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Two reviews: a CBR12Bingo for Debut and a couple of “old timers”

Lift by Minh Le

Lone Wolf by Sarah Kurpiel 

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cbr12bingo  Debut One can find their “pack” or friends and family anyplace. Or more accurately, the “right anyplace.” And in Lift by Minh Le (who wrote Drawn Together which I greatly liked as well as a Green Lantern for the middle school crowd, which I enjoyed) and illustrated by Dan Santat you find an interesting “pack of friends.” And with Lone Wolf by Sarah Kurpiel the right place to find your family/pack can be right under your nose. And also a debut author can be under […]

From two masters of the graphic novel

The Eternal Smile: Three Stories by Gene Luen Yang

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My weekend reading included three graphic novels, and while two were “intense” they were not deeply intense like The Eternal Smile: Three Stories was. This book takes three similar themed, but very different stories and punches you in the face. At first you are seeing the reality of the story. Things seem straight forward at first: A young man battles the “big bads” of the world, wins maiden fair and should live happily ever after. A greedy, cigar chomping frog tries to find that one […]

With a Vroom! Vroom! everywhere

Vroom! by Barbara McClintock

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A busy, young girl takes a trip around the countryside (and beyond) one night in this Barbara McClintock creation, Vroom! The detailed illustrations show you where she is going and where she has been (usually in the rearview/sideview mirrors of her race car). She has long and smooth roads until she gets to the mountains, where the cold lends itself to the warmth of the desert, then off to the forest and finally a bridge that takes her to a large, busy and traffic filled […]

My mom was a Barbie Doctor

My Mama is a Mechanic by Doug Cenko

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My Mama is a Mechanic is a “Women can be and do whatever they want” book for the toddler crowd. And sometimes they are those things because of a little help from the imagination of a child. The mom in this book wears many hats: surgeon, chemist and mechanic to name a few. What is going on is the Kid and their imagination see real-life situations and when these things are happening (she is a chemist because she cooks; a surgeon to only the highest […]

Do you believe that Pirates don’t takes baths and there are Groovicorns?

Pirates Don’t Take Baths by John Sega

Do You Believe in Groovicorns? by Rosie Greening

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Yesterday was a slow day at work. Therefore, I took a few minutes to look at the new crop of Sale Books that came in. (Long story short, they are just lovely normal books looking for a home, but just have a slightly lower price than usual). Two books that caught my attention were two board books. One, Pirates Don’t Take Baths by John Segal and the other, I actively went looking for as I had been the one to do the data entry on […]

Did you have your Vitamin C today?

The Berenstain Bears Pirate Adventure by Mike Berenstain

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The Berenstain Bears Pirate Adventure  by Mike Berenstain is a solid example of a Berenstain Bears book. And since it is from 2016, it is also an example of one of the more modern Bears with Baby Honey in it. She is now old enough to run around and play with her older siblings, Brother and Sister Bear. And what they play is Pirates!  However, the one part of the story that is not as traditional is the fact their Christian values or moral story is […]



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