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Children’s picture books

A Midsummer Night's Dream
Children’s picture books
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream

A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Georghia Ellinas proves we are never too young or too old for Shakespeare. Okay, dear readers, here’s a one-of-a-kind, wild recommendation:

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Will You Be My Friend
Children’s early and middle readers
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Will You Be My Friend

WILL YOU BE MY FRIEND Back in 1994, Irish writer Sam McBratney, and British illustrator Anita Jeram, published the picture book, Guess How Much I

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Freedom Soup
Children’s early and middle readers
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Freedom Soup

FREEDOM SOUP Just in time for New Year’s Day celebration is another great picture book from Candlewick Press. Freedom Soup is proof that the publishing

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Just Because
Children’s picture books
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Just Because

JUST BECAUSE How many of us who have children in our lives remember people telling us, “Enjoy them while you can because they grow up

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My Grandma and Me
Children’s early and middle readers
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My Grandma and Me

MY GRANDMA AND ME – Unlearning Otherness one child at a time. Picture books have, for me, become a passion. As much as their stories

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Animal stories
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Ten Horse Farm

TEN HORSE FARM Pop-up books are so darned much fun it is hard not to love them. Robert Sabuda, the uncrowned king of pop-ups, has

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Children’s early and middle readers
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Good Rosie!

GOOD ROSIE! As a book reviewer, I have no favorite genre; if a book is well-written, I will unabashedly tout its merit. In the case

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Children’s picture books
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Manjhi Moves a Mountain

MANJHI MOVES A MOUNTAIN When asked what kind of book I most enjoy reviewing, children’s picture books are right up there near the top. I’m

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Children’s early and middle readers
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Du Iz Tak?

DU IZ TAK? If I were still selling books at a brick and mortar, Carson Ellis’s Du Iz Tak? would be flying off the shelf.

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Children’s early and middle readers
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Charlotte and the Quiet Place

CHARLOTTE AND THE QUIET PLACE Charlotte and the Quiet Place is a most appropriate picture book for this time of year, which gives new meaning

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Children’s picture books
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Cozy Light Cozy Night

COZY LIGHT COZY NIGHT   It is not difficult to review picture books, especially when it is one of Elisa Kleven’s. Cozy Light Cozy Night is

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Chinese Fables
Children’s picture books
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Chinese Fables

Chinese Fables, The Dragon Slayer and Other Timeless Tales of Wisdom Chinese Fables is a picture book treasure for both the mind and the eye.

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Baby Flo
Children’s picture books
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Baby Flo

Ask any young person today if they know what vaudeville is and the closest they might come is to guess it’s a new online website

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