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Won Ton: A Cat Tale Told In Haiku
Written by Lee Wardlaw {winner of the SCBWI Crystal Kite Award for California/Hawaii!} and illustrated by Eugene Yelchin {winner of a 2012 Newbery Honor Award for Breaking Stalin’s Nose} In other...
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Ganesha’s Sweet Tooth
written by Emily Haynes, pictures by Sanjay Patel {Please, please, please…if you live in San Francisco, GO SEE THEM at the Cartoon Art Musuem on October 4th. Please! For me.} Ganesha’s Sweet Tooth is...
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Over and Under the Snow
by Kate Messner and Christopher Silas Neal Settle in for a bit. This book will warm your soul. Absolutely zero snow falls in southern California this time of year, or any time of year really, but this...
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Leo Geo And His Miraculous Journey Through The Center Of The Earth
Hello and happy 2013 and welcome back to this little corner of the internet! And a huge hello to those of you who hopped on board over the last couple weeks! It’s nice to have you. Here’s an awesome...
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I Am the King
by Leo Timmers {published 2008, by Gecko Press} Boom. Instant color story. I bought this book for its cover. Except – it’s pink. Really. Here’s the back cover of my copy to assure you I am not...
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Waterloo & Trafalgar
Tonight was for writing this post and watching some football and thinking about orange and blue. And then this commercial comes on TV. (Well, this one is a few years old. Same flavor, though.) Remember...
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Leonardo the Terrible Monster
Here’s something. By Mo Willems. Published 2005, by Hyperion Books for Children. (Which I believe is now Disney-Hyperion.) An old favorite, a forgotten gem. I was plotting a read-aloud for fourth...
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Sam and Dave Dig a Hole
by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen (Candlewick Press, 2014) You know Mac and Jon. You love Mac and Jon. Now meet Sam and Dave. You’ll love Sam and Dave. Don’t rush into the pages just yet. This is one of...
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In
by Nikki McClure (Abrams, 2015) This is one of those books where the cover convinces you that you’ll love it. It’s both bright and cozy. Spare and warm. A teensy giraffe peeks out of this boy’s hiding...
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The Bear and the Piano
by David Litchfield (Clarion Books, 2016) I don’t want to get too far ahead of myself, but make sure you check the bottom of this post for the closing endpapers. A beautiful before and after of a...
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