Lloyd Finds His Whalesong by Skylaar Amann
What book was going to be my cbr12bingo Music block? Though I could not remember the title right off, I knew a book about a whale I had read would be perfect. After bugging a coworker to 1) read it and 2) tell me the title I found it. The background to the book is almost as fun. as the book itself. As I said, after I had found this book that had caught my eye because of its lovely blue cover, that allowed me […]
Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake
Friendship slot for cbr12bingo done Skunk and Badger (book one of a planned at least trilogy) are The Really Odd Couple. I have no doubt that the others are going to keep this interesting new Buddy Series on its toes! Amy Timberlake created a book that has an old school/old world feeling to it. I thought of Frog and Toad and Wind in the Willows while reading it. The story behind getting my copy of this due in September book, is a slightly odd one. […]
Zen Happiness by Jon J. Muth
My Happy choice for cbr12bingo,The art makes me happy. The sayings are not my personal tastes but will be perfect for the right reader. They are supposed to show that there is happy out there. This makes Zen Happiness a great hostess gift, graduation gift (for all ages) and just a nice book to have in your collection for a pick-me-up from time-to-time. As I said, the art of Jon J. Muth makes me happy. Even his darker colored, shadowy images are happy. Plus, I […]
Goliath: The Boy Who Was Different by Ximo Abadía
Red cbr12bingo I said! Goliath: The Boy Who Was Different by Ximo Abadía seems like it might be a somber and sad story, but turns out it is really a feel good story about just being you. Other than being very large, not looking like everyone else, Goliath seems like a normal boy. While Abadia does not dig deep into the differences, they show how being different affects Goliath, who is telling their own story. We have seen this story before, but it is fresh […]
Fight the Night by Tomie dePaol
The cbr12bingo No Money! slot is the easiest one for me. Reader copies are scattered all over my workspace! It’s a miracle I can get anything done. And one freebie was this classic Tomie dePaola picture book. Fight the Night is an early Tomie dePaola work released back in February for today’s fan. While you know it is dePaola, the art is less polish than his later work. This is because the book is created in an “old school” art format with actually very little […]
