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Review: A Dog is a Dog

Travis Jonker, November 10, 2011 | Reviews



A Dog is a Dog By Stephen Shaskan Chronicle Books ISBN: 9780811878968 $14.99 Grades Prek-2 In Stores Find it at: Schuler Books | Your Library *Note* If you’re reading this in an RSS reader, click here to see the review. Watch the A Dog is a Dog book trailer: Read an interview with Stephen Shaskan […]

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Review: Tell Me the Day Backwards by Albert Lamb

Travis Jonker, November 8, 2011 | *Best New Books*, Reviews



Tell Me the Day Backwards By Albert Lamb Illustrated by David McPhail Candlewick Press ISBN: 9780763650551 $15.99 Grades PreK-1 In Stores *Best New Book* Find it at: Schuler Books | Your Library Q: How many children’s books revolve around hibernation? A: How many children’s books contain bears? Yes, the topic of hibernation is a children’ […]

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Podcast Review: Blackout by John Rocco

Travis Jonker, November 4, 2011 | Podcast Reviews, Reviews



This week at Katie Davis’ Brain Burps About Books podcasty cast, I review Blackout by John Rocco by invoking my most memorable movie-going experience (hint: Batman is involved). Katie also talks Picture Book Month with Diane de Las Casas, among other spry children’s lit folks. Click here to listen. Click here to subscribe via iTunes.

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Review: Animals Home Alone by Loes Riphagen

Travis Jonker, October 29, 2011 | Reviews



Animals Home Alone By Loes Riphagen Seven Footer Kids ISBN: 9781934734551 $15.95 Grades PreK-2 In Stores Find it at: Schuler Books | Your Library When you’re a kid, being left home alone is a big deal. It provides the first real taste of freedom. How to spend your time? Playing, reading, doing homework? Or maybe […]

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Review: Neville by Norton Juster

Travis Jonker, October 27, 2011 | *Best New Books*, Reviews



Neville By Norton Juster Illustrated by G. Brian Karas Schwartz & Wade ISBN: 9780375867651 $17.99 Grades K-2 In Stores *Best New Books* Find it at: Schuler Books | Your Library You’re the new kid. Ugh. Doesn’t that sentence bum you out? We are such social creatures that arriving in an unfamilar place, surrounded by unfamiliar […]

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Picture Book Proclamation

Travis Jonker, October 22, 2011 | Articles



What with all the “picture book is doomed” talk you hear around the watercooler these days (note to self: stop pretending the internet is full of cool, drinkable water), I highly approve of the following manifesto from a crew of excellent authors and illustrators. It will run in the just-released Horn Book Magazine (and online […]

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Nonfiction Monday: Big Wig by Kathleen Krull

Travis Jonker, October 2, 2011 | Reviews



100 Scope Notes is honored to host Nonfiction Monday this week. Add a comment with your review URL and I’ll include it in the bottom of this post. Big Wig: A Little History of Hair By Kathleen Krull Illustrated by Peter Malone Arthur A. Levine Books (Scholastic) ISBN: 9780439676403 $18.99 Grades 2-4 In Stores I […]

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Review: Squish Rabbit by Katherine Battersby

Travis Jonker, September 27, 2011 | Reviews



Squish Rabbit By Katherine Battersby Viking (Penguin) ISBN: 9780670012671 $12.99 Grades PreK-1 In Stores Themes don’t get much more universal than friendship. The sheer amount of children’s books based on the topic is staggering. Seriously, you can’t swing a puppet in the children’s section without knocking over a couple stacks of them. It’s a testament […]

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Review: Grandpa Green by Lane Smith

Travis Jonker, September 20, 2011 | 2012 YMAs, Reviews



Grandpa Green By Lane Smith Roaring Brook Press ISBN: 9781596436077 $16.99 Grades K-4 In Stores I realized after reading, rereading, and reflecting on Lane Smith’s latest book, Grandpa Green, that I’ve spent more time considering (and, at times, being confounded by) Smith’s last two releases than the last two books from pretty much any author. […]

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Nonfiction Monday: Time to Eat by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page

Travis Jonker, September 5, 2011 | Reviews



Time to Eat By Steve Jenkins and Robin Page Houghton Mifflin ISBN: 9780547250328 $12.99 Grades K-3 In Stores You know what’s not exciting? What I eat. Unless, that is, you find my occasional switch between regular peanut butter crackers and the neon orange variety to be fascinating stuff. You know what is exciting? A bird […]

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