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Oscar and the Very Hungry Dragon by Ute Krause

October 30, 2012 by The Picture Book Review

Oscar and the Very Hungry Dragon by Ute Krause. I think I almost have this one memorized. We’ve been reading this book everyday for the past nine weeks. I’m going to go ahead and call it an “instant classic.” It is certainly loved at our house. My 26 month old son will consistently pull this book off the shelf and ask me to read it to him. He has large portions of this book memorized and I can stop most […]

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Bone Dog by Eric Rohmann

October 30, 2012 by The Picture Book Review

Bone Dog by Eric Rohmann. This is a very sweet and very sad book. Getting through this book the first time was a challenge, but after about the fourth or fifth time I was able to read it without getting choked up. This is about Ella and Gus. Ella is Gus’s dog and one night under a full moon she tells Gus that she’s an old dog and will not be around much longer, but that she will always be […]

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Hampire! by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen and Illustrated by Howard Fine

October 30, 2012 by The Picture Book Review

Hampire! by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen and Illustrated by Howard Fine. Summary: This is a very well-written book about animals on a farm that are afraid of the Hampire. The farm animals believe that there is a blood-sucking pig that is out to get them at night but find out that it isn’t blood, but jelly doughnuts that the Hampire loves. It ends with all of the farm animals enjoying a midnight snack and toasting their new friend. It’s sweet and spooky […]

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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. […]

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The Cloud Spinner by Michael Catchpool and Illustrated by Alison Jay

October 21, 2012 by The Picture Book Review

The Cloud Spinner by Michael Catchpool and Illustrated by Alison Jay. The Cloud Spinner was nominated for a Cybils this year. This is yet another book that makes me happy to see nominated. It is also a Kirkus Starred Review. We’ve read it and read it and then read it some more. It is one of those wonderful books that makes you happy while at the same time making you think. This book is about a boy who learns […]

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Little Dog Lost: The True Story of a Brave Dog Named Baltic by Monica Carnesi

October 18, 2012 by The Picture Book Review

This book has been nominated for a 2012 Cybils Award and I’m so glad! We picked it up from the library today and read it a few times. This is the story about how a dog, Baltic, was rescued after being trapped on a ice floe for two days. It is a very suspenseful story and it had my son engaged. It is nicely illustrated, but its strength is in how well it is told. The story is very simple and […]

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Ship Ahoy by Peter Sis

October 18, 2012 by The Picture Book Review

This is a simple picture book about a boy sitting on a couch imagining that the couch is a raft, canoe, ship, ocean liner. After reading it through once I didn’t think too much of it. It is a fine book, but nothing that blew me away. My son, however, had me reread this book with him four times. The only reason we didn’t go for a fifth is that it was his nap time. I am sure we’ll be […]

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Asiago by Adam McHeffey

October 18, 2012 by The Picture Book Review

Asiago is a fun and wonderful book for my son. He loves it! I love it! Together we enjoy reading this book. About the book: Asiago is a little vampire who lives with his uncle Gouda. (Cute, right?) One day Asiago’s non-vampire friends invite him to go to the beach with him. Unfortunately, sun, garlic, and wooden stakes are the three things that are bad for vampires and Asiago has run-ins with all three at the beach. Well, Asiago doesn’t […]

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Oscar and the Very Hungry Dragon by Ute Krause

Bone Dog by Eric Rohmann

Hampire! by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen and Illustrated by Howard Fine

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

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

The Cloud Spinner by Michael Catchpool and Illustrated by Alison Jay

Little Dog Lost: The True Story of a Brave Dog Named Baltic by Monica Carnesi

Ship Ahoy by Peter Sis

Asiago by Adam McHeffey