Tag: Book Review

Monster Needs Your Vote by Paul Czajak and Illustrated by Wendy Grieb

April 26, 2016 by The Picture Book Review

[I received a review copy from the publisher. No other compensation was received.] Told in an upbeat and swinging verse with bright and animated illustrations, Monster Needs Your Vote is an inspiring and fun picture book that shows readers that even though they’re not able to vote, there are plenty of things they can still do to make a difference. What has Monster been doing these days? Last we saw of him, he needed, and successfully received, a party. Now, […]

Categories: Children's Books, Kidlit, Picture Books, Picture Books about Friendly Monsters, Picture Books about Politics, Picture Books about Running for President, Picture Books about Voting, Two year old loved • Tags: Book Review, Children's Books, kidlit, Monster Needs Your Vote, Paul Czajak, Picture Book, Picture Books, Picture Books about Friendly Monsters, Picture Books about Politics, Picture Books about Voting, Read Aloud, Recommended Picture Books

Rufus: The Bat Who Loved Colors by Tomi Ungerer

April 25, 2016 by The Picture Book Review

[I received a review copy from the publisher. No other compensation was received.] Rufus: The Bat Who Loved Colors is a picture book originally published in 1961 by Tomi Ungerer. Rufus is the definition of a timeless picture book. Despite it being published 55 years ago, it is still very relevant, poignant, and illuminating. But above all, it is a wonderful book that is a joy to read aloud. So let’s meet Rufus, shall we? Rufus is your pretty standard […]

Categories: Children's Books, Kidlit, Picture Books, Picture Books about Bats, Picture Books about Being Different, Picture Books about Communication, Picture Books about Finding Friends, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Book Review, Children's Books, Highly Recommended Picture Books, kidlit, Phaidon Press, Picture Books, Tomi Ungerer

Meh by Deborah Malcolm

April 20, 2016 by The Picture Book Review

[I received a review copy from the publisher. No other compensation was received.] Meh is an engaging and engrossing picture book about a young man’s experience overcoming depression. This young man is enjoying his life when one day, for no particular reason, a blob grabs him and drags him down into an abandoned dark and misty swamp. He looks down and sees ghost-white paw prints that lead him to a friendly-looking feline waiting for him in a tree. Together they leave […]

Categories: Children's Books, Kidlit, Picture Books, Picture Books about Depression, Picture Books about Overcoming Obstacles, Wordless Picture Books • Tags: Book Review, Children's Books, Children's Picture Books, Deborah Malcolm, Meh, Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books, ThunderStone Books, Wordless Picture Books

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

The Squawks by Ruth Thorp

May 7, 2015 by The Picture Book Review

[I received a review copy from the publisher. No other compensation was received.] “Have you met the birds that SQUAWK the SQUAWKY talk of the SQUAWKING SQUAWKS? They come in many shapes and sizes…some SQUAWKS even wear disguises.” Come meet these very cute, very dapper, and very endearing little birds. The Squawks by Ruth Thorp is beautifully designed, fun to read aloud, and very funny. Summary: The squawking squawks are happy party birds that dance and swing and squeal and skip. […]

Categories: Children's Books, Picture Books, Picture Books about Birds, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Birds, Book Review, Children's Books, Highly Recommended Books, Highly Recommended Picture Books, kidlit, Picture Books, Ruth Thorp, The Squawks

BAH! Said the Baby by Jennifer Plecas

May 6, 2015 by The Picture Book Review

[I received a review copy from the publisher. No other compensation was received.] BAH! Said the Baby is a bright, playful, and happy picture book about the bewilderment, the resignation, and the elation of figuring out what in the world the baby could be talking about. This picture book may be a fictional work, but it speaks great truth and resonates perfectly with what it is like to play “baby charades”. BAH! Said the Baby is about a family trying to […]

Categories: Children's Books, Kidlit, Picture Books, Picture Books about Babies, Picture Books about Communication, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Babies, BAH! Said the Baby, Book Review, Children's Books, Highly Recommended Picture Books, Jennifer Plecas, kidlit, Picture Books

Fish Jam by Kylie Howarth

May 5, 2015 by The Picture Book Review

[I received a review copy from the publisher. No other compensation was received.] Jazz is an awesome little fish! He scooba-dooba-diddly-doos all over the place. He loves, and is great at, making music! There is only one, rather big, rather important problem. No one around him (except for a very loyal and very cute puffer fish) wants to hear his incessant improvisations. The little fish tell him to “Shhhh!” The seals tell him to “Shhhh!” Even the penguins are telling him […]

Categories: Children's Books, Kidlit, Picture Books, Picture Books about Being Different, Picture Books about Belonging, Picture Books about Finding Friends, Picture Books about Fish, Picture Books about Jazz, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Book Review, Children's Books, Highly Recommended Picture Books, kidlit, Kylie Howarth, Little Bee Books, Picture Books

Beastly Verse by JooHee Yoon

May 5, 2015 by The Picture Book Review

[I received a review copy of this book from the publisher. No other compensation was received.] Beastly Verse is a mischievously beautiful work of art. This book of 16 poems is simultaneously gorgeous, thrilling, and very funny. It presents a wide range of delightful poetry from the very familiar “The Tiger” by William Blake and “The Crocodile” by Lewis Carroll to poems that I’m thrilled to be introduced to such as “Eletelephony” by Laura E. Richards and “The Friendly Hen” by […]

Categories: Children's Books, Kidlit, Picture Books, Picture Books about Animals, Poetry Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Beastly Verse, Book Review, Children's Books, Highly Recommended Picture Books, Joohee Yoon, kidlit, Picture Books, Poetry

Jimey the Woodpile Mouse by Elar Ericsson — Perfect Picture Book Friday

April 17, 2015 by The Picture Book Review

[I received a review copy of this book from the publisher. No other compensation was received.] Jimey (rhymes with Eye Me!) the Woodpile Mouse is a beautiful, kind, and one of the most reassuring stories I’ve ever read. It is so well done that it stays with you long after you’ve read it, quietly reminding you not to worry because everything is going to be okay. My eldest son adores Jimey and we’ve read it a countless number of times. It […]

Categories: Kidlit, Picture Books about Friendly Monsters, Picture Books about Mice, Picture Books about Pets, Picture Books about Worrying • Tags: Book Review, Children's Books, Elar Ericsson, Highly Recommended Picture Books, Jimey the Woodpile Mouse, kidlit, Picture Books, Pine Alley Press

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