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Selfie Sweepstakes Reviews: The Strength of Wild Horses

Selfie Sweepstakes Reviews: The Strength of Wild Horses
Roger Sutton | Blogs,  Mar 10, 2015

The Strength of Wild Horses; by Sandra Tayler; illus. by Angela Call. Tayler Corporation, 2014. 32.pp. ISBN 978-0-9835746-8. 12.95. Amy, who resembles Pippi Longstocking by way of Tony Ross, has lots of great ideas but, like wild horses, they can run too fast. “And when the run was over, there was Amy, and the mess.” […]

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Selfie Sweepstakes Reviews: Drawbridges Open and Close

Selfie Sweepstakes Reviews: Drawbridges Open and Close
Roger Sutton | Blogs,  Mar 06, 2015

Drawbridges Open and Close; by Patrick T. McBriarty; illus. by Johanna H. Kim. Curly Press, 2014. 40pp. ISBN 978-1-941216-02-6. $15.95 Gr. K-3. I was glad I had read this book prior to my recent visit to Ft. Lauderdale, where everybody gets around by car, negotiating a host of drawbridges back and forth across the Intracoastal […]

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A Love Letter to Salsa, a Tribute to Families, and an Unusual Friendship | Fiction Preschool to Grade 4

A Love Letter to Salsa, a Tribute to Families, and an Unusual Friendship | Fiction Preschool to Grade 4
SLJ,  Mar 05, 2015
The latest titles for children include a gorgeous, bilingual picture book on salsa, a new look at families, and The Skunk a can’t-miss offering from Mac Barnett and Patrick McDonnell.
SO gay.

SO gay.
Roger Sutton | Blogs,  Feb 23, 2015

The March cover of the Horn Book, that is. Gertrude and the boys should be in your mailbox soonish–we lost a couple of days due to the weather. But dePaola’s springtime palette gives me hope!

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Families: All Shapes, All Sizes | Fiction Preschool to Grade 4

Families: All Shapes, All Sizes | Fiction Preschool to Grade 4
SLJ,  Feb 04, 2015
This month’s offerings for younger readers present a variety of families, from a family of bunnies who adopt a wolf to some poignant father-daughter picture books.
Review of the Day: Mr. Squirrel and the Moon by Sebastian Meschenmoser

Review of the Day: Mr. Squirrel and the Moon by Sebastian Meschenmoser
Elizabeth Bird | Blogs,  Jan 28, 2015
Mr. Squirrel and the Moon By Sebastian Meschenmoser NorthSouth $18.95 ISBN: 978-0-7358-4156-7 Ages 3-6 On shelves now Here in America 2015 is turning out to be a great year in terms of children’s literary imports. Authors and artists that I haven’t seen gracing the shores of our fair nation for years are suddenly returning en [...]
Picture Books for … Teens?

Picture Books for … Teens?
Karyn Silverman | Blogs,  Jan 14, 2015
It’s rare that there are true all-ages picture books. This year, we have two of note. Both are beautiful, thought-provoking, unusual, and skew way up. All the way to adolescence and beyond. I’ll eat my hat if either receives a silver from the RealCommittee. Hell, I’ll eat all y’all’s hats. BUT. These are gorgeous books [...]
Review of the Day: Lulu and Pip by Nina Gruener

Review of the Day: Lulu and Pip by Nina Gruener
Elizabeth Bird | Blogs,  Nov 29, 2014
Lulu & Pip By Nina Gurener Photography by Stephanie Rausser Cameron & Company $18.95 ISBN: 978-1-937359-60-7 Ages 3-7 On shelves now To what do we credit the distinct increase in children’s books containing photography this year? I posed that very question to a group of children’s book photographers not that long ago and the answers [...]
Best Books 2014: Rules of Summer| Picture Books

Best Books 2014: Rules of Summer| Picture Books
SLJ,  Nov 14, 2014
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