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Okay, I mean farts

Gomer the Gassy Goat: A Fart Filled Tale by Hayley Rose

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In 2020, Wonky Donkey by Craig Smith came out. In 2022 Gomer the Gassy Goat: A Fart Filled Tale by Hayley Rose came out. They are the same book in all forms except one is about a gassy goat and the other a wonky donkey. Okay not exactly alike, but the “House that Jack Built” concept is prominent in both as are the concepts.  Why do I mention a four and six year old book? Because in mid-October 2026 Gomer the Gassy Goat: A Fart […]

Wear ya boots

Farm Boots by Lisl H. Detlefsen

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If you have a shoe feetish, I mean fetish, then this is the boots for …. I mean book for you. Okay, Farm Boots by Lisl H. Detlefsen is not an adult book, but it does have some really cute boots for the characters to wear in this rhyming book.  Each person has a specific boot for a specific job and for lots of play. Here we see boots for mud, boots for puddles, boots for riding and boots for mucking out the stalls (make […]

With a cheep cheep here and cheep cheep there

Five Fuzzy Chicks by Diana Murray

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Finding the right book at the right time is rarely easy, but it is fun. I was cleaning up some reader copies that got out of place and picked up Five Fuzzy Chicks.  Now, it had been a long month all week, I needed something to counter that and what I found was Diana Murray and Sydney Hanson’s picture book. This is a cute rhyming story that is perfect for a bedtime (or anytime). It follows five little chicks who are not ready for bed. […]

New York Times Book Review told us:

Just Because by Mac Barnett

I Miss My Grandpa by Jin Xiaoling

The Famer by Abadia Ximo

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New York Times Book Review told us a few months back what their 67th annual list of Best Illustrated Children’s Books for 2019 was. I picked up one or two here and there and today I found myself reading three. My “like” of Just Because by Mac Barnett comes from Isabelle Arsenault’s illustrations. They are simple, with a lack of a traditional color, but the details are far from simplistic. The story (a child asking all the questions even many adults want to know) is […]

Whole New Meaning to Chicken Scratch

Chicken Talk by Patricia MacLauchlan

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Chicken Talk has such an interesting premise, it has very little middle ground for the “do I like it or not” category. It is one of those books you will love or hate. Therefore, if you like funny stories, or stories about families or about farms and especially about chickens you will probably like this. And if you are a fan of Patricia MacLauchlan as an author you will love this as it is her signature style all over the pages. Now, do you like […]

Bowie and Sylive say it best: Just Dance

Just Dance by Patricia MacLachlan

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Patricia MacLachlan is an “old school” author or what I call a “grandparent friendly author” as nothing “bad” happens in the story. Sure, Sylvie Bloom gets sick near the end of the book, but nobody is worried she will die. Nor are there any drawn-out weeks of worrying. Even the “excitement” of the dog locked in a car really is not all that worrisome as you know that Sheriff Bud will miraculously save the day. Even Sylvie’s name, Bloom, is happy and a shadowing to […]



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