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Paris-Chien: Adventures of an Ex-pat Dog by Jackie Clark Mancuso

June 23, 2014 by The Picture Book Review

Take one incredibly cute dog, Hudson, and bring him to Paris. Beautifully illustrate him and scenes around Paris in gouache.  Teach him French so that he can talk with other French dogs and make friends.  Adroitly add French vocabulary throughout the story and Voilà! You have a fun and engaging masterpiece! Ages 2+. La Librairie Parisienne.  June 2013. 40 pages. ISBN: 978-0615545424. Fiction. Where to Get it: Your local library: Worldcat.org Your local bookstore (affiliate link):  Indiebound.org Or (affiliate link): Amazon.com You Should […]

Categories: Children's Books, Kidlit, Picture Books, Picture Books about Dogs, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Book Review, bookaday, Children's Books, Highly Recommended Picture Books, Jackie Clark Mancuso, kidlit, Paris-Chien, Picture Books, Picture books about Dogs, Picture books about Paris

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Tools Rule! by Aaron Meshon

June 6, 2014 by The Picture Book Review

Tools!  Happy, brightly colored, anthropomorphic tools!  But these are not your run-of-the-mill anthropomorphic tools! No, siree!  These tools work together to build a tool shed!  Large font, a dialogue-driven story, and hard-working, cooperative tools make it a win! Oh, and there are glorious puns, homonyms, and onomatopoeic words that add an extra level of joy (and covert teaching opportunities).  Meshon clearly knows the inner workings of my son’s mind and has conveniently laid it out in picture book format.  Tools Rule! […]

Categories: Children's Books, Kidlit, Picture Books, Picture Books about Construction, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Aaron Meshon, Book Review, bookaday, Children's Books, Construction Picture Book, Highly Recommended Picture Books, kidlit, Picture Books, Picture Books about Construction, Picture Books about Tools, Tools Rule!

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Captain Cat by Inga Moore

June 5, 2014 by The Picture Book Review

Meet Captain Cat — he is a trader who happens to trade his wares for cats.  There’s nothing he loves more than traveling on his ship, the Carlotta, with his cats.  Other traders think he’s crazy for trading valuable goods for cats — but Captain Cat gets the last laugh.  (Except, actually, Captain Cat is too busy being himself to even have that register.  He’s a good man.)  One day he takes his cats on the adventure he’s been meaning […]

Categories: Children's Books, Kidlit, Picture Books, Picture Books about Cats, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Book Review, bookaday, Captain Cat, Children's Books, Highly Recommended Picture Books, Inga Moore, kidlit, Picture Books

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