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Review: Art & Max by David Wiesner

Travis Jonker, October 14, 2010 | Reviews



Art & Max By David Wiesner Clarion Books (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) ISBN: 9780618756636 $17.99 Grades K-4 In Stores His first book in four years, David Wiesner’s Art & Max brings to mind Chris Van Allsburg’s Bad Day at Riverbend in the way it deconstructs the concept of illustration. Like that book, it also manages to […]

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Review: Keeper by Kathi Appelt

Travis Jonker, October 11, 2010 | *Best New Books*, Reviews



Keeper By Kathi Appelt Illustrated by August Hall Atheneum (Simon & Schuster) ISBN: 9781416950608 $16.99 Grades 4-7 In Stores *Best New Books* Every time I set my mind to reviewing Keeper, the latest from Newbery-honor-winning author Kathi Appelt (The Underneath) my thoughts always seem to align in groups of three. I think I’ll keep it […]

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Review: Chicken Big by Keith Graves

Travis Jonker, October 7, 2010 | Reviews



Chicken Big By Keith Graves Chronicle Books ISBN: 9780811872379 $16.99 Grades K-2 A offbeat take on the well-known Chicken Little, Chicken Big goes in a different direction, displaying the sort of lighthearted goofiness that goes over well with a crowd. A humongous egg leads to a humongous chick. When Chicken Big arrives, the other fowl […]

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Nonfiction Monday: The Secret Cave by Emily Arnold McCully

Travis Jonker, October 4, 2010 | Reviews



The Secret Cave: Discovering Lascaux By Emily Arnold McCully Farrar Straus Giroux ISBN: 9780374366940 $16.99 Grades 2-4 In Stores There is a little-known room in the famous cave of Lascaux. Never shown to the public, the secret chamber featured a painting so odd, the French government would never release photos. Until now: How these ancient […]

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Toon Review: Countdown by Deborah Wiles

Travis Jonker, September 30, 2010 | *Best New Books*, Reviews, Toon Reviews



Countdown By Deborah Wiles Scholastic Press ISBN: 9780545106054 $17.99 Grades 5 and Up In Stores *Best New Books* (Click to enlarge) Review copy purchased. Watch the Countdown book trailer: Also reviewed by Bookends, A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy, Becky’s Book Reviews, Abby (the) Librarian, Literate Lives, A Fuse #8 Production, A Year […]

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Review: Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein

Travis Jonker, September 17, 2010 | *Best New Books*, Reviews



Interrupting Chicken By David Ezra Stein Candlewick Press ISBN: 9780763641689 $16.99 Grades K-2 In Stores *Best New Books* It seems like the term “meta” is thrown around quite a bit these days. When something is self-referential, it is meta. The song Formed a Band by Art Brut is meta. This t-shirt is meta: In books, […]

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Toon Review: Spork by Kyo Maclear

Travis Jonker, September 10, 2010 | *Best New Books*, Reviews, Toon Reviews



Spork By Kyo Maclear Illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault Kids Can Press ISBN: 9781553377368 $16.95 Grades K-2 In Stores *Best New Books* (Click to enlarge panels) Review copy from publisher. Find this book at your local library with WorldCat.

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Review: Knuffle Bunny Free by Mo Willems

Travis Jonker, September 7, 2010 | *Best New Books*, Reviews



Knuffle Bunny Free By Mo Willems Balzer + Bray (HarperCollins) ISBN: 978006192957 $17.99 Grades PreK-2 In Stores Sept. 28, 2010 *Best New Books* Few picture books enjoy the sort of universal affection that Knuffle Bunny and sequel Knuffle Bunny Too command. This love has been earned. Aside from a storyline that both kids and adults […]

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Nonfiction Monday: Ideas that Changed the World

Travis Jonker, August 30, 2010 | Reviews



Ideas that Changed the World: Incredible inventions and the stories behind them DK ISBN: 9780756665319 $24.99 Grades 5-8 In Stores Sometimes, I claim to have ideas. Usually these ideas are either stolen (à la the t-shirt cardigan) or original and stupid (care to hear about my hot dog restaurant called Redonkulous Dogs?). But when honest […]

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Review: Dotty by Erica S. Perl

Travis Jonker, August 2, 2010 | Reviews



Dotty By Erica S. Perl Illustrated by Julia Denos Abrams ISBN: 9780810989627 $16.95 Grades PreK-1 In Stores Travis: Introducing today’s guest reviewer, my old imaginary friend. Greetings! Yes, I’m Travis’s old imaginary friend, Aquadog. You can imagine my shock when T called me up after all these years to review Dotty, a picture book that […]

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