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Peter’s Chair
Title: Peter’s Chair Author: Ezra Jack Keats Illustrator: Ezra Jack Keats Where I Shelve it: Ezra Jack Keats Fiction/Non-Fiction? Fiction Review: Peter has a new baby sister and all of his things are becoming her things! This is a good one for kids who have a new baby on the scene, or who are just…
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Farmer Palmer’s Wagon Ride
Title: Farmer Palmer’s Wagon Ride Author: William Steig Illustrator: William Steig Where I Shelve it: William Steig Fiction/Non-Fiction? Fiction Review: What a fun read! Palmer Farmer just wants to sell his harvest, buy gifts for his family and get back home! That is not what happens, at all! This is a funny, engaging story about…
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Adam, Adam What do You See?
Title: Adam, Adam What Do You See? Author: Bill Martin Jr. & Michael Sampson Illustrator: Cathie Felstead Where I Shelve it: Bill Martin Jr. Fiction/Non-Fiction? The content is fiction, but the context is nonfiction Review: This is very much in the same style as Brown Bear Brown Bear. That easy rhyming, gentle flow. But, it…
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Mary Had a Little Lamb
Title: Mary Had a Little Lamb Author: Sarah Josepha Hale Illustrator: Tomie dePaola Where I Shelve it: Tomie dePaola Fiction/Non-Fiction? Fiction Review: It’s the classic song, with Tomie dePaola’s lovely illustrations, what’s not to love? I especially like that it has all of the lyrics, not just the ones we’re used to hearing. I also…
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Amelia Bedelia
Title: Amelia Bedelia Author: Peggy Parish Illustrator: Fritz Siebel Where I Shelve it: I Can Read>Amelia Bedelia Fiction/Non-Fiction? Fiction Review: The classic! Such a fun, silly read. We’ve read it so many times, and it never gets old. Amelia is always up to something silly. Misinterpreting everything and taking things very literally. It makes for…
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Kites Sail High
Title: Kites Sail High Author: Ruth Heller Illustrator: Ruth Heller Where I Shelve it: Language Arts>Parts Of Speech Fiction/Non-Fiction? The material is nonfiction, but the context is fiction. Review: The illustrations are lovely. The prose is gentle and rhythmic. It’s a fun and engaging way to talk about verbs, until the very end of the…
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Imogene’s Antlers
Title: Imogene’s Antlers Author: David Small Illustrator: David Small Where I Shelve it: General Picture Books>Imaginative stories Fiction/Non-Fiction? Fiction Review: This is a family favorite! It’s such a silly, quick read. Very light and fun. Imogene wakes up to quite a surprise and every member of her family handles it very differently. This is one…
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Great Mountain Ranges of the World: Rocky Mountains
Title: Great Mountain Ranges of the World: The Rocky Mountains Author: Charles Maynard Illustrator: Photographs Where I Shelve it: Geography>Landforms>Mountains Fiction/Non-Fiction? Nonfiction Review: The photographs in this book are lovely. The book itself did an overall good job of explaining the Rocky Mountains to kids in a digestible way. There are clear heading pages about…
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Nouns and Verbs Have a Field Day
Title: Nouns and Verbs Have a Field Day Author: Robin Pulver Illustrator: Lynn Rowe Reed Where I Shelve it: Language Arts>Parts of Speech Fiction/Non-Fiction? Fiction, with the caveat that the “meat” is non-fiction Review: The art style in this one is not my jam. At all. But the content is really good. It’s a fun,…
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Your Body Battles a Stomachache
Title: Your Body Battles a Stomachache Author: Vicki Cobb Illustrator: Andrew Harris Where I Shelve it: Science>Living Things>Human Body Fiction/Non-Fiction? Nonfiction Review: This book did a really great job at breaking down how your body is designed to fight off a stomach bug. It includes actual photographs and factual information in a digestible format. Pun…
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