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Haiku for is for the birds

Whoo-Ku Haiku: A Great Horned Owl Story by Maria Gianferrari and Jonathan D. Voss

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The picture book Whoo-Ku Haiku: A Great Horned Owl Story by Maria Gianferrari and illustrator Jonathan D. Voss is realistic (it talks about how the owl eats, is a bird of prey) but is also age appropriate. Which I would say ranges from a strong age of 5 and up. It can be for older students/children and of course, adults, though the picture book format might turn off the older readers. The way the story is written is in multiple haikus strung together to make […]

Don’t bug out!

Insectopolis: A Natural History by Peter Kuper

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Insectopolis: A Natural History by Peter Kuper is a crazy, wild, odd, neat, and informative read. I have read books on insects (mostly picture books and graphic novels for children to teens), but I think this might be my favorite read yet. Kuper mixes fiction, fantasy, speculative and non-fiction as the impact of these creatures unfolds.  We start with a brother and sister off in New York City, going to an exhibit at “some library.” The sister is a scientist, her brother a “dude” but […]

This cat book needs more about cats

Cat Tales: A History by Jerry D. Moore

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I love this cover! It’s an illustration from Edward Topsill’s The History of Serpents, or, the Second Booke of Living Creatures, printed in 1608. If you could see it in person, you’d love it even more, because it has a metallic finish. A book with a cover like this will practically jump off the shelf into your hands. I love the 76 photos and illustrations throughout the book, which range from more historical illustrations to photos of mummified animals to a famous photo of P-22, […]

Salmon Running and Snow Falling

Salmon Run: An epic journey to the ocean and back by Annie Chen

Snowfall by Sun-jung Park

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Picture books are a fun way to read books. You finished reading something, feel accomplish and can binge without really taking a lot of time out of your day. Take an hour and you can have half a dozen or more reads under your belt depending on the size of them. Two books that would be a good hour read are the two below. The first is a bit on the longer side and paced so you do want to take your time. The second […]

They made me happy

Tiny Garden: A Picture Book by Deborah Underwood

Baba Palooza: A Picture Book by A. D. Ghani

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Lunch one day was a slightly cold Caesar chicken wrap. Why? I mean I purchased it warm. Well, I thought I had lost my credit card. And after three really bad days, that would have been the brown icing (if ya know what I mean) on the cake. Therefore, I tore my purse apart. That took longer than expected as I have used said bag to be a catchall for things recently (several pens, a coffin shaped sticky note pad, tiny 3D Mickey Moused eared […]

Natural curiosity made her the first

Foote Was First!: How One Curious Woman Connected Carbon Dioxide and Climate Change by Jen Bryant and Amy June Bates

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While a bit more academic than many picture book biographies, Foote Was First!: How One Curious Woman Connected Carbon Dioxide and Climate Change by Jen Bryant and Amy June Bates (illustrator), is well written and illustrated, presenting highlighted events in the life of Eunice Foote.  That is a simplified (and not exactly grammatically correct) description of the book. I can’t really say a lot about the book other than it is oddly simpler with the illustrations and yet there is a complexity to them. The […]



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