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Dog by Matthew Van Fleet and Photographed by Brian Stanton

November 5, 2012 by The Picture Book Review

Dog by Matthew Van Fleet and Photographed by Brain Stanton. Ages 2+. Simon & Schuster. Feb 2007. Fiction. 20 pages. ISBN-13: 978-1416941378. $17.99 (On Amazon for $4.00) The Short: This book was my son’s favorite book for over a year. From the time he was 6 months old until he was 18 months old — this was the book he looked at every single morning. We absolutely love this book and HIGHLY, HIGHLY recommend it. (Okay, so technically, I’m the one recommending […]

Categories: Kidlit, Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books, Two year old loved • Tags: Beautiful Books, Book Review, Brian Stanton, Children's Picture Books, Dog, Dog books, Highly Recommended Books, kidlit, Matthew Van Fleet, Picture Books, Read this book again and again, Recommended Picture Books

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore by William Joyce

November 2, 2012 by The Picture Book Review

At a Glance: We love this book and highly, highly recommend it. It is currently nominated for a Cybils and the short film version of this story won an Academy Award. It is a beautiful, beautiful book. It’s a book for adults that have gone through a very rough time cleverly disguised as a children’s book. The Longer Review: This book is about a lot of things. What do I think it is about? I think it is about someone […]

Categories: Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Armchair Cybils, Beautiful Books, Book Review, Children's Picture Books, Cybils Nominated, Highly Recommended Books, kidlit, Picture Books, Read this book again and again, Recommended Picture Books, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, WIlliam Joyce

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

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

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 […]

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