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    Laughter as an Inference Tool: Teaching Ideas for Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Winner Fox+Chick and Other STories

    Katie Cunningham, February 4, 2019 | Beginner Readers, Comics & Graphic Novels, Fiction, Fiction Chapter Books, Fiction Picture Books, Picture Books

    Following in the literary footsteps of the famed friendships of Frog and Toad and Elephant and Piggie, a new pair of unlikely animal friends has entered the early reader scene. Author/illustrator Sergio Ruzzier has crafted two endearing characters in Fox and Chick that young readers will enjoy following through their humorous antics across three clever vignettes in this first book in this soon-to-be a series

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    Hey, Wall

    Katie Cunningham, November 5, 2018 | Fiction, Fiction Picture Books, Picture Books

    Hey, Wall: A Story of Art and Community Written by Susan Verde; Illustrated by John Parra Published in 2018 by Simon and Schuster ISBN 97814811453134 Grades PreK – Grade 5 Book Review “Look at you now. You are beautiful! Now you tell the real story of us. And together we are somethin’ to see!” In […]

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    Ocean Meets Sky

    Katie Cunningham, October 15, 2018 | Fiction, Fiction Picture Books, Picture Books

    Ocean Meets Sky Written and Illustrated by Terry and Eric Fan Published in 2018 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers ISBN 978-1-4814-7037-7 Book Review “Finn lived by the sea, and the sea lived by him.” In their second picture book collaboration as authors and illustrators, brothers Terry and Eric Fan have crafted another […]

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    Out of Wonder

    Mary Ann Cappiello, April 17, 2017 | Poetry, Poetry Picture Books

    Out of Wonder Written by Kwame Alexander, with Chris Colderly and Marjory Wentworth Illustrated by Ekua Holmes Published by Candlewick Press ISBN: 978-0-7636-8094-7 Grades 3-8 Book Review “A poem is a small but powerful thing. It has the power to reach inside of you, to ignite something in you, and to change you in ways […]

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    2018 Caldecott Winner: Wolf in the Snow

    Katie Cunningham, April 2, 2017 | Fiction, Fiction Picture Books, Picture Books

    Wolf in the Snow Written and Illustrated by Matthew Cordell Published in 2017 by Feiwel and Friends ISBN 978-1-250-07636-6 Grades preK-3   Book Review Get ready to challenge all of your assumptions about stories of girls in red-hooded jackets and wolves. Counter to traditional fairy tales that caution (and condition) us to be fearful of […]

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    Flying Lessons and Other Stories

    Katie Cunningham, March 6, 2017 | Announcements, Short Story Anthology

    Flying Lessons and Other Stories Edited by Ellen Oh Published in 2017 by Crown Books for Young Readers ISBN: 978-1-101-93459-3 Grades 4-6     Book Review  Don’t we all have “milk-snorting-out-of-your-nose…listen-to-how-cool-and-awesome-we-are…come-close-so-we-can-whisper-in-your-ear” stories? In this groundbreaking anthology, published in partnership with We Need Diverse Books and edited by its co-founder Ellen Oh, are ten stories by […]

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    Giant Squid: Orbis Pictus Award Honor Book

    Mary Ann Cappiello, December 5, 2016 | Awards, Nonfiction, Nonfiction Picture Books, Poetry

    Giant Squid By Candace Fleming, Illustrated by Eric Rohmann Published by Roaring Brook Press, 2016 ISBN: 978-1-59643-599-5 All Ages 2017 Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children  Book Review Giant squid remains a mystery. The first photograph of a living giant squid was not taken until 2004; the first video of a live giant […]

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    One Today

    Mary Ann Cappiello, January 4, 2016 | Picture Books, Poetry Picture Books

    One Today Written by Richard Blanco, Illustrated by Dav Pilkey Published by Little Brown, 2015 ISBN: 978-0-316-37144-5 Grades K-Up Book Review Only five U.S. presidential inaugurations included poets reading their work. Of those five poems, only two have been turned into picture books. One was illustrated by Dav Pilkey, author-illustrator of the Captain Underpants series. […]

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    The Family Romanov

    Mary Ann Cappiello, September 22, 2014 | Awards, Nonfiction, Nonfiction Chapter Books

    The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion and the Fall of Imperial Russia Written by Candace Fleming Published by Random House Children’s Books ISBN: 978-0-385-86782-8 Grades 7 and Up    Book Review What do we really know and understand about the Romanov family? What really happened to them almost one hundred years ago when they fell from […]

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    Here Come the Humpbacks!

    Mary Ann Cappiello, March 18, 2013 | Nonfiction Picture Books, Picture Books

    Written by April Pulley Sayre Illustrated by Jamie Hogan Charlesbridge Publishers ISBN 978-1-58089-405-0 All Ages Book Review “The mother and calf swim over underwater hills and valleys. They see seaweed and sailfish and squid. They pass turtles and trash.” Using her trademark writing style (sentences of alternating length, robust verbs, alliteration, and similes and metaphors), […]

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