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Age: Infant-preschool
Another great book for storytimes that encourages participation through sound effects and movement.
Another great book for storytimes that encourages participation through sound effects and movement.
Age: Preschool-Kindergarten
Ah, the ol' role reversal. Always a sure way to elicit laughs from little and old alike. Evie and Simon always mind their manners, but their father is a different story. They finally get their dad under control when a special guest arrives: grandma!
Ah, the ol' role reversal. Always a sure way to elicit laughs from little and old alike. Evie and Simon always mind their manners, but their father is a different story. They finally get their dad under control when a special guest arrives: grandma!
Age:Preschool-Kindergarten
Clothing: Dresses
The book had great, textured artwork and I'm sure fans of Pinkalicious will soak it up but there was one glaring oddity involving a dress that is too tight for cake (how old is she?).
Clothing: Dresses
The book had great, textured artwork and I'm sure fans of Pinkalicious will soak it up but there was one glaring oddity involving a dress that is too tight for cake (how old is she?).
Age: Preschool-Kindergarten
Family: Older sister, new baby sister
Nature: Trees
A unique depiction of Maple, a girl who grows up with a very special friend: a tree! Planted "when she was still a whisper" Maple and her tree share many memories together before Maple discovers another sapling appear a few feet from her tree. And the next page shows a pregnant mama. Maple tries to be a good sister, and succeeds in many ways, but she couldn't always make the baby happy. That's when Maple would take her outside to play and lay underneath her Maple tree, watching the leaves dance for both of them.
I can describe the artwork with no other word than tangibly soft. Rendered in pencil on Mylar and the digitally colored, this book has a lovely offering to all library collections for its artwork and story.
Family: Older sister, new baby sister
Nature: Trees
A unique depiction of Maple, a girl who grows up with a very special friend: a tree! Planted "when she was still a whisper" Maple and her tree share many memories together before Maple discovers another sapling appear a few feet from her tree. And the next page shows a pregnant mama. Maple tries to be a good sister, and succeeds in many ways, but she couldn't always make the baby happy. That's when Maple would take her outside to play and lay underneath her Maple tree, watching the leaves dance for both of them.
I can describe the artwork with no other word than tangibly soft. Rendered in pencil on Mylar and the digitally colored, this book has a lovely offering to all library collections for its artwork and story.
Rosie is a pretty pretty princess type and stubbornly tells Rex that robots are not fun, over and over again, making you hate her. Another book showing drastically genderized roles with nothing really special to share.
Age: Kindergarten-2nd grade
Fractured fairytale
Music: Rock, making of a band
A delightful addition to the fractured fairytale genre, Schwartz provides another great read-aloud. I also appreciate her unique rhyme scheme, giving older kids a different beat to listen to.
Fractured fairytale
Music: Rock, making of a band
A delightful addition to the fractured fairytale genre, Schwartz provides another great read-aloud. I also appreciate her unique rhyme scheme, giving older kids a different beat to listen to.
Age: Infant-Preschool
Animals: Rabbits
The text is sparse, but not in a good way, creating confusion between narrator and the bunny buddies, sometimes rhyming and sometimes not. I'm a little confused who the intended audience is because the bunny buddies start throwing insults at each other a few pages in--perfect for an "older" audience, but the illustrations are simple and bold, perfect for a younger audience. That being said, the only redeeming factor is that the illustrations are perfect for a storytime crowd. They are bold, big, and not cluttered. I would definitely pretend that the story was wordless and create my own.
Animals: Rabbits
The text is sparse, but not in a good way, creating confusion between narrator and the bunny buddies, sometimes rhyming and sometimes not. I'm a little confused who the intended audience is because the bunny buddies start throwing insults at each other a few pages in--perfect for an "older" audience, but the illustrations are simple and bold, perfect for a younger audience. That being said, the only redeeming factor is that the illustrations are perfect for a storytime crowd. They are bold, big, and not cluttered. I would definitely pretend that the story was wordless and create my own.
First line: Alex and I are lying together on a blanket in the backyard of 37 Brooks.
This sequel was frackin sweet. I love duel story lines and Oliver pulled it off remarkably, keeping an incredible amount of suspense flowing through the whole novel. The plot twists were kinda obvious but the movement of the book and character building world was engaging.
The ending felt super rushed but that's probably because I didn't care for the romance between Lana and Julien. But, that doesn't mean that I'm not intrigued by their gradual/rushed romance. Why did I use two antonyms to describe that, you say? Well, Kelsey (since you're the only one here), Lana and Julien's romance was gradual in that it didn't rely on love at first sight or love based on appearance--it relied on shared experience and a psychological connection. It was rushed in that it was forced upon them by their shared experience, an experience full of tension and earned empathy. Kinda cool, and more realistic than the love at first sight that Lana had with Alex.
This sequel was frackin sweet. I love duel story lines and Oliver pulled it off remarkably, keeping an incredible amount of suspense flowing through the whole novel. The plot twists were kinda obvious but the movement of the book and character building world was engaging.
The ending felt super rushed but that's probably because I didn't care for the romance between Lana and Julien. But, that doesn't mean that I'm not intrigued by their gradual/rushed romance. Why did I use two antonyms to describe that, you say? Well, Kelsey (since you're the only one here), Lana and Julien's romance was gradual in that it didn't rely on love at first sight or love based on appearance--it relied on shared experience and a psychological connection. It was rushed in that it was forced upon them by their shared experience, an experience full of tension and earned empathy. Kinda cool, and more realistic than the love at first sight that Lana had with Alex.