Lauri Fortino's Blog, page 38
June 12, 2017
Picture Books At The Library 112
I catalog hundreds of new picture books each year, and I read as many of them as I can. Unfortunately, I can’t review them all. But I can share them! Below are a few recent titles. (Summaries have been taken directly from the books whenever possible.) Check your local library or bookstore for availability.
Lots of cute and sweet in this bunch!
Wherever Gloria goes, she spreads glitter along the way, even through town. The townsfolk have had enough.
Nina is determined to go fishing with her gr...
June 9, 2017
Picture Book Personals (39)
June 5, 2017
Picture Books At The Library 111
I catalog hundreds of new picture books each year, and I read as many of them as I can. Unfortunately, I can’t review them all. But I can share them! Below are a few recent titles. (Summaries have been taken directly from the books whenever possible.) Check your local library or bookstore for availability.
A boy, expecting a kitten for a pet, receives a lion instead, and must learn the proper way to care for it.
As Little Red is transported across the countryside, down a river, and through th...
June 3, 2017
May’s Winner (plus June’s prize)!
In January, I posted about a year-long giveaway called New Year=New Beginnings that I’m offering here on Frog on a Blog–a new prize each month for folks who comment on blog posts. With so much negative energy floating around in the world, I wanted to do something positive to show my gratitude to my followers, fans, and friends for their support.
January’s prize was a copy of my book The Peddler’s Bed.
February’s prize was an adorable plushie Curious George.
March’s prize was a set of Pilot’s...
June 2, 2017
Picture Book Personals (38)
May 29, 2017
Picture Books At The Library 110
I catalog hundreds of new picture books each year, and I read as many of them as I can. Unfortunately, I can’t review them all. But I can share them! Below are a few recent titles. (Summaries have been taken directly from the books whenever possible.) Check your local library or bookstore for availability.
Donkey tries to convince the farmer that all the other animals have left the farm, but the farmer doesn’t believe him.
Flowers can resemble other things, like birds, ballerinas, and monkeys...
May 27, 2017
My View Book Review: If I Could Climb Trees by Jeff Minich
Title: If I Could Climb Trees
Author: Jeff Minich
Illustrator: Renan Garcia
Publisher/Year: Nuggies Inc./2017
Coco the puppy is back and ready for fun in volume 5 of the Nuggies picture book series by author Jeff Minich and illustrator Renan Garcia. Coco dreams of climbing trees. She wants a birds-eye view of the world. She imagines the amazing things she might see, a vast ocean with a sandy beach or snow-capped mountain peaks. Coco wants to leap from branch to branch like the squirrels a...
May 26, 2017
Picture Book Personals (37)
May 22, 2017
Picture Books At The Library 109
I catalog hundreds of new picture books each year, and I read as many of them as I can. Unfortunately, I can’t review them all. But I can share them! Below are a few recent titles. (Summaries have been taken directly from the books whenever possible.) Check your local library or bookstore for availability.
Little Shaggy, a fuzzy monster, is tired of everyone calling him little until his mother brings home his new baby sister.
Pandora lives alone in a world of broken things. One day, something...
