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CHALK by Bill Thomson

October 15, 2012 by The Picture Book Review

  At first all I could think was — are these photographs that have been photoshopped?  The pictures were so clear and bright.  I was amazed when I read at the end of the book (in the fine print): “Bill Thomson embraced traditional painting techniques and meticulously painted each illustration by hand, using acrylic paint and colored pencils.  His illustrations are not photographs or computer generated images.” If you click here you can see pictures from the book on his […]

Categories: Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: acrylic paint, Bill Thomson, Chalk, Picture Books, Read this book again and again

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Same, Same but Different by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw

October 15, 2012 by The Picture Book Review

  This is a beautifully written and beautifully illustrated picture book.  It is about two pen pals writing to each other.  Elliot, from America, and Kailah, from India, exchange drawings and letters and introduce each other to their worlds.  They learn that their lives are the same, but different. I really enjoyed it and so did my son.  The pictures are so beautiful and rich that it constantly inspires my son to ask, “What’s that?”  He’s very engaged when we […]

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Whoa, Baby, Whoa! by Grace Nichols and Illustrated by Eleanor Taylor

October 14, 2012 by The Picture Book Review

  I’ve been shocked and amazed by what my 26 month old child imitates.  He’s recited verses from Iggy Peck, Architect, Barnyard Dance, and even Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin!  So the first time I read through this book with him I was a little nervous that he would imitate some of the things that the child did.  However, this has not been the case at all.  I’ve been pleasantly surprised by this book and it has become one of […]

Categories: Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books, Two year old loved • Tags: Eleanor Taylor, Grace Nichols, Picture Books, Recommended Books, Woah Baby Woah!

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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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The Insomniacs

October 10, 2012 by The Picture Book Review

By Karina Wolf and illustrated by The Brothers Hilts This book is amazingly illustrated.  It has a Tim Burton meets Despicable Me feel to it but is still something unique unto itself.  I was intrigued with it from the moment I picked it up off of the library shelf. This book is about a family that moves to a different time zone.  At first they have jet lag, but they find that they are happier sleeping during the day and being awake […]

Categories: Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books, Two year old loved • Tags: Armchair Cybils, Beautiful Books, Books about Night, Children's Books, Cybils Nominated, Karina Wolf, kidlit, Picture Books, The Brothers Hilts, The Insomniacs

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Great Book: Sneaky Sheep by Chris Monroe

October 10, 2012 by The Picture Book Review

  I thought this book was a lot of fun.  My two year old did, too.  We read it several times in a row.  It was fun to read the first time and each subsequent time.  I also thought that the book was really funny. This book is about two sheep that don’t listen to the herding dog who is trying to protect them.  They get into trouble, the herding dog saves them, and they learn their lesson — for […]

Categories: Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books, Two year old loved • Tags: Children's Picture Books, Chris Monroe, Picture Books, Read this book again and again, Recommended Books, Sneaky Sheep

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Shhh! by Valeri Gorbachev

October 9, 2012 by The Picture Book Review

Valeri Gorbachev is quickly becoming one of my favorites.  I randomly picked up one of his other books, Heron and Turtle, at the library the other day and my 26 month old son had me read it to him again and again.  We’ve read this book every day for the past week. Today we read, Shhh! probably 5 or 6 times.  It is about a little boy who has to be quiet while his baby brother sleeps.  It is beautifully […]

Categories: Recommended Picture Books, Two year old loved • Tags: Polite Children, Saying Please, Shhh!, Valeri Gorbachev

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Red Knit Cap Girl by Naoko Stoop

October 9, 2012 by The Picture Book Review

  This book is beautifully illustrated and has a very different story than most of the picture books I’ve read.  This is the story of a little girl who wants to get close enough to the moon to talk with her.  She consults an owl about how to get close enough and the owl advises her on what she should do.  She follows through and the moon comes to visit her. This book has a wonderfully magical feel to it […]

Categories: Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Armchair Cybils, Beautiful Books, Books about the Moon, Calming Books, Cybils Nominated, Naoko Stoop, Picture Books, Red Knit Cap Girl

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Ellen’s Broom by Kelly Starling Lyons and Illustrated by Daniel Minter

October 8, 2012 by The Picture Book Review

  I really like this book.  My son also really enjoyed this book.  He asked me to read it to him twice. This book is about a girl who’s parents were unable to get married before because of laws discriminating against them.  However, now that slavery has been abolished, her parents can be legally married.  On the day that her parents go to the Freedman’s Bureau to be recorded as being married, they bring along a broom.  The broom was […]

Categories: Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Armchair Cybils, Cybils Nominated, Daniel Minter, Kelly Starling Lyons

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