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The Bear, the Piano, the Dog, and the Fiddle by David Litchfield

March 5, 2019 by The Picture Book Review

Here is a beautiful picture book that adeptly explores themes of jealousy, parting with friends, following your dreams, personal regrets, and the enduring power of friendship. It gently shows us human failings and the heartbreak that can follow, but that despite our flaws, true friendship can and does prevail.

Categories: 2019, Picture Books, Picture Books about Friendship, Picture Books about Music, UK • Tags: Picture Book, Picture Books about Friendship, Picture Books about Jealousy, Picture Books about Playing Music

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For those Searching for Themselves: Bogo the Fox Who Wanted Everything by Susanna Isern and Sonja Wimmer

September 15, 2017 by The Picture Book Review

Bogo the Fox Who Wanted Everything is a visual wonder and delightful read that encourages acceptance of yourself. It skillfully addresses and dissuades our natural desire to feel inferior. It also elegantly emphasizes that despite failures and setbacks, you are still valuable to your friends and family. And finally, it skillfully does the important work of urging each one of us to accept ourselves and bravely pursue what we love.

Categories: Magical Picture Books, Picture Books, Picture Books about Being Different, Picture Books about Belonging, Picture Books about Foxes, Picture Books about Friendship, Picture books about helping, Picture Books about Inventing, Picture Books about Overcoming Obstacles, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Bogo the Fox Who Wanted Everything, Children's Books, Children's literature, kidlit, Picture Book, Picture Books

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For Those that Seek Answers to Quixotic Questions: The Antlered Ship by Dashka Slater and Illustrated by The Fan Brothers

September 13, 2017 by The Picture Book Review

The Antlered Ship, with its elegant, intricate, and bewitching illustrations, is an extraordinary and inspiring picture book. Slaters’ precise and sensitive storytelling paired with The Fan Brother’s spellbinding and breathtaking artwork gives us a completely captivating experience. 

Categories: Children's Books, Kidlit, Magical Picture Books, Picture Books, Picture Books about Animals, Picture Books about Friendship, Picture Books with Great Characters, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: 2017, Children's Books, Children's literature, Picture Books

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Hey, Boy by Benjamin Strouse and Illustrated by Jennifer Phelan

September 3, 2017 by The Picture Book Review

Hey, Boy by author Benjamin Strouse and illustrator Jennifer Phelan is a poignant story about a young boy hurrying to grow up so that he can keep a stray dog he found and loves. An especially moving story for anyone who has – or has had – to be apart from someone they love and is waiting to be with them again.

Categories: Children's Books, Picture Books, Picture Books about Animals, Picture Books about Dogs, Picture Books about Friendship, Picture books about Growing Up • Tags: Benjamin Strouse, Books, Children, Dogs, Friendship, Hey Boy Review, Illustration, Jennifer Phelan, Picture Book, Picture Books, Review

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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

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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 […]

Categories: Children's Books, Christmas Picture Books, Kidlit, Picture Books, Picture Books about Animals, Picture Books about Behavior, Picture Books about Bravery, Picture Books about Friendship, Picture Books about Mice, Picture Books about Resolving Conflict, Picture Books about Rules, Picture Books about Worrying, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Book Review, Children's Books, Children's Picture Books, kidlit, Madeleine Cook, Oxford University Press, Picture Book, Picture Books, Picture books about Christmas, Read Aloud, Recommended Books, Recommended Picture Books, Samara Hardy, The Mouse that Cancelled Christmas

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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

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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 […]

Categories: Children's Books, Kidlit, Picture Books, Picture Books about Behavior, Picture Books about Being Different, Picture Books about Belonging, Picture Books about Bravery, Picture Books about Finding Friends, Picture Books about Fish, Picture Books about Friendly Monsters, Picture Books about Friendship, Picture Books about Manners, Picture Books about Overcoming Obstacles, Picture Books about Resolving Conflict, Picture Books about Rules, Picture Books about Sharks, Picture Books with Great Characters, Recommended Picture Books, Science Fiction Picture Books • Tags: Advice, Book Review, Brittany R. Jacobs, Children's Books, Children's Picture Books, Friendship, kidlit, Kraken, Picture Book, Picture Books, POW!, Read Aloud, Recommended Books, Recommended Picture Books, Sea Creatures, The Kraken's Rules for Making Friends

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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

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