Category Archives: Picture Books about Friendship

Max the Flying Sausage Dog: Book Three A Scary Tail by John O’Driscoll and Richard Kelley and Illustrated by Arthur Robins

December 6, 2016 by The Picture Book Review

[Reviewed from copy received courtesy of Words in the Works] Max the Flying Sausage Dog is one of our absolute favorite book series. The subject, the humor, the prose, and illustrations are so perfectly and expertly done and so completely inline with our family’s sense of humor that we’re all enamored with books one, two, and now three. The hardest my eldest son has ever laughed was when we read the first book of Max the Flying Sausage Dog. He […]

Categories: Children's Books, Kidlit, Picture Books, Picture Books about Animals, Picture books about Bullies, Picture Books about Dogs, Picture Books about Flying Dogs, Picture Books about Friendship, Picture Books about Overcoming Obstacles, Picture Books about Pets, Picture Books about Resolving Conflict, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Arthur Robins, Book Review, Bullies, Children's Books, Children's Picture Books, Dogs, Flying Dogs, Funny picture books, Humor, John O'Driscoll, kidlit, Max the Flying Sausage Dog, Nanobots, Picture Book, Picture Books, Picture books about Dogs, Read Aloud, Recommended Books, Recommended Picture Books, Richard Kelley

The Mouse that Cancelled Christmas by Madeleine Cook and Illustrated by Samara Hardy

November 30, 2016 by The Picture Book Review

[Reviewed from copy received courtesy of Oxford University Press] The Mouse that Cancelled Christmas is a happy, hilarious, and light-hearted Christmas tale about Mouse, a self-designated safety inspector, who runs around the forest pointing out every potential hazard to his forest mates. He gets so worked up about every single possible danger that he becomes overwhelmed and decides that Christmas is just too dangerous and simply must be cancelled! Well, that is until he finds out that his friends have […]

Mr. Dog’s Christmas at The Hollow Tree Inn by Albert Bigelow Paine and Illustrated by Adam McCauley

November 28, 2016 by The Picture Book Review

[Reviewed from copy received courtesy of That’s So Enterprises] Originally written in 1898 by Albert Bigelow Paine (before he became famous for being Mark Twain’s biographer) comes a sophisticated, picturesque, and boisterously merry (read: hilarious) Christmas story. Mr. Dog’s Christmas at the Hollow Tree Inn is a holiday treasure and a true delight — told in a rich, conversational tone with captivating illustrations, it effortlessly whisks its readers away to an enchanting world and a bygone era. Mr. Dog’s friends: ‘Coon, ‘Possum, […]

Categories: Children's Books, Christmas Picture Books, Kidlit, Magical Picture Books, Picture Books, Picture Books about Dogs, Picture Books about Friendship, Picture Books with Great Characters, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Adam McCauley, Albert Bigelow Paine, Book Review, Children's Books, Children's Picture Books, Christmas Picture Books, kidlit, Magical Picture Books, Mr. Dog's Christmas at the Hollow Tree Inn, Picture Book, Picture Books, Read Aloud, Recommended Books, Recommended Picture Books

The Kraken’s Rules for Making Friends by Brittany R. Jacobs

October 18, 2016 by The Picture Book Review

[I received a review copy from the author. No other compensation was received.] The Kraken’s Rules for Making Friends is a playfully illustrated, gratifying, and thoughtful look at what it takes to make friends. Everyone needs friends — even legendary sea monsters. The Kraken may be terrifying, but really, he is just like the rest of us and wants friendship. It isn’t his fault that he’s a monster. He is who he is. But one day, Kraken starts to really […]

Musnet: The Mouse of Monet by Kickliy

October 7, 2016 by The Picture Book Review

I received a review copy from the author. No other compensation was received. Musnet: The Mouse of Monet is a gorgeous and friendly story about a mouse discovering his calling in life and also what he wants to be called. Take a friendly and likable orphaned mouse, place him in a beautifully rendered watercolor and ink medium with miniature Monet masterpieces and you get a stunning and engaging story of a mouse learning to become an artist. He makes […]

Categories: Children's Books, Fine Art Picture Books, Kidlit, Picture Books, Picture books about becoming an artist, Picture Books about Finding Friends, Picture Books about Friendship, Picture Books about Mice, Picture Books about Overcoming Obstacles, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Art, Book Review, Children's Books, Children's Picture Books, Graphic novel, Highly Recommended Books, Highly Recommended Picture Books, Kickliy, kidlit, monet, odod books, Picture Book, Picture Books, Read this book again and again, Recommended Picture Books

A Fantastic Spanish/English Bilingual Picture Book! Kena: The Good Hyena – Being the Best by Gabriela Arellano and Gustavo Mazali

August 9, 2016 by The Picture Book Review

I received a review copy from the author. No other compensation was received. Kena: The Good Hyena — Being the Best / Kena: La hiena buena — Ser el mejor is the first in a new series of bilingual picture books in Spanish and English that is gorgeously illustrated, wonderfully told, engaging, and adroitly teaches all its readers about grace, kindness, what matters, and what it really means to be the best. I am beyond impressed with this book and thrilled […]

Categories: Bilingual Picture Books Spanish/English, Children's Books, Picture Books, Picture Books about Behavior, Picture Books about Friendship, Picture Books about Manners, Picture Books about Resolving Conflict, Picture Books about Rules, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Book Review, Children's Books, Children's Picture Books, Gabriela Arellano, Gustavo Mazali, Highly Recommended Picture Books, Kena The Good Hyena, kidlit, Picture Book, Picture Books, Read Aloud, Recommended Picture Books

Mr. Particular: The World’s Choosiest Champion! by Jason Kirschner

June 6, 2016 by The Picture Book Review

[I received a review copy from the publisher. No other compensation was received.] Mr. Particular: The World’s Choosiest Champion is a fabulously action-packed graphic-novel styled picture book with retro-esq illustrations. It is an entertaining and delightful plea for people everywhere to examine their particularities, keep what’s helpful and discard what isn’t. It has a great message of how we should balance improving ourselves with being true to ourselves. If you do, you might just find that your real super powers […]

Categories: Children's Books, Kidlit, Picture Books, Picture Books about Being Different, Picture Books about Belonging, Picture Books about Bravery, Picture Books about Friendship, Picture Books about Overcoming Obstacles, Picture Books about Resolving Conflict, Picture books about Superheros, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Book Review, Children's Books, Children's Picture Books, Highly Recommended Picture Books, Humorous Children's Books, Jason Kirschner, kidlit, Kids Picture Books, Picture Book, Picture Books, Read Aloud, Recommended Picture Books, Superheros

Whose Story Is This, Anyway? by Mike Flaherty and Illustrated by Oriol Vidal

June 3, 2016 by The Picture Book Review

I received a review copy from the publisher. No other compensation was received. Whose Story Is This, Anyway? is a humorous jab at self-importance while tactfully suggesting that paying attention to those around us might be more of a win for everyone. A young boy has a wonderful story to tell us. We’re going to love it — because it is all about him. He’s just starting to tell us about his cat, Emperor Falafel, when a pirate has the […]

Categories: Children's Books, Fairy Tale Picture Books, Kidlit, Picture Books, Picture Books about Communication, Picture Books about Finding Friends, Picture Books about Friendship, Suggested Piece for Forensics Storytelling • Tags: Book Review, Children's Books, Children's Picture Books, Highly Recommended Picture Books, Humorous Children's Books, kidlit, Mike Flaherty, Oriol Vidal, Picture Book, Picture Books, Read Aloud, Recommended Picture Books, Whose Story is this Anyway?

Daredevil Duck by Charlie Alder

May 12, 2015 by The Picture Book Review

[I received a review copy from the publisher. No other compensation was received.] Daredevil Duck desperately wants to be brave, but holy moley can it be hard! Some things are too dark, too fluttery, too wet, and too high — and those things can really make it hard for a little duck to be brave. To make things harder, there is the loud, obnoxious gang waiting on the sidelines to taunt and tease him — and dub him “Scaredy Duck”. […]

Categories: Children's Books, Kidlit, Picture Books, Picture Books about Animals, Picture Books about Bravery, Picture Books about Ducks, Picture Books about Friendship, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Book Review, Charlie Alder, Children's Books, Daredevil Duck, Ducks, Highly Recommended Picture Books, kidlit, Picture Books

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