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The Hair of Zoe Fleefenbacher Goes to School by Laurie Halse Anderson,...
I pretty much love everything that Laurie Halse Anderson touches, and so it’s no surprise that her picture book, The Hair of Zoe Fleefenbacher Goes to School and illustrated by Ard Hoyt is a hit with...
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The Hermit Crab by Carter Goodrich
I love how The Hermit Crab by Carter Goodrich begins. And its beginning will give you a really good flavor for just how this story will unfold: The hermit crab in this story didn’t set out to be a...
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Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problem by Mac Barnett, Illustrated by Adam...
In Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problem by Mac Barnett and illustrated by Adam Rex, Billy’s troubles begin when his mom says: “Billy Twitters, clean up your room, or we’re buying you a blue...
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Me With You by Kristy Dempsey, Illustrated by Christopher Denise
Me With You by Kristy Dempsey and illustrated by Christopher Denise is perhaps one of the most touching picture books that I’ve come across. The jacket cover tells me that the book is about a...
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Higher! Higher! by Leslie Patricelli
In my last post I gushed about how much I love Marla Frazee. Leslie Patricelli is another one of those illustrators that I LOVE!! Two years ago (man -was it really two years ago already?!) I was able...
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The Widow’s Season by Laura Brodie
The Widow’s Season by Laura Brodie has a great first line, “Sarah McConnell’s husband had been dead three months when she saw him in the grocery store. He was standing at the end of the seasonal...
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Cult Insanity: A Memoir of Polygamy, Prophets, and Blood Atonement by Irene...
Forgive me for using the book jacket description for Cult Insanity: A Memoir of Polygamy, Prophets, and Blood Atonement by Irene Spencer. I am so backlogged in the number of reviews I need to write...
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I Need My Monster by Amanda Noll, Illustrated by Howard McWilliams
Such a gorgeous picture book! Last year Amanda at A Patchwork of Books was so enthusiastic about this book that I just knew I Need My Monster by Amanda Noll and illustrated by Howard McWilliams was...
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Hush, Baby Ghostling by Andrea Beaty, Illustrated by Pascal Lemaitre
Hush, Baby Ghostling by Andrea Beaty and ilustrated by Pascal Lemaitre is the perfect bedtime Halloween book for the much younger set and one that won’t leave them frightened at all. Mama ghost sings...
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Love You Hate You Miss You by Elizabeth Scott
I remember Love You Hate You Miss You by Elizabeth Scott being a good book. Sadly, it has fallen ill to the passage of time. I read it much too long ago and I simply can not remember anything about...
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