Cannonball Read 18

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Knock Knock. Who’s There? A new bestie

The Skeleton and the Cat by Brandon James Scott

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This is the time of year when one is bombarded with emails about new books just out or coming out soon. Most of the time, I’m not really interested in them. Not to say they are not good, or even interesting sounding, just I have to pick what I spend time with. I find reading picture books is a way to spend time with books. You don’t have to spend a lot of time with them, but you do get the rush of having read […]

I live in a house with service mice and a grumpy old man

I Live in a Tree Trunk by Meg Fleming

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  I live in a tree trunk. I live in a barn. I live in a shoebox. I’m down on the farm… So say the animals (and much more) of I Live in a Tree Trunk. Each animal, in simple text by Meg Fleming and simple art by Brandon James Scott, tell us where they live. Things are aimed at the aged three and up, with a few rhymes to help pass the time. There is nothing OMG Best Book Ever! to this picture book, […]

I Was Born a Baby, too!

I Was Born a Baby by Meg Fleming

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I did not realize I Was Born a Baby was by Meg Fleming when I picked it up. Why I say this is that Fleming is the author of Wondering Around another book I recently read and reviewed. I did not know because the illustrations by Brandon James Scott are different from Wondering Around, as well as the tone itself is different. Therefore, if you do not like one, try the other. I had seen I Was Born a Baby in a newsletter (this is […]



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