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The Cool Crowd

The Cool Bean by Jory John

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The Cool Bean is part of Jory John’s series that includes The Good Egg, The Bad Seed and The Good Egg Presents: The Great Eggscape! (coming in February 2020). The Cool Bean is just like the other stories in this group. There are more than a few puns about being “a cool bean” and bean puns in general. The story is simple: Our narrator used to hang out with a handful of beans in olden times (as long ago as last year), but this year they have changed and are now the cool kids/beans in school. Every page reminds us […]

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12/6/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:521 |

“It’s way past bedtime o’clock . . . . but somebody can’t sleep.”

Love Monster and the Scary Something by Rachel Bright

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Love Monster and the Scary Something by Rachel Bright stars the Love Monster from 2013’s Love Monster and 2015’s Love Monster and the Last Chocolate and 2014’s Love Monster and the Perfect Present. This time Love Monster is getting ready for bed, but no matter how hard they try, they cannot get to sleep! And as it gets later and later, Love Monster starts to hear sounds. Which, thankfully, can be figured out quickly enough. That is, until that one sound they cannot figure out. What could it be? When one over active imagination takes over in this quirky, sweet […]

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12/6/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:520 |

Imagination Station

Life as a Mini Hero by Olivier Tallec

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Being a hero is hard, but it is even harder when you are a mini hero as Life as a Mini Hero shows. Olivier Tallec shows the reader all the emotions, situations and issues heroes have to deal with. Tallec tells how humble a hero is, how adored and how much they are needed. And the illustrations show how all of this unfolds (and sometimes the words and art do not always show the same things). This is a book about emotions and what kids go through. Of course, the super hero aspect is to show how special the children […]

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12/4/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:515 |

“My cuddle-bunny is hogging the bed!”

Boris and the Worrisome Wakies by Helen Lester

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Lynn Munsinger’s signature illustrations are marvelous in Boris and the Worrisome Wakies. Helen Lester’s voice is there but the story is a bit more modern than some of her more classic stories (instead of the parents making sure the child is made to go to sleep, the child is allowed to do whatever he wants). The quirk of having badgers go to school at night and sleep during the day (as badgers do) is a nice touch. The story is simple: Boris has all the itches a child has when trying to go to bed: needs water, is afraid of […]

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12/3/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:512 |

Gone to the dogs

Antoinette by Kelly DiPucchio

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Antoinette is probably more a 2.5 than a three. There is something missing for me. Plus, the illustrations and I just are not meshing as I would have liked. Kelly DiPucchio is the author of the companion book Gaston as well as this one. If you do not know who Gaston is, that is fine. His story is told as needed to fit Antoinette’s story. However, you do not necessarily need to know who he was. But, of course, it does not hurt to have read that one as well. The theme of, “everyone has a talent” has been done […]

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12/2/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:511 |

Family vacations, saving the world and talking cats

Pandora’s Legacy by Kara Leopard

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Pandora’s Legacy was one of those books that I judged by the cover. I know! One should not do that, but sometimes (especially with graphic novels) I figured I had an idea of the fantasy, realism and levels of scary vs. thriller. I do not like SCARY. Thriller on the other hand, I am a fan of. I like intellectual thrills Kara Leopard has a fun story taking on Greek myths. She might not follow the story a hundred percent (or at least how I had been told it) but it is an adventure worth taking. There are various retellings […]

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12/2/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:510 |

Fly me to the moon!

Science Comics: Solar System: Our Place in Space by Rosemary Mosco

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I was never a science kid. However, if I had some of the graphic novels that First Second does for their Science Comics series, I might have been. And in the Science Comics: Solar System: Our Place in Space by Rosemary Mosco (illustrations by Jon Chad), we learn about the solar system in a clever and cute way. Two best friends, Sara (home sick) and Jill (trying to cheer her up by stopping her boredom) tell a story of how their pets (in true tongue-in-cheek science-fiction humor) blast off into space to give us a look at the world beyond. […]

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11/29/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:508 |

Road trip!

Peter & Ernesto: The Lost Sloths by Graham Annable

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As you know I greatly enjoy First Second graphic novels. But even a favorite publisher (or author) can have a bust occasionally. And I was afraid the Peter & Ernesto: The Lost Sloths was going to be one for them. And it almost was a not good book, as it started out weak. Thankfully it did pick up as the simple story went on. The large panels help block the story. Easy/early readers could have fun exploring the text and illustrations. Some names of the characters and animals might prove to be difficult, but it would be a good jumping […]

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11/29/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:507 |


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