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The Cloud Spinner by Michael Catchpool and Illustrated by Alison Jay

October 21, 2012 by The Picture Book Review

The Cloud Spinner by Michael Catchpool and Illustrated by Alison Jay. The Cloud Spinner was nominated for a Cybils this year.   This is yet another book that makes me happy to see nominated.  It is also a Kirkus Starred Review.   We’ve read it and read it and then read it some more.  It is one of those wonderful books that makes you happy while at the same time making you think. This book is about a boy who learns […]

Categories: Children's Books, Kidlit, Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books, Two year old loved • Tags: Alison Jay, Armchair Cybils, Book Review, Cybils Nominated, Michael Catchpool, Picture Books, Read this book again and again, Recommended Picture Books, The Cloud Spinner

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Goyangi Means Cat by Christine Mcdonnell pictures by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher

October 19, 2012 by The Picture Book Review

The way this book is illustrated is very unique and very powerful.  The best way I can describe it — as I would turn the page and see the picture it would give me a particular feeling that completely influenced the way I would read the text.  I realize that this is what an illustration is supposed to do, but so far I haven’t felt it as dramatically as I did when I read this book.  The illustrations set the […]

Categories: Children's Books, Kidlit, Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books, Two year old loved • Tags: Beautiful Books, Christine McDonnell, Goyangi Means Cat, Lou Fancher, Picture Books, Picture books about adoption, Recommended Books, Steve Johnson

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Little Dog Lost: The True Story of a Brave Dog Named Baltic by Monica Carnesi

October 18, 2012 by The Picture Book Review

This book has been nominated for a 2012 Cybils Award and I’m so glad!  We picked it up from the library today and read it a few times. This is the story about how a dog, Baltic, was rescued after being trapped on a ice floe for two days.  It is a very suspenseful story and it had my son engaged.  It is nicely illustrated, but its strength is in how well it is told.  The story is very simple and […]

Categories: Children's Books, Kidlit, Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Little Dog Lost, Monica Carnesi, Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books

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Ship Ahoy by Peter Sis

October 18, 2012 by The Picture Book Review

This is a simple picture book about a boy sitting on a couch imagining that the couch is a raft, canoe, ship, ocean liner. After reading it through once I didn’t think too much of it.  It is a fine book, but nothing that blew me away.  My son, however, had me reread this book with him four times.  The only reason we didn’t go for a fifth is that it was his nap time.  I am sure we’ll be […]

Categories: Children's Books, Kidlit, Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books, Two year old loved • Tags: Books about Boats, Peter Sis, Picture Book, Recommended Picture Books, Ship Ahoy

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Cookiebot: A Harry and Horsie Adventure by Katie Van Camp and Illustrated by Lincoln Agnew

October 11, 2012 by The Picture Book Review

The Short:  This is an awesome book.  It is so much fun to read and I’ve read this book many times over.  I love it, my son loves it, and my husband even loves it.  We highly recommend this book. The Long:  This story is about a boy named Harry and his toy, Horsie, who create a robot to get the cookie jar from the top of the refrigerator.  The robot malfunctions and an adventure ensues.  It is wonderfully written […]

Categories: Children's Books, Kidlit, Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books, Two year old loved • Tags: Children's Picture Books, Cookiebot, Katie Van Camp, Lincoln Agnew, Picture Books, Read this book again and again

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