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One book, 10 friends and a heck of a good time

How to Two by David Soman

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First look at How to Two makes it look like a book about kids playing. And it. However, David Soman twists it up a bit with the how the kids start to play.  Over all this is a terribly clever book. It has rich, deep, solid illustrations. The story works well for a classroom or one-on-one reading. It is educational and fun. What it is not, however, is one of my OMG LOOOOVE this book! The idea of counting from one to ten by each child adding one more child to the play time is a great idea. Then, when […]

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6/12/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:213 |

Hello My name is Raven and I am a book sniffer

This Book of Mine: A Picture Book by Sarah Stewart

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This Book of Mine: A Picture Book by wife and husband team Sarah Stewart (one heck of a writer) and David Small (one heck of an illustrator) is a poetic look at the things we do with books: read, enjoy, chew, learn, even smell them. WHAT? You have never smelled a book? And you call yourself a bibliophile! All kidding aside, I was not expecting a lot of out this short book. Mostly because my inner kid kicked in when I saw the title and I thought “This is my book. Not yours. My book.” And figured it was a book about sharing. […]

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5/24/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:181 |

Q: What did the quater say to the penny?

Spend It! (Moneybunny) by Cinders McLeod

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Spend It! is one in a series of books for kids learning about money.  Along with Earn It! and Save It! (and possibly a future title Give It!) the reader finds out that money is not as straight forward as one might think. Cinders McLeod, in this book, talks about understanding your choices when it comes to money. Our bunny hero, Sonny, has three carrots, therefore, that means he can buy three things, right? Wrong! As he quickly learns. (Though you got to love that reasoning!) And, with his mothers help, Sonny figures out what each thing he wants cost/how […]

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5/13/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:164 |

A long time ago a man wrote music ….

Because by Mo Willems

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Because is one of those books, that when I was finished, I was out of breath and feeling slightly overwhelmed, but in a good way. I was afraid, as I am not a huge Mo Willems fan, that I was not going to enjoy this, but Because has a format that is unique, a story theme, while has been done before, has not be done in this exact way and some clever artwork. Mo Willems and Amber Ren created a story about how things are connected and “just because X happened Y happens”: Because a man many years ago made […]

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3/27/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:93 |

26 ways to say Love

L Is for Love: A Heartfelt Alphabet by Greg Paprocki

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L is for Love: A Heartfelt Alphabet is one of those odd little gems that looks like it is from 1950 but is very 2018. The illustrations show you the alphabet of love and friendship. The illustrations are casually modern. Nothing is forced, and things flow with the diversity of people (bi-racial copy, people of color). In fact, the P is for Poetry shows the girl reciting “How do I love thee?” (Or I assume she is…. She is kneeling, with paper in hand, boy in front of her. However, Greg Paprocki you goofed by having the soda pop/straw near […]

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1/23/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:22 |

Mostly Likely you’ll love this book if you give it a try

Tomorrow Most Likely by Dave Eggers

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A coworker asked me if Tomorrow Most Likely was as cute as it is supposed to me. I said, “Weeeellll… My logic is taking over.” How do you explain that maybe you will not have met Cousin Todd today? Or the sky is not blue today? After all the text of Dave Eggers makes it seem like it will happen. But then I thought, that this is a good discussion book. He does say “most likely” and when you do not meet a squirrel named Sid or touch a funky bug, you can talk about what you did do. Plus, […]

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1/9/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:13 |

Celebrate the sights, sounds, and smells of the season

Winter is Here by Kevin Henkes

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After my review of A Parade of Elephants, I was a little nervous about reading Winter is Here. However, I was excited to see that while I am not seeing his classic illustrations there is a story here. Of course, I still think this would be better as a board book then a normal sized picture book but could see myself buying this for a gift. Laura Dronzek is the reason the classic illustrations of Kevin Henkes are not there as she is the illustrator with a hint of Henkes in the eyes of the characters. They have collaborated before […]

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10/31/2018 's CBR10 Review No:402 |

Old Friend, New Style

A Parade of Elephants by Kevin Henkes

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The thing about recent Kevin Henkes books is that I do not see the illustration styles of Chrysanthemum, Owen or Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse anymore. What I have come to know as his style is gone. Therefore, I do not say, “THAT is a Kevin Henkes book” and I am no longer drawn to them. However, this is in the style of the more recent books, so if you prefer that, this is perfectly a representation of his style. I picked up A Parade of Elephants because of a display in my independent bookstore was clever. Also, it is on […]

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10/31/2018 's CBR10 Review No:401 |


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