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Let’s spend a little of your hard-earned Christmas book buying budget on some books we wished we could have read as children.

What if, Pig? by Lizzie Hunter

Dad & The Dinosaur by Gennifer Choldenko

Captain Starfish by Davinia Bell

You've Got Dragons by Kathryn Cave

When You Are Brave by Pat Zietlow Miller

December 4, 2021 by NTE Leave a Comment

AKA Why this week’s library haul had me in tears. There’s a lot to go over in this review, so I’m bear with me: There’s a reason these books are together like this, I promise. Dad & The Dinosaur by Gennifer Choldenko –Nicholas isn’t brave like his dad: He’s afraid of all sorts of things, like bugs, & darkness, & manhole covers.  But he has a secret weapon: A dinosaur that “likes the dark, bugs are nothing to them, and they eat manhole covers for […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: Anxiety, captain starfish, dad & the dinosaur, Davinia Bell, Gennifer Choldenko, Kathryn Cave, Lizzie Hunter, Mental Health, mental illness, pandemic, Panic, Pat Zietlow Miller, Picture Books, picture books for mental health, what if pig, When You Are Brave, You've Got Dragons

NTE's CBR13 Review No:50 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: Anxiety, captain starfish, dad & the dinosaur, Davinia Bell, Gennifer Choldenko, Kathryn Cave, Lizzie Hunter, Mental Health, mental illness, pandemic, Panic, Pat Zietlow Miller, Picture Books, picture books for mental health, what if pig, When You Are Brave, You've Got Dragons ·
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