Published by Charlesbridge Summary: Rory’s starting middle school, but one thing has stayed the same: he still has to go to speech every week to get help making the /r/ sound. As he’s gotten older, he’s become more self-conscious about […]
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The Leaf and the Tree Awareness Tour sponsored by Bruce NemovitzThe Children’s Book Review Join us on this virtual book tour for Bruce Nemovitz’s The Leaf and the Tree! Easy-to-read rhyming text combined with vivid, colorful illustrations of forest life, invite […]
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We’ve got a case(wrap) of the Mondays! From Amah Faraway by Margaret Chiu Greanias and Tracy Subisak (Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, January 2022) PS: we’ve got an interview coming up with Tracy tomorrow!! Stop by to read (and see) more! This […]
Read more →![[Monday Reading] The Subversive Joy Of ChalaRanza’s Art in Award-Winning 2021 Picturebooks](https://gatheringbooks.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/typorama-5.jpg?w=300&h=300 "[Monday Reading] The Subversive Joy Of ChalaRanza’s Art in Award-Winning 2021 Picturebooks")
Myra here. It’s Monday, What are You Reading is a meme hosted by Jen from Teach Mentor Texts and Kellee and Ricki from Unleashing Readers (new host of Monday reading: Kathryn T at Book Date). #DecolonizeBookshelves2022 For 2022, our reading theme is #DecolonizeBookshelves2022. Essentially, we hope […]
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Beloved children’s author Michael Rosen (We’re Going On A Bear Hunt and other treasures), spent 6 weeks in an induced coma courtesy of Covid. And of course he wrote a picture book about it, because what else do you do […]
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Published by Bloomsbury Children’s Books Summary: Kylie is nervous about visiting Amah in Taipei. Even though they connect by computer every Saturday, it’s not the same as visiting in person. At first, Amah leads the way, preparing a big dinner […]
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Myra here. I have been on an Overdrive marathon over the past several weeks. Here is my haul, thus far. Let me know if you’ve read any of them, and whether there are more titles I should be on the […]
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If you’re of a certain age, and perhaps even if you’re not, then you’re probably familiar with The Famous Five. Written by the prolific Enid Blyton, the first book in the The Famous Five series was originally published in 1942 […]
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Published by Henry Holt and Co. Summary: Tiny Rabbit is having a big party, but Bina Bear is nowhere to be found…or is that Bina with a lampshade on his head? “No. I am not Bina. I am a lamp.” […]
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This week’s crushes: Song for Jimi: The Story of Guitar Legend Jimi Hendrix by Charles R. Smith and Edel Rodriguez (Neal Porter Books, November 2021) Tiny Cedric by Sally Lloyd-Jones and Rowboat Watkins (Anne Schwartz Books, February 2022) Thingamabob by Marianna Coppo (Tundra Books, January 2022) Stitch […]
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