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REVIEW: When the World Stays Inside Sends an Uncomfortable Message

September 30, 2020

It’s a difficult time to be a caregiver for a young child. Finding ways for children to safely socialize and play and to understand why the pandemic has driven the world into quarantine is a huge task. As a librarian, I wish I had more books to give caregivers to help. Writer Mikey Woz and ...

Bookmarked, Lists, Reviews

Picture Book Roundup: Book Expo America 2019

June 24, 2019

Every spring, publishers, authors, and agents display their latest and upcoming books for booksellers and librarians in the huge industry show Book Expo America. This year, as I wandered the vast book fields of the Javits Center, my attention was particularly arrested by the range of excellent ...

Bookmarked, Reviews

Review: Liza Jane & the Dragon

October 3, 2018

Liza Jane & the Dragon Writer Laura Lippman (Writer), Kate Samworth (Illustrator) Akashic Books October 2, 2018 An advanced reader copy of Liza Jane & the Dragon was provided by the publisher. Liza Jane & the Dragon is the story of a girl who thinks she can find better parents, so ...

Reviews

Return To Sender: The Problematic Back and Forth of XO, OX

May 30, 2017

When I saw that Adam Rex had written a new picture book and Scott Campbell had illustrated it, I nearly jumped for joy. XO, OX: A Love Story is about a hapless Ox who exchanges confused letters with a diva Gazelle. Early reviews were positive, describing the book as a rib-tickling tale of ...

Reviews

Dogears: The Power of Symbolism and Storytelling

July 28, 2016

Mama’s Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation Edwidge Danticat & Leslie Staub Dial Books September 1, 2015 The complexity of immigration policy may be difficult to explain to a child, but many are affected by it. Saya’s mother is an undocumented Haitian immigrant who has been ...

Reviews

Picture This: Raggedy and the Cloud

June 16, 2016

This write-up is more personal than the other ones I’ve done so far, and I hope you will excuse me gushing for several minutes about some artists I love and admire. Sofia Prokofievna (b. 1928) is a Russian illustrator, poet, playwright, and, most importantly to me, the author of many original ...

Essays

Picture This: The Tree House by Marije and Robert Tolman

December 15, 2015

The Tree House (first published by Lemniscaat, Belgium, in 2009) is a wordless picture book created by the father-daughter team of Marije and Ronald Tolman. It depicts a couple of bears (and many other animals) hanging out in a treehouse that starts out in the ocean and ends up on dry land. The ...

Art & Design, Reviews

Kickstarter of the Week: Adult Coloring Books

September 4, 2015

Were you that kid, too—did your parent know exactly how to get you out of their hair, and all it involved were colored pencils and a book full of empty line drawings? Were you that kid who disdained tables to lie flat on the floor, feet in the air, nose to crayon to coloring book for hours on ...

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Picture This: Kazuno Kohara

February 24, 2015

Kazuno Kohara’s work spikes daily life with a shot of magic. The stories are firmly rooted in common situations (moving into a new house, playing during winter, visiting the library, and making friends), but with a supernatural aspect (ghosts, dragons, an elemental force, a witch, and ...

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A Look At Random House Canada’s Upcoming 2015 Titles

February 20, 2015

This month, Random House Canada invited bloggers to their headquarters to get a preview of some of their upcoming 2015 titles. It was a great time where pizza was eaten and awesome transitional slides featured Danny Castellano and Justin Timberlake were viewed. Alas, this isn’t about the ...

Picture Books

REVIEW: When the World Stays Inside Sends an Uncomfortable Message

Picture Book Roundup: Book Expo America 2019

Review: Liza Jane & the Dragon

Return To Sender: The Problematic Back and Forth of XO, OX

Dogears: The Power of Symbolism and Storytelling

Picture This: Raggedy and the Cloud

Picture This: The Tree House by Marije and Robert Tolman

Kickstarter of the Week: Adult Coloring Books

Picture This: Kazuno Kohara

A Look At Random House Canada’s Upcoming 2015 Titles

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