This was a lot of fun.  A wolf starts chasing a sugar cookie.  At least he thinks it’s a sugar cookie.  This makes for a story of interesting friends, but a great story on finding your place.  The illustrations are fun, and this would make a great story time book.

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This story was lovely.  Clarkson did a good job with the rhymes, however there is no real cadence.  Or if a cadence starts to happen, it changes with the next page.  Overall I liked the story and loved the illustrations, but would not choose it as a storytime read for the tongue trouble I would have as I tripped over lines.

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 Ahhh.  Churchill the pig has lost his tale, so to make him feel better, his friends help him find a new one.  But Churchill becomes so engrossed in finding and playing with other’s tales, that he forgets his friends. Until he finds his original tale and meets someone new, that reminds him of his old friends.  THis story is lovely, and the illustrations are just as good.  My favorite has to be when Churchill tries on a peacock tale.#Wintergames #teamreadnosereindeer +16 

 

This is a perfect board story.  It’s a full story and not just concepts or ideas, but it is simple.  It’s the story of two friends and their first playdate.  There is rhyme, there is cadence, and there is a cute fox and panda.  What more could someone want?

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I dare you to read this book and not think of classic animated stories like the Hobbit, The Last Unicorn, or The Black Cauldron, or even life actions like Legend.  It encompasses that feeling so well, and the story would happily sit on shelves next to them.  The goblins are out.  They feed on color, but one valley is going to make sure they never lose their color or their rainbows to goblins.  This book is originally from 1978 and this edition from 2001. This story feels the 42 years old that it is, and it might confound modern picture book audiences.  But for those born in the same year, you just might find a new story among what were childhood favorites.

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Need a purposeful tongue twister, or an easy reader for works that sound like truck?  Then you have picked up the right book.  This book was fun, made sense, and kids will love the action sounds, and everything that rhymes with truck.

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This book is simple but heartfelt.  School is canceled because it’s snowing.  But you can not play outside, and Daddy’s plane can’t take off.  This book fosters a peace and a calmness that comes along with a quite snowy night.  The illustrations are not typical of modern picture books, but their very uniqueness helps the reader feel at peace, and cozy, and in the presence of others who care.  

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Why or why is bear so horrible?  Or maybe bear isn’t horrible, and the little girl is horrible?  Only the reader will know, and I’m not going to spoil it.  This book left a big smile on my face, and it will do the same for many other readers as well.  I see this circulating well at most public libraries.

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This book was absolutely lovely.  If it looks familiar it’s because it’s by the author of the Gruffalo and Room on a Broom.  And just like those, this book has the power to be an instant classic.  Dragons, princesses and knights, but in ways not really seen before.  I love the story, the cadence, the rhymes, and the illustrations.  A perfect read.

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This book started off very similar to Mouse’s First Christmas, and much of the story is the same.  The book rhymes and has a lack luster cadence, but still works.  The story is sweet and covers many topics in a quick way, that gives the reading hope, and a bit of heart.

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