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One is silver, the other is gold.

Best Friends by Shannon Hale

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Best Friends is Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham’s second relatable for the 10 and up crowd graphic novel.  Adults can see themselves, too (then and now) in this book about being a sixth grader where when you think you have it figured out, everything changes. Again. A fast-paced story takes Shannon and her friends through the trials of growing up. The year is 1985 but it could be anytime. Friendships change, boys are no longer “off limits” for friends, you still only play with the ones “you like” but of course, you do not actually play. Rating phone calls no […]

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8/28/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 342 |

I love that I got to read two good books and get to tell y’all about them

Real Friends by Shannon Hale

Sunny Side Up by Jennifer Holmes

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#cbr11bingo  #ILoveThis   (Warning long review) This is the second time I have read Real Friends by Shannon Hale. And it is still as good, if not better this time around. The great thing about this newer generation of graphic novels is that they are so much more relatable than they used to be. Of course, there is still the stigma that they are “just comics” but even “back in the day” they were so much more than that. Books like Shannon Hale, Jennifer Holm or Raina Telgemeier are novels that give the story of “fitting in” or “trying to overcome […]

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7/16/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 277 |

Vampirina and her monster family celebrate a snow day!

Vampirina in the Snow by Anne Marie Pace

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Our favorite little ballerina, sleepover-having, beach going vampire, Vampirina, is back with her family and they are having a grand adventure in the snow! Conveniently this book just happens to be named,  (Imagine that!) Contessa Anne Marie Pace has brought to life our little vampire friend with a very special snow day. Her family and friends (even a reluctant big sister) go out to sled, toss snowballs, ice skate and even, possibly make a new friend! And perhaps the best part to this quirky story is what happens in the illustrations. To say that the illustrations are perhaps the best […]

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10/15/2018 | Post by

Elephant & Piggie Like Reading, Do you?

Elephant & Piggie Like Reading! - The Itchy Book! by Mo Willems

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The author behind the Elephant and Piggie books and the Pigeon of driving a bus fame books, (Mo Willems) has created a beginning reader series, Elephant & Piggie Like Reading! Each one is illustrated by a different popular children’s illustrator. Each book is a book that Elephant and Piggie are reading and not them as the main characters. One of those books is The Itchy Book! With the text by Willems (in his signature style) and the illustrations by Leuyen Pham this new series keeps the high jinx flowing in each of the titles. In The Itchy Book! we see […]

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5/16/2018 | Post by

Shaking Things Up

Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World by Susan Hood

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Poems about 14 different women who “shook things up” and changed the world are seen on the pages of Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World by Susan Hood. Various female illustrators illustrate each person’s story in their signature style. From Ruby Bridges (not a woman, but a 6-year-old girl) to the first woman NYC fire fighter (and slave to a local firefighter) to a pair of sisters who were spies (and very important to the war effort. And one was even captured by the Germans) to Maya Lyn (a young woman who tried to bring healing […]

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5/8/2018 | Post by

Real Friends. Who are they?

Real Friends by Shannon hale

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Questions probably everyone has asked are: “Real Friends. Who are they?” And “How do I get some?” Shannon is no different. Growing up as the middle child, she always tried to find her place. Not really close in age to any of her siblings, she never had a friend until Kindergarten. As the years go along, she realizes friends are not easy to understand. In a graphic novel format, Hale and Pham consider the world of one girl who is just trying to get through life. The afterwards gives glimpses into the real story. While everything is based in fact, […]

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