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The Great Frog – Perfect Picture Book Friday
Some picture books capture the nature of childhood and a gentle sibling relationship so perfectly, it feels like the reader is an unseen observer of the story. There is but an onion skin of separation between the reader and the marvelous, patient, wondrous magic that’s playing out on the page.
As always, let’s start with the cover. The two main characters of the story, Kit and Peedie, are encased i
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| Who knew that there could be a perfect read aloud for Halloween AND Valentine's Day?! Bettina is a love skeptic. But she's charming and into "magic. Serious professional magic." In fact, she's concocting a potion that will banish love from the world ...more | |
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| Jake the letter-writer has big plans to "win" the Easter egg hunt by finding all of the Easter eggs and candy before anyone else, with the reluctant help of the Easter Bunny. Told in engaging rhyme with a few fun twists along the way, Jake finds out ...more | |
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| As a farmer's daughter who now lives in the city, I love seeing how this book depicts the diverse aspects of farming throughout the seasons. Whether it's raising alpacas; beekeeping; fish-farming; growing veggies, Christmas trees, grains, fruit, flow ...more | |
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| Two sisters couldn't be more different. Gauri is rough and tumble, Nandini is poised and graceful. But one day, Gauri finds herself drawn to the ankle bells, guhngroos, worn by Nandini when she dances. Gauri tries imitating her sister and grows disco ...more | |
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| A lovely intergenerational story about caring and community. The brightly-colored paper collage illustrations create a cozy feeling that welcomes the reader into the story. I listened to the author read her book, and enjoyed hearing about how her exp ...more | |
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| If this book had been around when my son was small, he would have requested a read at least once a day, probably more. He was obsessed with all things fire station. And these vivid, concrete, and active poems would have been memorized in no time. Plu ...more | |
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| A creative mash-up of The Gingerbread Man and vegetarians who take part in the annual turkey trot before snarfing down non-turkey deliciousness for their Thanksgiving dinner. I love also, how it's a cumulative tale, adding an adult chaser after a var ...more | |
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A Knot of Frogs, a Passel of Hogs: Recess with Collective Nouns
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| Do you need to get the wiggles out while still inserting literacy at recess time? Or just want to get the kids off their screens and outside for some creative movement, this is a book for you. This active, boisterous rhyming read aloud, where kids pr ...more | |
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