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Nonfiction Monday: How Things Work in the Yard by Lisa Campbell Ernst

Travis Jonker, April 11, 2011 | Reviews



How Things Work in the Yard By Lisa Campbell Ernst Blue Apple Books (Chronicle) ISBN: 9781609050092 $14.99 Grades 1-3 In Stores Some nonfiction thinks big, covering iconic figures from history, complex concepts, and the world’s greatest, best, and most amazing. With her picture book How Things Work in the Yard, Lisa Campbell Ernst (Round Like […]

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Nonfiction Monday: Celebritrees by Margi Preus

Travis Jonker, March 28, 2011 | Reviews



Celebritrees: Historic and Famous Tree of the World By Margi Preus Illustrated by Rebecca Gibbon Henry Holt (Macmillan) ISBN: 9780805078299 $16.99 Grades 2-4 In Stores Not to get all “hippie” on you, but do you ever think about trees? Here are these massive plants, unmatched by anything on earth, and we walk around barely paying […]

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Review: Press Here by Herve Tullet

Travis Jonker, March 22, 2011 | *Best New Books*, Reviews



Press Here By Herve Tullet Chronicle Books ISBN: 9780811879545 $14.99 Ages 2-4 In Stores *Best New Book* Since I started this blog in the golden days of aught seven, I’ve prattled on and on about the elements that make for quality kids’ books. Memorable characters, beautiful artwork, compelling plot, and so on and so forth. […]

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Poetry Friday: The Genius

Travis Jonker, March 4, 2011 | Articles



On April 1st, I want to kick off National Poetry Month with the bang it deserves. But I’m gonna need your help. I’ll post a new book spine cento here every Friday in March. On Friday, April 1st I’ll put up a gallery with your submissions. Click here for more information on creating your own […]

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Review: Cat Secrets by Jef Czekaj

Travis Jonker, March 1, 2011 | Reviews



Cat Secrets By Jef Czekaj Balzer + Bray (HarperCollins) ISBN: 9780061920882 $16.99 Grades K-2 In Stores On a purely technical level every book engages the reader, right? The act of reading or listening demands at least a small amount of participation. Then you run into a book like Cat Secrets, which shows the heights to […]

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Review: Look! A Book! by Bob Staake

Travis Jonker, February 15, 2011 | *Best New Books*, Reviews



Look! A Book! By Bob Staake Little, Brown ISBN: 9780316118620 $16.99 Grades K-2 In Stores *Best New Book* If you throw an I Spy, a Where’s Waldo, and a fiction picture book into your children’s lit blend-o-matic and hit puree, what you get is Look! A Book! – pure entertainment in printed form. I can’t […]

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Review: Where’s Walrus? by Stephen Savage

Travis Jonker, February 3, 2011 | *Best New Books*, Reviews



Where’s Walrus? By Stephen Savage Scholastic Press ISBN: 9780439700498 $16.99 Grades PreK-1 In Stores *Best New Books* Simple gets a bum rap. Simple is difficult. Simple is complicated. Take picture books. When a story is boiled down to 32 pages and even fewer illustrations, there is no room for error. And if the text is […]

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Review: Ice by Arthur Geisert

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



Ice By Arthur Geisert Enchanted Lion ISBN: 9781592700981 $14.95 Grades K-2 In Stores March 1, 2011 *Best New Books* If you’re unfamiliar with Arthur Geisert’s work, it can usually be summed up like so: Through books like Lights Out and Hogwash Geisert often puts his porcine characters in the position of trying to solve real […]

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Review: Cloudette by Tom Lichtenheld

Travis Jonker, January 20, 2011 | Reviews



Cloudette By Tom Lichtenheld Henry Holt (Macmillan) ISBN: 9780805087765 $16.99 Grades K-2 In Stores March 1, 2011 The concept of a small protagonist making a mark on the big world is a children’s lit mainstay. It makes sense – there are few situations children can better relate to than being surrounded by those that are […]

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Review: Cooking with Henry and Elliebelly by Carolyn Parkhurst

Travis Jonker, November 18, 2010 | *Best New Books*, Reviews



Cooking with Henry and Elliebelly By Carolyn Parkhurst Illustrated by Dan Yaccarino Feiwel and Friends (Macmillan) ISBN: 9780312548483 $16.99 Grades K-2 *Best New Book* (Click to enlarge) Review copy from publisher. Watch the book trailer for Cooking with Henry and Elliebelly: Also reviewed by A Fuse #8 Production, Kids Lit, Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast, […]

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