Hello, friends! Our book today is Oscar The Octopus: A Book About the Months of the Year by Matthew Van Fleet, an aquatic, interactive adventure for little bookworms. Readers follow the mostly unseen - save for his tentacles - Oscar as he spends the year catching a menagerie of sea creatures (it’s never directly explained … Continue reading Oscar The Octopus: A Book About the Months of the Year (Matthew Van Fleet)
Hello, friends! We’re back from our vacation with a new review: Spencer's New Pet by Jessie Sima, a deliciously odd and unexpected tale. Borrowing elements of a silent movie (such as title cards to indicate the story’s three “parts”, film grain over select spreads, and even a leader countdown), this textless story introduces us to … Continue reading Spencer’s New Pet (Jessie Sima)
Hello, friends! Our book today is A Tiger Like Me, written by Michael Engler, illustrated by Joëlle Tourlonias, and translated by Laura Watkinson. From the time the first rays of sunlight hit his eyes to the time he tucks in again for bed, a little tiger - who is actually a little boy in a … Continue reading A Tiger Like Me (Michael Engler)
Hello, friends! Our book today is My Name Is Wakawakaloch!, written by Chana Stiefel, and illustrated by Mary Sullivan, a celebration of unusual names and the special people who have them. Wakawakaloch, a young Neanderthal girl in a Flintstones-like village (anachronistic items like laptops are made of stone or wood, the currency is pigeons, etc), … Continue reading My Name Is Wakawakaloch! (Chana Stiefel)
Hello, friends! Our book today is Little Dreamers: Visionary Women Around The World by Vashti Harrison, the dynamite sequel to Little Leaders. Taking the same format as Leaders, Harrison introduces us to 35 more incredible women from history, this time broadening the focus to subjects from countries around the world, and from a myriad of … Continue reading Little Dreamers: Visionary Women Around The World (Vashti Harrison)
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