alec Longstreth Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: April 24, 2018 by First Second Book Description: All Vera wants to do is fit in – but that’s not easy for a Russian girl in the suburbs. Her friends live in fancy houses and their… Read more
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Picture Book Review: Petra by Marianna Coppo
Review: Petra by Marianna Coppo Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada. Thank you! Publication: February 6, 2018 by Tundra Books Book Description: Petra is a little rock who believes she is a mighty mountain . . . until a dog fetches her for its owner, and she is tossed into a bird’s nest.… Read more
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Must Read Monday (81): Supriya Kelkar, Natasha Farrant, Ashley Herring Blake & 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: middle grade titles! A mix of… Read more
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Review: P.S. I Miss You by Jen Petro-Roy
Review: P.S. I Miss You by Jen Petro-Roy Source: ARC courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: March 6, 3018 by Feiwel & Friends Book Description: Evie is heartbroken when her strict Catholic parents send her pregnant sister, Cilla, away to stay with a distant great-aunt. All Evie wants is for her older sister to… Read more
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Picture Book Reviews: Forever or a Day & The Boy and the Blue Moon
Forever or a Day by Sarah Jacoby Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Expected publication: March 27, 2018 by Chronicle Books Book Description: What does time mean to you? Sometimes it feels like it could last Forever or a Day . The seconds that count in catching the bus; The idyllic hours that… Read more
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Picture Book Review: Hello Hello by Brendan Wenzel
Review: Hello Hello by Brendan Wenzel Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Expected publication: March 20, 2018 by Chronicle Books Book Description: Hello, Hello! Beginning with two cats, one black and one white, a chain of animals appears before the reader, linked together by at least one common trait. From simple colors and… Read more
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Review: The Strange and Deadly Portraits of Bryony Gray by E. Latimer
Review: The Strange and Deadly Portraits of Bryony Gray by E. Latimer Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Tundra Books/Penguin Random House Canada. Thank you! Publication: February 13, 2018 by Tundra Books Book Description: Bryony Gray is becoming famous as a painter in London art circles. But life isn’t so grand. Her uncle keeps her locked in… Read more
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