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Review of the Day: When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
When You Reach Me By Rebecca Stead Wendy Lamb Books (Random House imprint) $15.99 ISBN: 978-0-385-73742-5 Ages 11-14 I’ve been struggling over how to begin this review. I want to get it exactly right....
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Review of the Day: Good Egg by Barney Saltzberg
Good Egg By Barney Saltzberg Designed and lettered by Netta Rabin Workman Publishing $9.95 ISBN: 978-0-7611-5406-8 Ages 3-8 On shelves now You know, in the old days a children’s librarian would sooner...
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Review of the Day – Cars on Mars: Roving the Red Planet by Alexandra Siy
Cars on Mars: Roving the Red Planet By Alexandra Siy Charlesbridge ISBN: 978-1-57091-462-1 $18.95 Ages 9-12 Sometimes I think that adult authors of children’s non-fiction subjects get so wrapped up in...
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Review of the Day – Yummy by Lucy Cousins
Yummy: Eight Favorite Fairy Tales By Lucy Cousins Candlewick Press $18.99 ISBN: 978-0-7636-4474-1 Ages 3-7 On shelves now I think the lesson of the day here is that I haven’t been giving Lucy Cousins...
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Review of the Day: The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
The Curious Garden By Peter Brown Little, Brown and Company $16.99 ISBN: 978-0-316-01547-9 Ages 4-8 On shelves now. They say that children’s books are inherently didactic. Particularly those of the...
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Reviews of the Day: "Mommy, Mama, and Me" AND "Daddy, Papa, and Me" by Leslea...
Daddy, Papa and Me Mommy, Mama, and Me By Leslea Newman Illustrated by Carol Thompson Tricycle Press $7.99 ISBN: 978-1582462639 ISBN: 978-1582462622 Ages 0-2 On shelves now What is the purpose of your...
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Review of the Day: Big Wolf and Little Wolf by Nadine Brun-Cosme
Big Wolf and Little Wolf By Nadine Brun-Cosme Illustrated by Olivier Tallec Enchanted Lion Books $16.95 ISBN: 978-1-59270-084-4 Ages 4-8 On shelves now. It’s seems strange to say that different...
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Review of the Day: Layla’s Head Scarf by Miriam Cohen
Layla’s Head Scarf By Miriam Cohen Illustrated by Ronald Himler Star Bright Books $15.95 ISBN: 978-1059572-177-8 Ages 4-8 On shelves now. Picture books serve all kinds of purposes. Some are meant to...
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Review of the Day: Raiders’ Ransom by Emily Diamand
Raiders’ Ransom By Emily Diamand Scholastic $17.99 ISBN: 978-0-545-14297-7 Ages 10 and up On shelves now Sometimes you just want to read a book that starts off with a bang and then proceeds to run its...
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Review of the Day – Dreamdark: Silksinger by Laini Taylor
Dreamdark: Silksinger By Laini Taylor Illustrated by Jim Di Bartolo G.P. Putnam’s Sons (a division of Penguin) $18.99 ISBN: 978-0-399-24631-9 Ages 10 and up On shelves now. There was a boy. He came...
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Review of the Day: Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan
Tales from Outer Suburbia By Shaun Tan Arthur A. Levine (an imprint of Scholastic Books) $19.99 ISBN: 978-0-545-05587-1 Ages 9 and up February 1, 2009 On the face of it, I’m an inadequate reviewer for...
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Review of the Day: Books Are For Reading by Suzy Becker
Books are for Eating Reading By Suzy Becker Random House Book for Young Readers $8.99 ISBN: 978-0-375-87498-7 Ages 0-3 On shelves now If you are a children’s librarian then you know that aside from...
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Review of the Day: The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon
The Rock and the River By Kekla Magoon Aladdin (an imprint of Simon and Schuster) $15.99 ISBN: 978-1-4169-7582-3 Ages 10 and up On shelves now I have a variety of different bugaboos that I’ll...
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Review of the Day: Fortune’s Magic Farm by Suzanne Selfors
Fortune’s Magic Farm By Suzanne Selfors Illustrated by Catia Chien Little, Brown and Company $14.99 ISBN: 978-0-316-01818-0 Ages 8-12 Roald Dahl was a troublemaker of the first degree. Did he really...
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Review of the Day: The (Mostly) True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman...
The (Mostly) True Adventures of Homer P. Figg By Rodman Philbrick Blue Sky Press (a Scholastic imprint) $16.99 ISBN: 978-0-439-66818-7 Ages 9 and up On shelves now Ah, the inveterate child liar. The...
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Review of the Day: When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
When You Reach Me By Rebecca Stead Wendy Lamb Books (Random House imprint) $15.99 ISBN: 978-0-385-73742-5 Ages 11-14 I’ve been struggling over how to begin this review. I want to get it exactly right....
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Review of the Day: Good Egg by Barney Saltzberg
Good Egg By Barney Saltzberg Designed and lettered by Netta Rabin Workman Publishing $9.95 ISBN: 978-0-7611-5406-8 Ages 3-8 On shelves now You know, in the old days a children’s librarian would sooner...
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Review of the Day – Cars on Mars: Roving the Red Planet by Alexandra Siy
Cars on Mars: Roving the Red Planet By Alexandra Siy Charlesbridge ISBN: 978-1-57091-462-1 $18.95 Ages 9-12 Sometimes I think that adult authors of children’s non-fiction subjects get so wrapped up in...
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Review of the Day – Yummy by Lucy Cousins
Yummy: Eight Favorite Fairy Tales By Lucy Cousins Candlewick Press $18.99 ISBN: 978-0-7636-4474-1 Ages 3-7 On shelves now I think the lesson of the day here is that I haven’t been giving Lucy Cousins...
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Review of the Day: The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
The Curious Garden By Peter Brown Little, Brown and Company $16.99 ISBN: 978-0-316-01547-9 Ages 4-8 On shelves now. They say that children’s books are inherently didactic. Particularly those of the...
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