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No one likes a fart even one with heart

No One Likes a Fart by Zoe Foster Blake,

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No One Likes a Fart is yes, a piece of bad bathroom humor. Kids will love it. Zoe Foster Blake, personally, does not like farts, but has some clever ways of describing them (butt trumpet, Fart Simpson to name a few). As well as an interesting story: naive Fart does not understand that the horrible stench everyone is complaining about is him! After all, he is a friendly fart and just wanted to come out and make some new friends. And just when, after many different misadventures, Fart meets Belch. And what a lovely Belch she is! Adam Nickel continues […]

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8/5/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:292 |

Lupita Nyong’o shows you what it means to be beautiful

Sulwe by Lupita Nyong’o

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Lupita Nyong’o has created a picture book that deals with the issue of loving yourself. Growing up darker than her family, Nyong’o always wanted to change her looks; wanted to be lighter, like her own family and like her character, Sulwe. And while the two took different journeys, the ending is the same. They both came to love who they were: inside and out. This is done in a not overly preachy manner and the journey to being yourself could be anyone’s journey due to the way that it is written and even though the young girl is from Kenya, […]

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6/21/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:237 |

It was Hard Being Me Yesterday, but Today is a new day

Being Edie Is Hard Today by Ben Brashares

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Being Edie Is Hard Today is a modern story about imagination and the issues kids deal with due to a more heighten sense of issues they (and adults around them) have. In other words, this is a touchy-feely book at its best. And make sure that you are at your best when reading; because nothing can ruin this book more than having a “Being You Is Hard Today” kind of day yourself. Ben Brashares created a modern, not fairy tale, but fairy tale for today. Edie is just having a rough time of it. She imagines all sorts of animals […]

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6/21/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:232 |

Oh boy! Oh boy!

Dear Boy by Paris Rosenthal

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I do not remember reading mother and daughter Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Paris Rosenthal’s collaboration Dear Girl. But if I had, it obviously did not make much of an impression. Therefore, I was unsure what to exactly expect from daughter and father collaborators, Paris and Jason Rosenthal’s Dear Boy. Though, I had my suspicions. And basically, what came out of my reading of Dear Boy was exactly what I was expecting: a sentimental, modern, touchy-feely and obvious book. It is a “make yourself a kinder, gentler, boy” by telling him he is great, good, he is strong, can be sad […]

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5/23/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:176 |

Once Upon a time a baby named Tess was adopted….

Giant Tess by Dan Yaccarino

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Dan Yaccarino is known for a quirky style, but usually good, solid stories.  This time, Giant Tess combines classic Yaccarino and an old school flair to create a modern fairy tale. Which, unfortunately, is an obvious story that has been done before. It is a case of “Be yourself and anyone of any size can be a hero.” Tess, adopted as a baby, grows so quickly there is no denying it, she is a giant. And that, as one can assume, does not always work well. When she meets a special friend, the two of them can save the day. […]

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5/23/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:175 |

“If I have to I can do anything I am strong (strong) I am invincible (invincible)”

I Will Be Fierce by Bea Birdsong

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Since there are several books about overcoming your fears, I Will Be Fierce loses a little “punch” to the actual story. However, showing how the everyday can be a bit of a challenge (a bus ride is like facing a multi-headed monster, the big kids are giants, a pack of dogs are dragons) in a mater-of-fact way is slightly unique. And some diversity is shown without “throwing it in your face” or being “preachy” is refreshing. There are kids of all colors, yet not a lot of shapes/sizes or possible religious or physical differences. However, had that been there, that […]

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5/8/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:156 |

1972; 1979 and now 2018

Felix’s New Skirt by Kerstin Brichzin

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There is another book you can check out if you are looking for a non-gender conforming book, Felix’s New Skirt. Felix is a boy. He likes skirts. He likes how it feels and how easy it is to move in them. He even borrows his sisters. But, of course, people in the neighborhood and his classmates do not accept it. It is not until Felix’s dad finds a solution that things start to work out for everyone. This for the reader who likes books about being yourself, even if that means you are not “in the norm” when it comes […]

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5/7/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:153 |

Three might be company, but four is one too many

Just Jamie by Terri Libenson

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Terri Libenson has several middle-school novels in her Emmie & Friends series. First we saw Invisible Emmie, then Positively Izzy and now we have Just Jamie. And while each book ties into the others, each is a standalone story as well. Done in a slightly nontraditional graphic novel format, Libenson creates a slightly idealistic (things are wrapped up nicely, certain convenient events happen to move the story along) but also a realistic view of Middle School. Jamie has her group of friends. Three of them have known each other for years. Then a new girl comes along, and they let […]

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4/16/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:128 |


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