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The Dinner That Cooked Itself by J.C. Hysu and Kenard Pak

February 10, 2015 by The Picture Book Review

[I received a review copy of this book from the publisher.  No other compensation was received.] Everything about The Dinner That Cooked Itself  is delicious!  The story, the spellbinding illustrations, and its sweetly surprising ending are elegant and magical. The Dinner That Cooked Itself whisks you off to Ancient China and introduces you to concepts such as the five elements, Chinese animal archetypes, and identifying written Chinese characters.  Illustrated in predominantly browns, greens, and black tones with blue hues reserved for a magnificently magical […]

Categories: Children's Books, Kidlit, Picture Books, Picture Books about Ancient China, Picture Books about Cooking, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Book Review, Children's Books, Chinese, flying eye books, Highly Recommended Picture Books, J. C. Hsyu, Kenard Pak, kidlit, Mandarin Vocabulary, Picture Books, The Dinner That Cooked Itself

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Our Week in Picture Books: A Ninja Mouse, Self-Cooking Dinners, A Bath-Making Octopus, Gobblings, Baby-Eating Parents, Secret Passageways, Numbers, Letters, Troll Babies, and More!

December 28, 2014 by The Picture Book Review

[Those in bold are books received for review from either the publisher, author, or illustrator. All others not in bold are either ones I purchased or checked out from the library.  All links and images are Amazon affiliate links.  Worldcat.org can find the book for you at your nearest library and Indiebound.org can locate the book for you at your nearest local independent bookstore.] Ninja Mouse by J.C. Thomas — We read it daily.  It is a beautifully illustrated book told in […]

Categories: Children's Books, Kidlit, Our Week in Picture Books, Picture Books • Tags: 123 versus ABC, A Brand New Day: A Banana Split Story, Don't Eat the Baby!, Elle & Buddy, Hansel & Gretel: A Fairy Tale with a Down Syndrome Twist, Neo the Cool Cat, Ninja Mouse: Haiku, Octopus, Peter and the Troll Baby, Picture Books, Rainstorm, Thank You, That Day in September and other Rhymes for the Times, The Dinner That Cooked Itself, The Gobblings, The Littlest Lighthouse Keeper

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