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Review of the Day: Kat Hats by Daniel Pinkwater, ill. Aaron Renier
Kat HatsBy Daniel PinkwaterIllustrated by Aaron RenierAbrams Books for Young Readers$17.99ISBN: 9781419751943Ages 4-7On shelves February 1st The longer you stay in any business, the more powerful the...
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Review of the Day: Telling Stories Wrong by Gianni Rodari, ill. Beatrice...
Telling Stories WrongBy Gianni RodariIllustrated by Beatrice AlemagnaTranslated from the Italian by Antony ShugaarEnchanted Lion Books$17.95ISBN: 9781592703609Ages 4-7On shelves June 21st There is a...
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Orange You Glad I’m Doing This Interview? Carrie Tillotson & Estrela Lourenco...
The problem with the world today is that we don’t have enough picture books about spotlight-hungry bananas written by biostatisticians. Yup. Everything would be jake if we could just get a couple of...
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Review of the Day: My Parents Won’t Stop Talking! by Emma Hunsinger and...
My Parents Won’t Stop Talking!By Emma Hunsinger and Tillie WaldenRoaring Brook (an imprint of Macmillan)$18.99ISBN: 9781250800275Ages 3-6On shelves now I was at a library conference the other week...
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31 Days, 31 Lists: 2022 Funny Picture Books
Hilarity ensues. Humor, as often said, is subjective. And to have an adult selecting picture books that she deems funny for this list, well it does seem a bit anti-intuitive. Shouldn’t a panel of...
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A Beautiful Safe Space: Getting Into the Humor and Delights of Mama Shamsi at...
I was heartbroken. It was a day near the end of 2022 and my library had just put the finishing touches on our 2022 101 Great Books for Kids list. It was, to be frank, a gorgeous collection of books...
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Review of the Day: Papá’s Magical Water-Jug Clock by Jesús Trejo, ill. Eliza...
Papá’s Magical Water-jug ClockBy Jesús TrejoIllustrated by Eliza KinkzMinerva (an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers)ISBN: 9781662651045$18.99Ages 4-7 Rules for Creating Great Picture Books: You...
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Review of the Day: Mr. S by Monica Arnaldo
Mr. SBy Monica ArnaldoKatherine Tegan Books (an imprint of Harper Collins)$19.99ISBN: 9780063003958Ages 3-6On shelves now We’re far beyond The Kissing Hand now, my friends. Time was that when a parent...
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Review of the Day: Oh, Olive! by Lian Cho
Oh, Olive!By Lian ChoKatherine Tegan Books (an imprint of Harper Collins)$19.99ISBN: 9780063237490Ages 3-6On shelves now I like so many things about picture books that it would be hard to pin down...
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31 Days, 31 Lists: 2023 Funny Picture Books
There’s no one way, but there sure as heck is a wrong way. Ever read a picture book trying to be funny and you can just, somehow, feel it trying to make a kid laugh? Kids are one of the toughest...
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