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Ok, yes I was creeped out a little

Creepy Crayon! by Aaron Reynolds

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With a nod to Aaron Reynolds and Peter Brown’s other collaboration, Creepy Pair of Underpants! (and possibly the first Creepy Tales title Creepy Carrots! which I might have missed) their rabbit hero Jasper is back in Creepy Crayon! Jasper is failing his classes. Of course, he could have studied but his favorite TV show was on. And well, there is always something more important (or interesting) than math.  But when he finds a purple crayon (that oddly enough seems pleased to be picked up off […]

He wanted a litter of puppies, he got three sisters

My Life Begins! by Patricia MacLachlan

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I am sad to say that My Life Begins! is probably going to be the last book by Patricia MacLachlan we will have. Unless, she had things in the works that will come out after August 2022 (when My Life Begins! comes out). But either way, this book does not disappoint. It is an adorable book about siblings without the drama. It is an adorable book about finding who you are not only to yourself but to others. It is a cozy (short) story about […]

And you thought eating pizza was easy

No Ordinary Pizza: A Story about Interconnection by Sara Marlowe

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I almost did not review No Ordinary Pizza: A Story about Interconnection by Sara Marlowe. But just because it was not something I loved, did not mean it was not a book people should not hear about. I would like to qualify my comment of I did not love it by saying, I probably had factors that were in play that colored my opinion. I was not comfortably sitting reading it, I was tired, and I have read several similar books and the theme is […]

A cray-sea life

You Brought Me The Ocean by Alex Sanchez

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You Brought Me The Ocean. Seems simple enough of a title. The story that Alex Sanchez created is not as simple as that. This is a fun book about love and being true to yourself. Two characters quickly find love with each other, but their small community and local high school classmate will challenge that. Also, friends will come into question, what is family, and what are the markings on one of the young teen. Jake Hyde is drawn to the ocean, but his mother’s […]

See if you like this book

See You Someday Soon by Pat Zietlow Miller

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In See You Someday Soon a child misses someone who is very far away from them. The prose poetry of the text talks about the feels, thoughts, and questions they have. They tell of ways that they could go and visit that person (rocket ship, letter, plane, or jet pack).  Pat Zietlow Miller has a thoughtful, somber, and still hopeful tone to the text. The story is simple but has a lot going on with it.  While there is not a lot of traditional action, […]

I read some books and I want you to know about them

The Pack by Amanda Cley

A Perfect Spot by Isabelle Simler

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A surprise in the mail other day found its way to my desk. Two hardcover picture books from a publisher I do not remember asking for (but I am on publishers’ lists so it could be they cold-sent!) called The Pack by Amanda Cley and Cecilia Ferri and A Perfect Spot by Isabelle Simler. The Pack is spooky. Not in the usual sense of “creepy ghosts or goblins” but the tone is somber, and the sepia colors (with the hints of rare other colors just […]



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