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Nonfiction Monday: My First Day by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page

Travis Jonker, January 7, 2013 | Reviews



My First Day: What Animals Do on Day One By Steve Jenkins and Robin Page Illustrated by Steve Jenkins Houghton Mifflin ISBN: 9780547738512 $16.99 Grades K-2 In Stores Jan 8, 2013 Find it at: Schuler Books | Your Library The capabilities of newborn animals are, for the most part, a mystery. While you can’t walk […]

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Review: Unspoken by Henry Cole

Travis Jonker, October 24, 2012 | *Best New Books*, Reviews



Unspoken: A Story from the Underground Railroad By Henry Cole Scholastic Press ISBN: 9780545399975 $16.99 Grades K-3 In Stores Nov. 1, 2012 *Best New Book* Find it at: Schuler Books | Your Library Sometimes, when the stars align, an illustrator delivers a statement in the form of a book. Jerry Pinkney did it in 2009 […]

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Review: Oh, No! by Candace Fleming

Travis Jonker, September 25, 2012 | *Best New Books*, Reviews



Oh, No! By Candace Fleming Illustrated by Eric Rohmann Schwartz & Wade (Random House) ISBN: 9780375842719 $17.99 Grades K-2 In Stores *Best New Book* Find it at: Schuler Books | Your Library It makes sense, doesn’t it? Pair a great author with a great illustrator and you get…something great? Indeed, Oh, No! is well crafted […]

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Review: Olive and the Big Secret by Tor Freeman

Travis Jonker, September 20, 2012 | Reviews



Olive and the Big Secret By Tor Freeman Templar Books (Candlewick Press) ISBN: 9780763661496 $15.99 Grade K-2 In Stores Find it at: Schuler Books | Your Library Secrets. Little bits of information that can carry a ton of emotional weight. When we tell secrets, we are vulnerable – not a state humans tend to enjoy. […]

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Review: Green by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

Travis Jonker, May 18, 2012 | Reviews



Green By Laura Vaccaro Seeger Roaring Brook Press (Macmillan) ISBN: 9781596433977 $16.99 Grades PreK-1 In Stores *Best New Book* Find it at: Schuler Books | Your Library The page turn – the way in which a picture book transitions from one page to the next – is something that lots of books ignore. Not the […]

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Review: Baby Bear Sees Blue by Ashley Wolff

Travis Jonker, May 15, 2012 | *Best New Books*, Reviews



Baby Bear Sees Blue By Ashley Wolff Beach Lane Books (Simon & Schuster) ISBN: 9781442413061 $16.99 Grades PreK-1 In Stores *Best New Book* Find it at: Schuler Books | Your Library The goal of a concept book is clear – teach colors or numbers or shapes or any other basic concept that kids need to […]

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Nonfiction Monday: Step Gently Out by Helen Frost

Travis Jonker, May 14, 2012 | *Best New Books*, Reviews



Step Gently Out By Helen Frost Photographs by Rick Lieder Candlewick Press ISBN: 9780763656010 $15.99 Grades K-2 In Stores *Best New Book* Find it at: Schuler Books | Your Library Poetry is oh-so-tricky. Go too concrete and rhyme-y, and you end up with stale platitudes. Go too abstract, and you can lose kids in a […]

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Review: One Special Day by Lola M. Schaefer

Travis Jonker, May 9, 2012 | *Best New Books*, Reviews



One Special Day By Lola M. Schaefer Illustrated by Jessica Meserve Disney-Hyperion ISBN: 9781423137603 $16.99 Grades PreK-1 In Stores *Best New Book* Find it at: Schuler Books | Your Library Here’s what I will not do in this review: Discuss the saturation of new sibling books out there. Relay my hesitations when approaching such books […]

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Nonfiction Monday: How Many Jelly Beans? by Andrea Menotti

Travis Jonker, May 7, 2012 | Nonfiction, Reviews



How Many Jelly Beans? A Giant Book of Giant Numbers By Andrea Menotti Illustrated by Yancey Labat Chronicle ISBN: 9781452102061 $18.99 Grades K-4 In Stores Find it at: Schuler Books | Your Library You gotta like books with guts. Books that are willing to throw caution to the wind in terms of format or content […]

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Review: Boy + Bot by Ame Dyckman

Travis Jonker, April 10, 2012 | Reviews



Boy + Bot By Ame Dyckman Illustrated by Dan Yaccarino Alfred A. Knopf (Random House) ISBN: 9780375867569 $16.99 Grades K-2 In Stores Find it at: Schuler Books | Your Library Oh, unlikely friendships – where would children’s literature (scratch that – any kind of literature) be without ye? Contrasting personalities always add richness to the […]

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