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Pugs in a Bug by Carolyn Crimi and Illustrated by Stephanie Buscema

October 30, 2012 by The Picture Book Review

Pugs in a Bug by Carolyn Crimi and Illustrated by Stephanie Buscema. This is fun book about a bunch of pugs riding around in a VW beetle. My husband had a beetle in high school and so I always look upon them with fondness. The illustrations are bright and dare I say it… sassy. I mean, where else are you going to see a french bulldog riding a unicycle and holding a pink umbrella while wearing a pink swimsuit? The […]

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Billy and Milly Short and Silly by Eve B. Feldman and Illustrated by Tuesday Mourning

October 30, 2012 by The Picture Book Review

Billy & Milly Short & Silly by Eve B. Feldman and Illustrated by Tuesday Mourning. My son LOVES this book. It is a simple and fun book. This book has an illustration along with a word. For example, there is an illustration of a boy packing a pinata with candy and above the illustration is the word, “pack.” For each two pages of the book, the illustrations are related and all of the words rhyme. It is put together very well. […]

Categories: Children's Books, Kidlit, Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books, Two year old loved • Tags: Billy and Milly Short and Silly, Eve B. Feldman, kidlit, Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books, Tuesday Mourning

Baby Bear Sees Blue by Ashley Wolff

October 23, 2012 by The Picture Book Review

Baby Bear Sees Blue by Ashley Wolff. This book has been nominated for a Cybils as well. In our house, it has been awarded the most quoted picture book of late. It is also in the running for the most reread picture book of October 2012. This is another random off the shelf library grab. This is a simple book about a baby bear asking his mama questions. The mother then answers her cub. All of the answers are followed […]

Categories: Children's Books, Kidlit, Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books, Two year old loved • Tags: Armchair Cybils, Ashley Wolff, Baby Bear Sees Blue, Book Review, Cybils Nominated, kidlit, Picture Books, Read this book again and again, Recommended Books

Where’s My Mummy? by Carolyn Crimi and illustrated by John Manders

October 18, 2012 by The Picture Book Review

Halloween is coming up. This will by my kiddo’s first year trick-or-treating. I think we’re going to dress him up as an excavator or some kind of construction vehicle. We’ll see how it all works out. If all else fails, maybe I can wrap him in toilet paper and call him a mummy? We’ve been reading some Halloween-themed books these days. Where’s My Mummy? is one of his current favorites. This book is about a little mummy that plays hide-and-seek […]

Categories: Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books, Two year old loved • Tags: Book Review, Carolyn Crimi, Halloween, John Manders, kidlit, Picture Books, Recommended Books, Where's My Mummy

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

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