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Picture Book Month: Cats
Observation is the name of this game in this creative picture book when one cat is shown in a variety of ways from the perspective of different animals. I think this is a great title for preschoolers and early elementary school age children to look at the world in a…
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Picture Book Month: Family
A story about families in a round about sort of way. If you read the text, the books is really all about how important and special your skin is, but when you look closer at the illustrations this beautiful story shows such diverse characters, it’s fun to pour over all…
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Picture Book Month: Shapes
This is an adorable story of a perfectly happy, perfect square until it goes on an adventure! Each day of the week the square finds itself changing in color and shape as it is cut, crumpled, ripped and put back together into beautiful illustrations. And in the end, the perfect…
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Book Review: Wishtree
Synopsis: “It’s hard to talk to trees. We’re not big on chitchat.” And so begins a story that will make you look at trees differently. Written from the perspective of Red Oak – a tree that has lived in the neighborhood for over 200 years, this is the story of…
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Picture Book Month: Birds
I love this accessible non-fiction story about all the different types of bird nests there are! With just four, short lines of text for each type of nest this book is perfect for even the youngest readers. The book also provides a little more information about each nest that can…
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Picture Book Month: Fathers
If you’re looking for a different story about fathers, then this is it! I loved this adorable story of love told by a father to his child about the significant events in his life that led him to get the tattoos he has. The child asks about in a familiar…
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Picture Book Month: Kindness
It’s amazing what one person can do to make a difference in the world, but that’s exactly what this story is about – one woman’s choice to make a difference. Isatou Ceesay would walk down the road and each time she did, more plastic grocery bags would line the road…
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Picture Book Month: Books
“I am a child of books. I come from a world of stories…” And so starts the journey of a little girl who travels through the pages of books using her imagination on the way. If you too are a child of books, you’ll thoroughly enjoy pouring over these pages…
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Picture Book Month: Dogs
This title is all about expression, and if you don’t use expression, this will be one of the most boring books you read… because the only word throughout the whole story is “ball.” The adorable dog on the cover loves playing with his ball. He waits (not so patiently) for…
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Picture Book Month: Dinosaurs
“Everyone in town knew Edwina.” She was a friend to everyone – the kids playing in the park, the little old ladies crossing the street and if you didn’t fall into one of those groups – she baked chocolate chip cookies for everyone! The only problem was that Edwina was…