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And a road trip to finish the Bingo Board!

The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart

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CBR11Bingo – Travel! Coyote Sunrise and her father Rodeo live an unconventional lifestyle. Tried and true hippies, they drive round the country as the wind takes them on a repurposed school bus which acts as both home and transport. Sometimes they drive toward their favorite sandwich shop in the Bayou, or maybe they’re assisting a fellow traveler they found stranded. It’s been this way for five years – because five years ago, Coyote’s mother and sisters were killed in a car accident. And leaving home and never turning back is the only way her father could cope. Coyote still checks […]

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10/21/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:68 |

“I couldn’t help it. It just popped in there.” – Ray Stantz

The DarkDeep by Allie Condie, Brendan Reichs

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CBR11Bingo – And So It Begins . . . Nico isn’t totally beloved in the town of Timbers, after his dad’s environmental lobbying meant the loss of a lot of jobs from Timbers’ lumber industry.  Luckily he has his best friends Tyler and Emma to pass the time and dodge the bullies (mostly Logan Nantes, whose dad runs the lumber mill).  One way they avoid Logan and his cronies is by spending their time at Still Cove, the cliffside on the edge of town where no one really likes to lurk for long. One day, though, Logan and Nico’s former […]

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9/12/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:63 |

A mythical world to inform on a real world problem

Aquicorn Cove by Katie O'Neill

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CBR11bingo – Science! Lana and her father used to live by the sea with her mother and Aunt Mae. But when Lana’s mother died, her father couldn’t bear to be near the place she loved most, so they moved into the city. After some time grieving, he brings Lana to visit Mae and the little fishing village they used to inhabit.  Lana is ecstatic to be back, even though the nature of their visit is also a big somber: they are helping the town recover from a recent storm.  During the clean-up, Lana discovers an odd little creature, like a […]

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9/11/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:62 |

Each word clicking into place as if he were making a puzzle out of glass

The Lifters by Dave Eggers

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cbr11bingo:  Readers Choice (swapping in the COLLECTION square) Twelve-year-old Granite Flowerpetal doesn’t love his name, even though his father named him Granite to grant him strength. He tries to rebrand himself as “Gran” and while it does take on, he quickly has second thoughts. But his new identity is only one piece of his jumbled up life.  His parents, seeking new work for his father, have moved them to the Flowerpot family hometown and house, in a town whimsically named Carousel after the craft of carousel-making that once made the town so famous and beloved. But with technology came faster, […]

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9/7/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:61 |

Our family’s favourite children’s books

I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen

This is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen

We Found a Hat by Jon Klassen

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#CBR11 Bingo: Award Winner  I Want My Hat Back has won award in at least three countries, including the Selezionato Mostra Internazionale d’Illustratazione per infanzia di Sarmede in 2011, E.B White Award Read Aloud Award for Picture Books in 2012, Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Bilderbuch in 2013. This is Not My Hat won the Caldecott Medal and the Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Award for Children’s Picture Book in 2013, and the Premi Llibreter de narritiva for Album illustrat and the Kate Greenaway medal in 2014. I Want My Hat Back – 5 stars A bear is sad. His hat is missing and he wants […]

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7/30/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:58 |

This book is cute. Wombats are way cuter.

The Secret World of Wombats by Jackie French

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CBR11bingo: I LOVE THIS What do I love? Wombats! To be fair, I’m partial to animals in general. I even try to coexist peacefully with centipedes, in spite of them giving me massive heebie jeebies. But wombats belong to that incredible group of mammals known as marsupials, of which I’m something of an aficionado. As my friends and more than a few disinterested strangers know, I volunteer on the weekends as a docent at the Los Angeles Zoo, where I not only educate the public about wildlife and conservation but also teach the incoming docent class about marsupials. So I’m […]

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7/17/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:30 |

If the shoe doesn’t fit…

Glass Slippers Give You Blisters by Auch, Mary Jane

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My primary reading is Young Adult, so since this is a true kid’s book, I’ll list it as my “YOUTHS!” entry for cbr11bingo. Kelly and her two besties Lisa and Rebecca are just starting junior high. And they’re determined to launch themselves into popularity, since sixth graders are bottom of the totem pole.  Kelly talks her friends into auditioning for the drama production of Rodger’s and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, sure this will introduce them to the upperclassmen who will secure their place in the upper echelon of the school.  But when Kelly turns out to be a terrible, shy singer, and […]

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7/6/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:44 |

Awfully * Bloody * Cute

The Little Red Cat Who Ran Away and Learned His ABC's (the Hard Way) by Patrick McDonnell

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My sister teaches kindergarten, and for Christmas she gave me this book with a note that said, “This book has become a class favorite, and it’s a real nail biter!” I can see why! I can’t remember “reading” a children’s book as adorable and clever as this one. I put “reading” in quotes because it contains very few words. The title indicates that kitty learns his ABCs “the Hard Way,” because there are mostly pictures that go along with each letter of the alphabet; however, it’s not just random A is for aardvark, B is for banana type stuff. This […]

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4/13/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:14 |


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