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December 14, 2016
A Tub, A Bed, And A Book Review
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December 12, 2016
Picture Books At The Library 92
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 little boy pretending to be a dinosaur insists that dinosaurs do not have bedtimes.
Badger must wait and wait and wait for snow, but patience does not come easily for Badger.
The mice, ha...
December 9, 2016
Picture Book Personals (13)
Picture Book Personals
Man in uniform seeks canine partner to tour schools and teach safety tips.
What Classic Picture Book Am I?
Leave your best guess in the comments below. Find out the answer when the next Picture Book Personals is posted.
And the answer to last week’s Picture Book Personals is…
The Giving Tree
Too easy?
December 5, 2016
Picture Books At The Library 91
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.
This handy guide has everything you need to track, catch, and tame your very own pet truck.
It’s Nanette’s first trip to get the baguette. With all the distractions in her way, she just mig...
December 2, 2016
Picture Book Personals (12)
Picture Book Personals
Tree seeks little boy to climb trunk, swing from branches, eat apples, play in shade, and make happy.
What Classic Picture Book Am I?
Leave your best guess in the comments below. Find out the answer when the next Picture Book Personals is posted.
And the answer to last week’s Picture Book Personals is…
The Little House
That was a tough one!
November 29, 2016
Books make the #1 best gifts!
I am notorious for gifting books. I’ve written about this before in Guess what you’re getting for Christmas and other posts. It would not surprise me if you are also a notorious gifter of books. Perhaps that could be our super power: The Book Gifters!
Reading is empowering. A book is a gift that continues to give, long after the occasion has past. It’s effects cannot always be measured.
In this post, I suggest some books you may like to purchase for special people in your life...
November 28, 2016
Picture Books At The Library 90
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.
Big Bob likes trucks and throwing balls, Little Bob prefers dolls and bracelets. Can they be friends?
Inspired by the true story of how the first international flight was in a balloon acros...
November 26, 2016
Picture Book Personals (11)
Picture Book Personals
Small house seeks hill covered with daisiesand apple trees.
What Classic Picture Book Am I?
Leave your best guess in the comments below. Find out the answer when the next Picture Book Personals is posted.
And the answer to last week’s Picture Book Personals is…
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Easy peasy!
November 25, 2016
Picture Books At The Library: Christmas Edition 2016
In my position as a technical processing assistant at the DeWitt Community Library, I catalog a lot of new picture books. Unfortunately, I cannot review them all, but I do try to read them all. Below are a few I’ve cataloged recently.
On Christmas Eve, Santa looks everywhere for his special Christmas underwear with no luck. Will he have to wear shamrock long johns instead?
Clark the Shark spends too much time trying to figure out who his Secret Santa is and not enough time being a good Secret...
November 21, 2016
Picture Books At The Library 89
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.
Emma is trying to go to sleep, but the animals in her wallpaper are making too much noise.
Gideon wants to be a hero and get his picture in the paper, but first he must figure out just what...
