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I (sometimes) like cute stories and I cannot lie

Malina's Jam: Walt Disney Animation Studios Artist Showcase by Svetla Radivoeva

Mindfulness at the Park by Teresa Anne Power

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I like cute stories but I do not always want cute stories. Yet, when I am in the mood, well, I’m in the mood! And if you’re in the mood for cute stories try one of these: Malina’s Jam: Walt Disney Animation Studios Artist Showcase by Svetla Radivoeva is a cute story, but one we have seen before. However, the illustrations are delightful and worth the read. I can see a series of books about Malina and friends. Malina is a sweet, shy hedgehog who […]

Two reviews for the price of one post

Baby Monster by Andrea Pfeiffer

I Want to Sleep Under the Stars by Mo Willems

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It is that time of year again: New reader copies. And two that found their way to my reading desk were a picture book called Baby Monster and an early reader called I Want to Sleep Under the Stars! (Unlimited Squirrels V03).  They have nothing in common except I read them the same day and knew a 250 review each would be hard. Andrea Pfeiffer created Monster Baby.  It is an amusing and rhyming text story about a couple (of scientists) who made a bundle […]

Some pods and a couple of friends blast off for adventure

Gurple and Preen: A Broken Crayon Cosmic Adventure by Linda Sue Park

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When you like an author, you want to love everything they write. However, Linda Sue Park and Debbie Ridpath Ohi’s newest picture book, Gurple and Preen: A Broken Crayon Cosmic Adventure crumbled a tad.  While I adore the illustrations of Ohi, the story Park presented was only so-so for me. But kids who like to draw and grand imaginations will appreciate it. The story is simple, a couple of characters, called Gurple and Preen, need to prepare a spaceship for the crew. But several issues […]

Come one, come all to the Picture Book Ball

You Be Mommy by Karla Clark

I’m Sticking with You by Smriti Prasadam-Halls

An Alphabet of Hugs by Emily Snape’

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Come one, come all to the Picture Book Ball. Okay, maybe not a Ball-Ball, but I think most people will have fun reading these diverse and unique books. You Be Mommy is Karla Clark’s story at connecting with all the moms out there who are just too tired to be mommy today. Clark lovingly shows how mommies are people, too, and they need some lovin’ now and again. Mommy asks her child to do al the things that she would have done so she can […]

As different as pea soup and pudding, but go together like PB&J

Cookie and Broccoli: Ready for School by Bob McMahon

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This is the first in a new graphic novel series about one out-there cookie and one shy green vegetable. Cookie and Broccoli: Ready for School by Bob McMahon would be good for fans of Narwhal and Jelly books by Ben Clanton or Pizza and Taco by Stephen Shaskan. (And as a side note, I was informed Pizza and Taco was a big hit with a set of friends ranging from second grade to the 12-year-old). Cookie is happy, excited and ready for anything. Who cares […]



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