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The Book Of Mistakes (Corinna Luyken)

September 25, 20171 Comment

Hello, friends! Today’s review is The Book Of Mistakes by Corinna Luyken, a positively charming story about how mistakes can often turn out to be just what we need. It all starts with one mistake: an artist, drawing a girl, makes one eye a bit larger than the other. Trying to correct by making the … Continue reading The Book Of Mistakes (Corinna Luyken)

Lizard From The Park (Mark Pett)

June 2, 2017Leave a comment

Hello, friends! Hope you don't mind that we took last night off! We're back today with a new review: Lizard From The Park by Mark Pett, a sweet story about friendship, family, and dinosaurs. While taking a shortcut through the park one day, Leonard comes upon a most unusual egg. He takes the egg home, … Continue reading Lizard From The Park (Mark Pett)

I Wish You More (Amy Krouse Rosenthal)

April 6, 2017Leave a comment

Hello, friends. Our book today is I Wish You More, written by the late, great Amy Krouse Rosenthal and illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld, a heartfelt meditation on the wishes parents hold for their babies. I wish you more hugs than ughs. More ups than downs. More umbrella than rain. More stories than stars. Simple, earnest … Continue reading I Wish You More (Amy Krouse Rosenthal)

Love Is (Diane Adams)

February 28, 2017Leave a comment

Hello, friends! For our last book of February, we picked Love Is, written by Diane Adams and illustrated by Claire Keane, a gorgeous and touching story about parenthood. Told in delicate rhyme, the story follows a little girl who finds a lost duckling, taking her in and caring for her. Through midnight feedings, messy bathtimes, … Continue reading Love Is (Diane Adams)

The Bear And The Piano (David Litchfield)

January 21, 2017Leave a comment

Hello, everyone! Today, we read The Bear And The Piano by David Litchfield, a gorgeous and touching fable about the courage it takes to leave home, and the courage it can take to return. A young bear, wandering through the woods of his home, finds a piano in a clearing. It's large and wooden and … Continue reading The Bear And The Piano (David Litchfield)

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