Tag: kidlit

A Mischievous and Enchanting Tale: The Grotlyn by Benji Davies

September 19, 2017 by The Picture Book Review

[Reviewed from Copy Courtesy of HarperCollins Children’s Books] From the extraordinary artist and storyteller Benji Davies comes a divinely illustrated and expertly plotted picture book that is thrilling and fun. Told in a lyrical and haunting tone, the first read through is spooky and mysterious and holds readers in complete suspense as they wonder what on earth is the Grotlyn? Where is it going? And what is it going to do next? The ending has a light-hearted and mischievous flair […]

Categories: Children's Books, Halloween Picture Books, Kidlit, Picture Books, Picture Books about Bravery, Picture Books about Underwear, Picture Books with Great Characters, Recommended Picture Books, Spooky Picture Books • Tags: Book Review, Books, Children's Books, Children's literature, kidlit, Picture Books

Thrills! Chills! and Giggles for All! — Creepy Pair of Underwear! Written by Aaron Reynolds and Illustrated by Peter Brown

September 18, 2017 by The Picture Book Review

[Reviewed from Copy Courtesy of Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers] From the creators of Creepy Carrots!, comes Creepy Pair of Underwear!, a hilarious and exciting picture book that delivers the perfect amount of thrills and giggles for all. In Creepy Carrots!, we last saw our hero, Jasper, victorious in protecting himself from stalker carrots. Now, in Creepy Pair of Underwear!, Jasper is back and this time he needs new underwear! Jasper and his loving mother head to the store to get them. […]

Categories: Children's Books, Halloween Picture Books, Kidlit, Picture Books, Picture Books about Bravery, Picture Books about Overcoming Obstacles, Picture Books about Rabbits, Picture Books about Underwear, Picture Books with Great Characters, Recommended Picture Books, Spooky Picture Books • Tags: Children's Books, Children's literature, kidlit, Picture Books

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For those Searching for Themselves: Bogo the Fox Who Wanted Everything by Susanna Isern and Sonja Wimmer

September 15, 2017 by The Picture Book Review

Bogo the Fox Who Wanted Everything is a visual wonder and delightful read that encourages acceptance of yourself. It skillfully addresses and dissuades our natural desire to feel inferior. It also elegantly emphasizes that despite failures and setbacks, you are still valuable to your friends and family. And finally, it skillfully does the important work of urging each one of us to accept ourselves and bravely pursue what we love.

Categories: Magical Picture Books, Picture Books, Picture Books about Being Different, Picture Books about Belonging, Picture Books about Foxes, Picture Books about Friendship, Picture books about helping, Picture Books about Inventing, Picture Books about Overcoming Obstacles, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Bogo the Fox Who Wanted Everything, Children's Books, Children's literature, kidlit, Picture Book, Picture Books

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Giveaway! Feminist Baby by Loryn Brantz

April 21, 2017 by The Picture Book Review

[Prize pack and review copy provided by Disney Hyperion]: Feminist Baby with her cute pink (and sometimes blue) bow and large, adorable eyes is not to be trifled with. She is her own baby and fully intends to express herself in all her baby-ness and beyond. Told in a sassy and lighthearted tone, Feminist Baby offers giggles and laughs and ends on an uplifting and determined note that this baby will be whatever she wants to be. Feminist Baby is […]

Categories: Board books, Children's Books, Kidlit, Picture Books, Picture Books about Babies, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Book Review, Children's Books, Children's Picture Books, Feminist Baby, kidlit, Loryn Brantz, Picture Book, Picture Books

The Nutcracker Illustrated by Valeria Docampo and Based on the New York City Ballet production of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker

December 18, 2016 by The Picture Book Review

[Reviewed from copy received courtesy of Simon & Schuster] For those of us who wish we could go to the ballet and see The Nutcracker every night, here is the book we’ve been waiting for. From celebrated and prolific illustrator, Valeria Docampo, comes a picture book of The Nutcracker that is based on the ballet that is based on the original story by E. T. A. Hoffman. (If you’re curious about the original story, you can read it online.) There appears […]

Categories: Ballet picture books, Children's Books, Christmas Picture Books, Fine Art Picture Books, Kidlit, Picture Books, Picture books about Christmas, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Ballet, Ballet picture books, Book Review, Children's Books, Children's Picture Books, George Balanchine, kidlit, Picture Book, Picture Books, Read Aloud, Recommended Books, Recommended Picture Books, The New York City Ballet, The Nutcracker, Valeria Docampo

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Max the Flying Sausage Dog: Book Three A Scary Tail by John O’Driscoll and Richard Kelley and Illustrated by Arthur Robins

December 6, 2016 by The Picture Book Review

[Reviewed from copy received courtesy of Words in the Works] Max the Flying Sausage Dog is one of our absolute favorite book series. The subject, the humor, the prose, and illustrations are so perfectly and expertly done and so completely inline with our family’s sense of humor that we’re all enamored with books one, two, and now three. The hardest my eldest son has ever laughed was when we read the first book of Max the Flying Sausage Dog. He […]

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Who Wins? Created by Clay Swartz and Illustrated by Tom Booth

December 2, 2016 by The Picture Book Review

[Reviewed from copy sent courtesy of Workman Publishing] Who Wins? 100 Historical Figures Go Head-to-Head and You Decide the Winner is possibly one of the funniest, actively engaging, passionately debatable, and entertainingly informative biographies you may ever read. We have been reading and playing Who Wins? since July and it is absolutely fantastic. Here’s how this book works. The book is spiral bound with three separate sections. On the left and right sections there are 50 different historical figures with a long list […]

Categories: Biography, Children's Books, Kidlit, Nonfiction Picture Books, Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Book Review, Children's Books, Children's Picture Books, Clay Swartz, Hilarious Picture Books, Historical Figures, History, Humor, kidlit, Picture Book, Picture Books, Read Aloud, Recommended Books, Recommended Picture Books, Tom Booth, Who Wins?

The Mouse that Cancelled Christmas by Madeleine Cook and Illustrated by Samara Hardy

November 30, 2016 by The Picture Book Review

[Reviewed from copy received courtesy of Oxford University Press] The Mouse that Cancelled Christmas is a happy, hilarious, and light-hearted Christmas tale about Mouse, a self-designated safety inspector, who runs around the forest pointing out every potential hazard to his forest mates. He gets so worked up about every single possible danger that he becomes overwhelmed and decides that Christmas is just too dangerous and simply must be cancelled! Well, that is until he finds out that his friends have […]

Mr. Dog’s Christmas at The Hollow Tree Inn by Albert Bigelow Paine and Illustrated by Adam McCauley

November 28, 2016 by The Picture Book Review

[Reviewed from copy received courtesy of That’s So Enterprises] Originally written in 1898 by Albert Bigelow Paine (before he became famous for being Mark Twain’s biographer) comes a sophisticated, picturesque, and boisterously merry (read: hilarious) Christmas story. Mr. Dog’s Christmas at the Hollow Tree Inn is a holiday treasure and a true delight — told in a rich, conversational tone with captivating illustrations, it effortlessly whisks its readers away to an enchanting world and a bygone era. Mr. Dog’s friends: ‘Coon, ‘Possum, […]

Categories: Children's Books, Christmas Picture Books, Kidlit, Magical Picture Books, Picture Books, Picture Books about Dogs, Picture Books about Friendship, Picture Books with Great Characters, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Adam McCauley, Albert Bigelow Paine, Book Review, Children's Books, Children's Picture Books, Christmas Picture Books, kidlit, Magical Picture Books, Mr. Dog's Christmas at the Hollow Tree Inn, Picture Book, Picture Books, Read Aloud, Recommended Books, Recommended Picture Books

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