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A Hidden Gem: Opera Cat by Tess Weaver and Illustrated by Andrea Wesson

November 12, 2012 by The Picture Book Review

It’s Monday! I’m submitting this post to The Children’s Bookshelf which happens every Monday. Please go check it out. You’ll find lots of people talking about children’s books they love. I’m rather impressed with this site. The Short: We’ve read Opera Cat everyday for the past nine weeks. We love it. I love it, my husband loves it, and my son loves it. This is one book that we all sit down on the couch to read together. It is […]

Categories: Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books, Two year old loved • Tags: Andrea Wesson, Book Review, Children's Picture Books, Highly Recommended Books, kidlit, Opera Cat, Picture Books, Read this book again and again, Recommended Picture Books, Tess Weaver

STEM Friday: The Humblebee Hunter by Deborah Hopkinson and pictures by Jen Corace

November 9, 2012 by The Picture Book Review

Today is STEM Friday and is hosted over at… STEM Friday. I don’t think it is ever really too early to start talking with your children about science, technology, engineering, or math. I especially want to impress upon my son that people who make important discoveries, observations, and contributions to the field of STEM are just that: people. He’s a person and just as capable of making discoveries and observations about our world as they were. So my contribution to […]

Categories: Kidlit, Nonfiction Picture Books, Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books, STEM Friday • Tags: Charles Darwin, Children's Picture Books, Deborah Hopkinson, Highly Recommended Books, Jen Corace, kidlit, Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books, STEM Friday, The Humblebee Hunter

Cecil the Pet Glacier by Matthea Harvey and Giselle Potter

November 9, 2012 by The Picture Book Review

The Short: This book is nominated for a Cybils. I love this book so I can definitely see why. It is unlike most any other story I’ve read and I thought at this point I really wouldn’t be able to find a picture book story that surprised me this much. The part that has really surprised me is how much my son loves this book. Tonight my two year old little boy was keeping me company as I was preparing […]

Categories: Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books, Two year old loved • Tags: Armchair Cybils, Book Review, Cecil the Pet Glacier, Children's Picture Books, Cybils Nominated, Giselle Potter, Highly Recommended Books, kidlit, Matthea Harvey, Read this book again and again, Recommended Picture Books

June 29, 1999 by David Wiesner

November 8, 2012 by The Picture Book Review

The Short: My son pulled this book off the shelf this morning and asked me to read it to him. I then reread it to him three times. We both really enjoyed it. So far, we’ve loved everything by David Wiesner and this is no exception. We highly, highly recommend it. The Long: This story is about a girl who performs a science experiment. She plants vegetable seeds and attaches them to balloons with a very intricate and complicated […]

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See Inside How Things Work by Conrad Mason and Illustrated by Colin King

November 7, 2012 by The Picture Book Review

See Inside How Things Work by Conrad Mason and Illustrated by Colin King. Ages 4 – 8. 16 pgs. Usborne. September 2009. Nonfiction. The Short: I was so happy when I found this book. It enabled me to sit down with my son and look inside various things to see how they work. It is well illustrated and well labeled so I could deftly answer his, “What’s that?” questions as they came in rapid fire. I purchased this book from […]

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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 […]

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The Mighty Street Sweeper by Patrick Moore

November 1, 2012 by The Picture Book Review

At a Glance: We’ve had this book for three days and both my son and I about have this book memorized. There’s nothing to edit for a two-year old. It is all about different kinds of vehicles. I learned a few things about trucks that I never knew and my son asks for this book over and over and over again. We highly recommend it. The Longer Review: This book is pretty funny. Here’s how it starts: “The biggest, fastest, […]

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Milo’s Hat Trick by Jon Agee

October 31, 2012 by The Picture Book Review

Highly Recommended! This book is WONDERFUL! Wow, what a book! I grabbed this book today at the library. It was one of those random off the shelf grabs as I was exiting the children’s section of the library. I had never heard of this book and I had no idea what it was about. I really lucked out with this one. This book is about Milo the magician. He isn’t a very good magician and his boss tells him he […]

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