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 Zap! Clap! Boom! The Story of a Thunderstorm by Laura Purdie Salas

Queen Elizabeth: Volume 87 (Little People, Big Dreams) by Sanchez Vegara

September 14, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

It is time for picture a book round up. Below are two radically different, but equally good titles.  Zap! Clap! Boom! The Story of a Thunderstorm is a poetic look at the excitement, softness, loudness, strength of a Thunderstorm. The start, middle, and ending of a storm are given by simple text of Laura Purdie Salas. Their work is complimented by Elly MacKay and their equally complicated, but familiar and comfortable, illustrations. The poetry of a storm comes to life in a way you might […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Elly MacKay, Laura Purdie Salas, Melissa Lee Johnson, nature, Queen Elizabeth II, Sanchez Vegara

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:485 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Elly MacKay, Laura Purdie Salas, Melissa Lee Johnson, nature, Queen Elizabeth II, Sanchez Vegara ·
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Do you know what a riddle-ku is?

Lion of the Sky: Haiku for All Seasons by Laura Purdie Salas

May 19, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Do you know what a Riddle-ku is? Learn all about them (and so much more) in this far out book of American haiku and riddles. Lion of the Sky: Haiku for All Seasons reads like a story and is all around A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!  (add a few more !!! there). Laura Purdie Salas created poems that show the season it represents in a new way. We do not just see “leaves” for fall or “snow” for winter, but other creatures, ideas and feelings that we associate with […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: American Poetry, haiku, Laura Purdie Salas, Merce Lopez, riddles, seasons

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:178 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: American Poetry, haiku, Laura Purdie Salas, Merce Lopez, riddles, seasons ·
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Sometimes it feels like people try too hard

Snack, Snooze, Skedaddle by Laura Purdie Salas, Claudine Gevry

My Footprints by Bao Phi, Basia Tran

To Catch an Elephant by Vanessa Westgate

July 21, 2019 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

Snack, Snooze, Skedaddle Laura Purdie Salas, Claudine Gevry The illustrations are really nice and bright!  The rhyming lines flow easily and work well with being read aloud.  It focuses on the three ways animals deal with winter – migrating, hibernating, and tolerating.  There are examples provided for each one, including some not usually covered in books about winter!  The end of the book has information in greater detail about the topics and animals covered, and there is a glossary for terms that may not be […]

Filed Under: Children's Books Tagged With: Bao Phi, Basia Tran, cbr11, Claudine Gevry, Laura Purdie Salas, Picture Books, Vanessa Westgate

crystalclear's CBR11 Review No:44 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: Bao Phi, Basia Tran, cbr11, Claudine Gevry, Laura Purdie Salas, Picture Books, Vanessa Westgate ·
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