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Refreshingly Cool

To Build A Fire by Christophe Chaboute

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I settled in to read this quick graphic novel on a warm autumn evening. Sitting in my Muskoka chair in the backyard, sun streaming down on me, I soon felt the cold and frost of Jack London’s classic tale brought to visceral life by the pen of Christophe Chaboute. You’d be tempted to think this is a black and white comic right until the first fire is lit, which is when we finally see flashes of red, orange and yellow, but a closer look will reveal that Chaboute uses muted and faded colours all throughout the narrative. I kept looking […]

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9/22/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:23 |

If you don’t like the cold snow, try this warm treat

When the Snow Falls by Linda Booth Sweeney

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I liked the cover art of When the Snow Falls illustrated by Jana Christy. I was hoping the text by Linda Booth Sweeney would be as big of a hit. Unfortunately, it was not. Spoiler: The fact that all the sudden the parents disappear, and the kids are now at Grandma’s house is odd. They went from the country to the city in what seems like a blink. The one scene that looks like travel happens is the grandmother is pushing the children in a sled. Did the grandmother push the kids back to her place? I had to go […]

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2/22/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:53 |

Let it snow, let it snow!

I Wish it Would Snow. by Sarah Dillard

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Sadly, I did not like the book, I Wish it Would Snow. The only thing that saved it for me was Sarah Dillard’s illustrations. They are sweet and there are some details, but they are not overwhelming. The colors are bold and bright. They do help move the story along. At first, I thought this would be a wordless-picture book, but then it started up with sparse text. And continued with the sparse text. However, the story is realistic. The fact that the child/narrator of the story is never really happy (it is fall, they want snow; when they get […]

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1/28/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:28 |

It is time to enjoy the snow!

Little Owl's Snow by Divya Srinivasan

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Little Owl’s Snow is pretty much what you see is what you get. Divya Srinivasan’s character, Little Owl, wants to explore the winter forest. Yet, as many of his friends have gone off to hibernate, Little Owl is doing this solo. And of course, in due time, Owl starts missing them. Spring cannot come soon enough for him. However, the slight twist to this story is Spring does not come by the end of the book. Owl still must wait awhile longer. This is unusual since during a book one usually sees the seasons unfold: first Autumn (you see this […]

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1/28/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:26 |

Hopefully this is not a sign of six more weeks of bad books

Brownie Groundhog and the Wintry Surprise by Susan Blackaby

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Looking at the sale books at work, I found Brownie Groundhog and the Wintery Surprise. As Groundhogs day gets so little love, I figured this might be one of the few books out there about this fun holiday. Spoiler: It’s not. Susan Blackaby’s story is about three friends who spend the day having a picnic in late December, only at the end, to have Brownie (a groundhog) go off for her winter’s nap. She tells her friends the fox and the rabbit, she will see them in the spring, do not disturb her and tells Fox not to eat Rabbit. […]

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1/7/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:9 |

“Snow happens weather you like it or not.”

When Winter Comes by Nancy Van Laan

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When winter comes, where do things go? When winter comes what happens to the plants and flowers? And what happens to mice? And all of the creatures that run around during the other seasons? And in When Winter Comes by Nancy Van Laan, you have a sweet rhyming story about where things go and what happens to the plants and such when, “when winter comes and the cold wind blows.” Susan Gaber has these delightful illustrations. You are able to read them along with the text. They are actually poetic with their colors and the swirls and lines. The feelings […]

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1/4/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:6 |

Two more books that will tie up your day with reading

Making a Friend and Amy is Famous. by Tammi Sauer and Barbara Bottner

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Making a Friend is a clever pun. As Beaver is good at making a lot of things (slides, stripy socks, a lodge) but he is not good at making friends. Oh, he tries, but it never works out as he hopes. Though I would say the others are not really appreciating the attempts. A skunk should appreciate flowers (who does not like flowers?) and the why is the porcupine sad over the popped balloons? But yes, waking owl during the day is a bit more than a little inconsiderate.  But when Beaver meets Raccoon (and with a little help from […]

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12/27/2018 's CBR10 Review No:479 |

Dashing through the snow….and other activities

Snow (Four Seasons of Walter de la Mare) by Walter de la Mare

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Snow by Walter de la Mare is part of the Four Seasons series that he and Carolina Rabei (as illustrator) have created. Rabei’s illustrations are the main reason I enjoyed this book. While I read the hardcover edition, it also comes in a board book format and in paper as well (though that edition might not be available currently). The illustrations are clever and the right amount of color or lack thereof. It is for the Christmas holiday as we do see that jolly ol’ elf and his four-legged friends flying by, but it also could just be a nice […]

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11/13/2018 's CBR10 Review No:426 |


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