Monica Acker
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December 2019
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Brave Like Mom
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The Legend of Leo:: A Dandy-Lion Tale
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Pirate Baby: A Booty-ful Tale
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I Wish That You Knew (A Bereavement Picture Book for Kids)
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| A child misses the grandmother she lost about a year ago and Rebecca Gardyn Levington carefully weaves words that relate to that sadness, offer up a sweetness, and perhaps share some acceptance for life's changes. The soft art by Alyssa Russell is dr ...more | |
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| In This Classroom belongs in every classroom. It is the perfect picture book to set the tone of the classroom community at the beginning of the year, check in throughout the year, and celebrate with at the end of the year. | |
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| Friends Are Like Stars is such a sweet story with beautiful illustrations. It is a friendship story with a side of STEM. When Vera's best friend moves to the other side of the world, Vera wishes on their wishing star for her to come back... and then ...more | |
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| I adore this little bat and am so excited about the latest Bitsy Bat story! Bitsy Bat, Snow Star puts us right back in Bitsy's world with the opening image of the Bat family right-side-up and the trees upside-down. Framing the world through Bitsy's e ...more | |
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| Caroline L. Perry and Sydney Hanson are at it again in this hysterical follow-up to I Am Not Happy! The protagonist has a serious case of RFF (resting frog face), and just wants the reader to understand that they are having a really good day. The jux ...more | |
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| Chills. This story is so important as it shows how history can and does repeat itself. Barbed Wire Between us uses simple language and beautiful images in a story structured as a reverso poem. The story draws comparisons between Japanese internment c ...more | |
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| In a Thanksgiving retelling of the Gingerbread Man, the turkey is running from the roasting pan in Turkey on the Run! The satisfying ending does not include a sly fox but there is a turkey trot! Young readers will be relieved to discover that (*spoil ...more | |
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| Wow! To boil The Story of Everything into a picture book with sparse, lyrical language is an impressive feat! This picture book takes the reader from the beginning of time to present day, page by page, with a child developing as the anchor. Curious c ...more | |
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| Ghost Town in the Mountains is just the right amount of spooky for the picture book audience. Written to the tune of "She'll be Coming 'Round the Mountain" two children set off to explore a ghost town with new frights and sounds around every corner. ...more | |
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| Tidy Ted Meets Jess the Mess is about a young boy who is particular with his things, which is easy to do in the confines of your own room, but when Ted goes to school the space is no longer all his to arrange just so. When he encounters Jess, a child ...more | |










































