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An adorable bedtime story awaits you and your child in Book of Dreams, part of the Ringtail Family series by Sylvie Michaud.
Baby Ringtail asks his mama and papa why every cloud is a different shape. Responding that clouds are pictures in the sky to help us dream, Mama and Papa share with Baby the different thingsthey dream about when they see certain types of clouds. This lulls Baby right to sleep and into dreamland.
Short, sweet, and charming are all words to describe this lovely picture book. Slowly flowing prose and pastel colored illustrations help your little one settle down for the night and fill her head with beautiful visions for a peaceful night. I love the way Michaud’s descriptions paint pictures for little ones that are complemented by the lovely artwork. Probably more description than usually found in a picture book, but it works well here. This is definitely a book I’ll be saving for my future grandchildren.
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Paperback: 24 pages
Publisher: Crafty Canuck Inc. (March 28, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0978295587
ISBN-13: 978-0978295585
File Size: 3020 KB
Print Length: 21 pages
Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
Publisher: Crafty Canuck Inc. (March 13, 2013)
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ASIN: B00BTPBX0Q
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B&N soft cover: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/book-of-dreams-the-ringtail-family-sylvie-michaud/1110202903
I purchased a copy of this book for my Kindle. The publisher paid me to promote this book with a virtual book tour through Pump Up Your Book. That fee did not include a review. This review contains my honest opinions, which have not been compensated in any way.
By: Ruff Life,
on 3/20/2014
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It's time for an update. Some crazy things are happening around here at the moment and I don't mean Max's disgusting pie pig contest. We finally have the next four book proofs to edit then they can be released, so watch this space! To give you a heads up they are titled Diamond in the Ruff, Ruff in Hollywood, It's A Ruff Life Being Dognapped and Ruff Resort. They are all an amazing read and like my first adventure will have you sitting at the edge of your seats, or was it me that did that when I read the first one. They'll have you LOL and that's a promise. I mean who can't help but laugh at that stupid dog Max? If you don't you'll end up crying out of frustration, or is that me again? Anyway I'll let you know the release date nearer the time.
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I'll tell you a new story soon but I'm just finishing off my new amazing fashion creations. You'll here all about them in book 8. Max is out somewhere, YIPEE! I don't have to put up with his mangy flea ridden fur for a bit but I'm sure he'll have some mundane story to tell you when he get's back.
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on 3/9/2014
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The Doglet Academy introduced a new class this term. It certainly wasn't my idea of a fun class. I mean what famous doglet needs to learn how to cook? I have a chef for that called Seamus.
This class was worth a lot of credits and it was an easy way to give me top marks for the end of the year. And you know me, there's no way that I will come in 2nd best at anything. So I enrolled in the class. I now wish I hadn't. I'd have been far better off taking a Spanish or French class, or at least my beautiful paw nails would have been; participation in that class made them all soft.
The first thing the teacher said was that I had to get rid of the painted nails, as if... So I used a pair of latex gloves. Have you ever tried to work with latex gloves over your paws? It's a recipe for disaster; the extra fingers flap around and get caught up in everything.
We made pastry but I kept getting my gloves caught under the rolling pin. Eventually I put the pasty in a pie tin and filled it with some nice looking meat. It looked great when it was finished. Even the teacher said how nice and well presented it was. Of course, I made it, how else was it going to look with my natural style of flair? I couldn't wait to take it home and gloat at Max as to how much better I was than him . In fact I was going to eat some of it in front of him while he sat salivating.
When I got home I put my plan into action. I went to find Max. "Hey I've got something to show you." I took a bite out of the pie. The meat was nice but the pastry was hard. "This is really delicious." I then found a chewy bit, which seemed to take for ever to chew.
Oh no, I thought when I realised that I had just eaten some of the latex gloves. "Would you like some? I made if for you."
"Thanks, what's wrong with it?"
"Nothing, I was just sampling it to show you how delicious it is." I said as I waked away.
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Hi, It's us again. I know we still keep harping on about our great giveaway. It is great. You'll find that winning a copy of 'It's a ruff life' (Childrens Secret Agent, Spy, Action, Adventure Books for 8 to preteens) is really fun.
A ten year old boy, who's read the book, told his mum he wants all the other books to read. He loved the story and so will you. It's like other's have said very funny, very crazy and a thrilling and exciting read, which is the story of our lives!
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Hi there is just a couple of hours over 2 days left for your chance to win one of two paperback copies 'It's A Ruff Life'.
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Well it's almost arrived. In only 3 days time, at It's A Ruff Life, we'll know who the 2 lucky winners are who are going to get a Free paperback copy of It's A Ruff Life. If you haven't yet entered the competition it still isn't too late to enter. Simply go to link below. Good Luck everyone. Bella & Max
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I can't believe what I have to do now at It's A Ruff Life. Lord Alfred has been nominated for a business award and is having a special evening in his honour. I thought I was the only member of this family that had special evenings, in their honour, organised for them. I can't believe they're doing this but he's created some new invention or other that has gone viral and made him and others a ton of money.
What I really object to is Max is going as well. Can you imagine it? He's bound to show me up with the way he dresses. I can just imagine it. I'm just going to have to put on a ton of glitter as well as wear my awesomely, new chic, sparkly outfit that Benjamin's designed for me. I will easily outshine Max but I still don't want to be seen with him.
Maybe he can have an accident so that he can't come. Even he won't turn up if his fur is covered in something horrible and sticky. I'll have to see what I can do.
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My VBF, Lemondrop, has never been to a fashion show, can you believe it? I sometimes think that dog has never lived. Well lucky for her she's got me as a best friend. I've arranged a 'bellasome' trip to a top fashion show in London where, guess what? You've got it right if you worked out that I will be the Star Canine Model.
Benjamin has made me a new set of the most fabulous, bellatastic, sparkly outfits that you can imagine. I've decided to try out some teal highlights with fur extensions and a 'nest' design on the top of my head to go with them. I will look amazing!
I've talked Lemondrop into having a new fur style for the show. I can;t have her showing me up by not being trendy. She told me she won't have her fur coloured though. I can't understand why some dogs are such 'whimps' when it comes to canine fashion trends.
Ursula 's just arrived to take me to Canine Calm. I can't wait to see what I'll look like with the new fur design, as awesome as ever!
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If you’re looking for a typical bedtime story, this isn’t it. Sleep Tight, Anna Banana! is, however, a sweet and zany bedtime story that youngsters will love. Anna Banana’s stuffed animals are ready to go to bed after a long day of playing, but Anna Banana isn’t ready yet. Each time one of them tries to convince her to turn out the lights, she’s having none of it. But when the shoe is on the other foot, things aren’t so peachy.
I loved this book. It’s whimsical, it’s funny, it’s adorable, and the stuffed animals are alive and talking! With all this and the delightful, often silly, illustrations by Alexis Dormal, kids will eat this one up. This is the first in a series. I can’t wait to see what this mother and son team come up with next.
Highly recommended!
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Age Range: 3 – 7 years
Grade Level: Preschool – 2
Hardcover: 28 pages
Publisher: First Second (June 17, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1626720193
ISBN-13: 978-1626720190
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The Guardian recently reported, in an article by Liz Bury, on a study that found that "only 13% of parents read to their kids at night every day of the week." The title of the article is:
"Children's bedtime stories on the wane, according to survey"
It's a brief article, but says:
"A poll of 2,000 mothers with children aged 0-7 years, carried out by the clothing and homeware retailer Littlewoods, highlighted the extent of the change. Only 64% of respondents said they read their children bedtime stories, even though 91% were themselves read bedtime stories when young."
Participants said things like that they were too stressed, or didn't have time to read to their kids before bed, even though they think it's important. This part is sad: "Only 13% of respondents read a story to their children every night, but 75% recall being read to every night when they were kids."
I shared this link on my Facebook page with a sigh, and my friend Jennifer remarked that she would have to answer no to the question, because she tends to read to her kids at other times, rather than at bedtime. Which got me thinking that perhaps this survey wasn't really asking the right question. (To be fair, the survey was focused on whether bedtime reading was on the decline, more so than bigger picture questions. So it was the right question for them, but not for me.)
I've been helping the organization Read Aloud to spread their message, which is: Read Aloud for 15 Minutes. Every Child. Every Parent. Every Day. This is delightfully concrete, and I've been happy to share it. But I still see people saying: "But I want to read for more than 15 minutes." Or, "I can't read every day."
To me, the right message is something like:
Read aloud to
your child whenever you can, as often as you can, for as long as you can.
For many families, bedtime is the easiest time for reading aloud, because you have a
routine in place, and it's relatively straightforward to make reading aloud part of that. This is great when it works. But if you can’t read at night
without falling asleep after 5 minutes, or you have different kids of different
ages, and you're working on the older kids' homework, and you just can’t fit the reading in then, ok. Find another time.
It doesn’t matter if you read in the morning before
breakfast, or after lunch during quiet time, or before bed. It matters that
you:
- Always have books around that you can read to
your child, whether they are your family’s own books or library books.
- Try to say yes when your child asks you to read
aloud.
- Make reading part of your daily routine, no
matter how busy that routine is, by fitting it in somewhere.
- Keep reading together fun!
- Keep reading aloud to your child even after your
child can read to herself, for as long as she will let you.
These are the important things. These are things that you
can do as a parent that will make a difference in your child’s happiness now,
and future success later.
In my house, I tend to let read aloud time be dictated by
what my daughter requests. Sometimes she wants to read a couple of books before
even heading down for breakfast. Often she asks her babysitter to read to her
after lunch, in the time period that she used to nap. If a new picture book arrives in
the mail, she’ll usually want to read it right then. Same for times when she
arrives home from the library with new books. I can't always say yes to reading at any particular minute, but I try to say yes as frequently as possible.
We do usually read to her at bedtime. Mostly my husband
does the nighttime reading these days, because my daughter in a major “daddy
phase.” I’ll often sit nearby and read my own books, so we’re still together. But
sometimes she falls asleep on her own before we get to the bedtime reading,
and, well, there isn’t any. Especially if we’re out somewhere, and she falls
asleep on the way home (sound familiar, anyone?). But most of the time, she’s
been read to at some other point during the day. Some days she’s probably been read
to at 5 or 6 points during the day. So I figure that what we’re doing is
working for us, and I don’t get too hung up about the occasional missed night.
I know that I'm lucky because I work from home, and can sneak in extra reading time during the day. I'm lucky because I have other people who read to my daughter, too, and because I only have to worry about one child's schedule. I realize that it's going to get harder as my daughter gets older, and has homework and activities. But I'm going to try to keep this mantra in my head:
Read aloud to your child whenever you can, as often as you can, for as long as you can.
I'm going to try to seize, and appreciate, those moments, regardless of what time of day they occur.
How about you? Does your family read before bed, or at
other times, or both?
© 2013 by Jennifer Robinson of Jen Robinson's Book Page. All rights reserved. You can also follow me @JensBookPage or at my Growing Bookworms page on Facebook.
I really am a firm believer in the importance of bedtime story reading to our kids. It's good for them and its great for the parents too! Enjoy this article on the subject.
http://mindofthegeek.com/2013/06/22/one-in-three-parents-reads-to-kids/
Macy’s and Reading Is Fundamental Launch Annual Be Book Smart Campaign June 21 to Support Children’s Literacy
WASHINGTON – (June 20, 2013) – Despite research on the importance of reading with children from a young age, few parents with kids age eight and younger are engaged in nightly reading, according to a new survey from Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) and Macy’s. The survey, conducted by Harris Interactive, finds that only one in three parents (33 percent) read bedtime stories with their children every night, and 50 percent of parents say their children spend more time with TV or video games than with books. More than 1,000 parents across the U.S. completed the survey online in April.
Results of the survey are revealed as Macy’s and RIF enter the 10th year of a partnership that will deliver its 10 millionth book to children in need nationwide. Be Book Smart launches tomorrow, June 21, and invites customers coast-to-coast to give $3 at any Macy’s register in-store to help provide a book for a child in their local community. Macy’s will donate the full amount to RIF, and customers will receive a coupon for $10 off an in-store purchase of $50 or more. The month-long fundraising effort ends July 21. Last year, Macy’s helped to raise $4.8 million to provide 1.6 million books to children who would not get a new book otherwise.
“Bedtime stories build the foundation for future achievement. For a decade, Macy’s and RIF have worked together to get books and literacy resources to children in need, giving children and parents tools they need to dream big,” said Carol H. Rasco, president and CEO of ReadingIs Fundamental. “While much news in this survey is encouraging, there is more work to be done – work that Be Book Smart and our partnership with Macy’s will help make possible.”
Full survey results are highlighted in an executive summary by Harris Interactive, and key findings include:
Findings on the amount of time spent reading
- Eighty-seven percent of parents say they currently read bedtime stories with their children.
- But only one in three parents (33 percent) read bedtime stories daily with their children.
- Children of families with an annual household income below $35,000 are more likely to watch TV (40 percent) than read books (35 percent).
Findings on printed book use
- Printed books (76 percent) are the format of choice for most parents of children age eight and younger.
- Twice as many children prefer a printed book (20 percent) over an e-book (9 percent), say parents who read both types of books to their children.
- Less than one in five parents (17 percent) use a combination of printed and e-books.
Existing research on literacy shows the importance of starting early:
- Children who don’t read well by the end of third grade are four times more likely to drop out of high school than proficient readers, according to a report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
- Two-thirds of U.S. fourth graders – and more than four-fifths of those from low-income families – are not reading proficiently, according to the 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress.
Many literacy studies also show a direct correlation between income level and the number of books in the household, creating even more obstacles to developing children’s literacy. RIF works to help overcome these challenges by delivering free books and literacy resources to children and families who need them most.
“We are proud to join our customers in supporting RIF’s work to help children have better access to books and develop a lifelong love of reading,” said Martine Reardon, chief marketing officer, Macy's. “In talking about our partnership with RIF, I hear so often about the memories created between a parent and a child through reading bedtime stories. This summer, we are especially excited to be hitting a milestone that will enable our 10 millionth book to be distributed as a result of Macy’s partnership with RIF.”
Since 2004, Macy's has helped raise more than $25.8 million for RIF. Through customer-supported fundraising campaigns, in-store events and volunteer activities, Macy's has donated funds and resources to further the important message of literacy for future success. Macy’s longstanding support has enabled RIF to promote literacy at all levels, from buying books for children and training educators to providing resources to parents.
Macy’s customers can take part in supporting children’s reading and bedtime stories by donating to the Be Book Smart campaign from June 21 to July 21, taking part in efforts to contribute the campaign’s 10 millionth book to a child in need.
Facebook Sweepstakes
As part of the Be Book Smart campaign, Macy’s and RIF will host a sweepstakes on Facebook to encourage supporters to share information about the campaign and post images of quotes from favorite authors to their personal timelines via a Facebook app. Each week, one winner will be awarded a $500 Macy’s gift card. For official rules and to enter the sweepstakes, visit facebook.com/macys or rif.org/sweeps. No purchase necessary to enter or win a prize.
Methodology
This Bedtime Story survey was conducted online within the United States by Harris Interactive on behalf of Reading Is Fundamental between April 8-15, 2013 among 1,003 parents of kids age 8 or younger. No estimates of theoretical sampling error can be calculated. For complete survey methodology, including weighting variables, please contact Olivia Doherty at [email protected] or 301-656-0348.
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Peppa Pig’s school roof needs repairing. Again. And poor Daddy Pig ends up having to buy his chair back at a fundraising fete. That was the gist of our daughter’s latest bedtime story. I’ve read “Peppa Pig’s Daddy Is Made … Continue reading →
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Sally O. Lee is back with another imaginative, unique creation. When circle meets square, circle is curious if square is always the same: brushing his teeth, bouncing a ball, at bathtime, and in other situations. Square assures circle that he’s always the same no matter what he’s doing. Simple in nature, this story is one of friendship and acceptance. Parents could even use this book as a teaching point for how their love remains constant no matter what happens.
A delightful story coupled with Lee’s adorable artwork is waiting for your young reader in Circle and Square.
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April 6th is National Pillow Fight Day. Is that not awesome??? Truly. Grab a couple of pillows and swat away - on Saturday. You might want to practice beforehand.
Here are some picture books to share in preparation for - or during - National Pillow Fight Day.
Caterpillow Fight by Sam McBratney. When little caterpillars start a pillow fight, the big caterpillar has a creative solution.
What! cried Granny by Kate Lum. Patrick stays overnight at Granny's house where Granny has to make him a bed, a pillow, a blanket, a teddy bear, all from scratch.
Good Night, Pillow Fight by Sally Cook. Look inside a block of apartments as parents try to get their children to sleep. And then, someone yells "Pillow Fight!"
Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein. Little Red Chicken interrupts every bedtime story her father begins.
Once upon a time, the end : asleep in 60 seconds / by Geoffrey Kloske and Barry Blitt. Here is a collection of the shortest bedtime stories - ever. Piggies / written by Don and Audrey Wood ; illustrated by Don Wood. A finger counting rhyme ends up with a kiss goodnight. Charley's first night / Amy Hest ; illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. A little boy is eager to be the best puppy owner ever and spends the whole night with his new dog.Snoozers / by Sandra Boynton. Seven short bedtime stories from a favorite picture book author.So fluff up those pillows! Ready, set, go!
Aaron and I read to Elliott every night before bedtime (and lots during the day too, of course). Lately, I've been reading to him in the bathtub, to keep myself entertained while he's splashing around with his toys. We read our
first chapter book that way!
We've moved onto a new book to read together: The Family Bedtime Treasury. Though we're all book lovers in this house (though sometimes Aaron has to be convinced he's a book lover) we have very limited shelf space in each room to hold all the books we love, so fitting 16 awesome bedtime stories into one volume works really well for us.
Included are some of my all-time favorites: The Napping House, Gideon, and No Sleep for the Sheep, along with several new-to-us stories and poems. The variety is fantastic. It also comes with a cd filled with an hour of classical music. We were able to download it for free, since we don't really have anything to play a cd, which was a really nice option. We've listened to the music during our last feeding of the night and it's very soothing.
The Family Bedtime Treasury would make a great gift for a birthday or a unique shower gift. I'm always looking for those! It's nice to include other siblings in gifts like those and this has something for everyone.
The Family Bedtime Treasury: Tales for Sleepy Times and Sweet Dreams276 pagesHoughton Mifflin Harcourt9780547857862September 2012Review copy
This Christmas will be brighter for families in Edmonton and Africa facing hard times.
A church and daycare in Edmonton, Alberta, spearheads an annual effort to send out gift packages to those in need. The packages are sent out anonymously and go out to families in Edmonton's inner city, with some packages going as far as Africa to children of World Vision.
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It's been a while since I've done a picture book roundup. Here are three - one funny, one fun, one sweet. Enjoy!
Vere, Ed. 2012. Bedtime for Monsters. New York: Henry Holt.Do you ever WONDER if somewhere, not too far away, there might be ... MONSTERS?
This book may be reminiscent of "Going on a Bear Hunt," but you won't be going anywhere; a monster may be coming to hunt you!
And as he crosses the gloopy, schloopy swamp
GLOOP GLOOP SCHLOOP
do you think he's imagining just HOW GOOD
you'll taste all covered in ketchup?
Bright and fresh and silly! I love it.
Baker, Keith. 2012. 1-2-3 Peas. New York: Beach Lane. A follow-up to the popular
LMNO Peas, I like this one even better. The digitally rendered and definitely adorable peas count their way to 100 in rhyming fashion.
Eleven to nineteen - skip, skip, skip!
Twenty peas cutting - snip, snip, snip!
While it can be read quickly for fun, it's worth savoring to find and enjoy each delightfully quirky pea (can you find the one singing in the shower?) and note the great details. How do peas travel when in a rush? In a Spea-dy Bus, of course.
More peas, please!
Kraegel, Kenneth. 2012. King Arthur's Very Great Grandson. Somerville, MA: Candlewick.I want swordplay! A struggle! A battle to the uttermost, and if you will not have ado with me, tell me who will!
So says brave and diminutive Henry, who sets off for adventure astride his trusty donkey, Knuckles. He encounters a Dragon, a Cyclops, a Griffin, and a Leviathan. They are no match for him at swordplay, but at chess? Perhaps. Simple pen and watercolor illustrations are a bright and cheery mix of naive and cartoon styles of painting; pairing perfectly with this story of five utterly guileless characters destined to become friends. Enchanting!
I just noticed that each of these was illustrated by the author, or authored by the illustrator. Whichever way you slice it, great talent.
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Hickem, Catherine. (2012). Heaven in Her Arms: Why God Chose Mary to Raise His Son and What It Means for You. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-1-4002-0036-8.
What do we know of Mary?
What we know of Mary’s family is that she is of the house of David; it is from her lineage Jesus fulfilled the prophecy. Given the archeological ruins of the various places thought to have been living quarters for their family, it is likely the home was a room out from which sleeping quarters (cells) branched. As Mary and her mother Anne would be busy maintaining the household, with young Mary working at her mother’s command, it is likely Anne would be nearby or in the same room during the Annunciation. Thus Mary would not have had a scandalous secret to later share with her parents but, rather, a miraculous supernatural experience, the salvific meaning of which her Holy parents would understand and possibly even witnessed.
Mary and Joseph were betrothed, not engaged. They were already married, likely in the form of a marriage contract, but the marriage had not yet been “consummated”. This is why he was going to divorce her when he learned of the pregnancy. If it were a mere engagement, he would have broken it off without too much scandal.
Married but not yet joined with her husband, her mother would prepare her by teaching her all that she needed to know. This is further reason to assume that Mary would be working diligently under her mother’s eye when the Annunciation took place.
We know that her cousin Elizabeth’s pregnancy was kept in secret for five months, and not made known until the sixth month when the Angel Gabriel proclaimed it to Mary. We know Mary then rushed to be at her elderly cousin’s side for three months (the remaining duration of Elizabeth’s pregnancy), and that this rushing appeared to be in response to Elizabeth’s pregnancy (to congratulate her), not an attempt to hide Mary’s pregnancy. Note how all of this is connected to Elizabeth’s pregnancy rather than Mary’s circumstances. As Mary was married to Joseph, he likely would have been informed of the trip. Had the intent been to hide Mary, she would have remained with Elizabeth until Jesus was born, not returned to her family after the first trimester, which is just about the time that her pregnancy was visible and obvious.
So we these misconceptions clarified, we can put Mary’s example within an even deeper context and more fully relate to her experience. We can imagine living in a faith-filled family who raises their child in strict accordance of God’s word. The extended family members may not understand, and certainly their community will not, so Mary, Anne and Joachim, and Joseph face extreme scandal as well as possible action from Jewish authorities. But they faced this together steep in conversation with God, providing a model for today’s family.
Although sometimes scriptural interpretations are flavored with modern-day eye, overall this book will be more than just a quick read for a young mother (or new bride, or teen aspiring to overcome the challenges of American culture, or single parent losing her mind). It is a heartwarming reflection with many examples that open up conversation with God. As an experienced psychotherapist, the author’s examples are spot on and easy to relate to. We do not need to have had the same experiences to empathize, reflect, and pursue meaning; we see it around us in everyday life. As such, a reflective look upon these examples can help one overcome an impasse in their own relationship with God and also open the reader up to self-knowledge as Hi
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I am in the midst of transferring from one branch to another, and I now have two desks overflowing with great new books! Here are a few:
Gibbs, Edward. 2011. I Spy with my Little Eye. Somerville, MA: Templar. (Candlewick) That big (almost 2.5"), yellow, circular eye on the cover is actually a hole - an oh, the things we can spy through that hole! On a predominantly white spread with an eye on the left page and a circle of blue on the right, we read,
I spy with my little eye ... something that is blue. "I am the biggest animal in the world."
Turn the page to find a richly colored blue whale, which due to some artfully placed curlicues, manages to appear realistic and at the same time, fanciful.
I'm a BLUE WHALE.
Each featured animal unfolds in the same manner. The rear cover of the book features a hole for your own little eye to go spying! Colors, animals, guessing - this book has it all!
Edward Gibbs is listed as a "debut artist." What a debut! This one's dynamite!
Tusa, Tricia. 2011. Follow Me. Boston: Harcourt.
From the book jacket, here is the description of the art,
The illustrations in this book were done using an etching process with monoprinted color. The text type was set in Prin. The display type was set in Rats and Carrotflower.
(Rats and Carrotflower? - love that one!) What this means to me is a softly-colored book with fanciful drawings outlined in etched brown lines. The color sometimes spills out of its intended (?) perimeter in much the same way that the young protagonist spills out of her swing and floats and flies through the breezes, "lost in small, green, happy music." She invites the reader to follow her through all of nature's colors, "deep into brown, into the bright white of yellow, into orange that slips into red." From the illustrator of
In a Blue Room, another beautiful book!
Johnson, Lindsay Lee. 2011. Ten Moonstruck Piglets. Ill. by Carll Cneut. Boston: Clarion.All in a scramble,
all ready to gambol,
ten moonstruck piglets
on a midnight ramble.
Through the mud wallow,
beyond the wide hollow,
leapfrogging piglets
in turns lead and follow.
It's all fun and games until the moon goes behind a cloud! But not to worry - Mama's coming. These sleepy-eyed, wrinkly little runts are irresistible!
Where
Ten Little Piglets is filled with amusing detail, this next book features uncomplicated simplicity ... (but in both books, you can count on mom to the rescue!)
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Here are a few of my recent favorites - mostly silly
- Bardhan-Quallen, Sudipta. 2011. Chicks Run Wild. Ill. by Ward Jenkins. New York: Simon & Schuster.
The Caterpillow Fight (Candlewick 1997) was(is) an old favorite of mine. This is a similarly silly tale of siblings who run amok after Mama has tucked them in for the night. Of course, these aren't caterpillars, they're chicks. Mama gets increasingly angry after each time she checks in on them,
Wings on hips, she warns those chicks, "No more games and no more tricks!"
One quick peck for each sweet child,
she slams the door . . .
those chicks run wild!
In the end, Mama beats them at their own game. The illustrations are bright and cheerful and funny. The chick in the over-sized black frame glasses is a riot all by himself!
Illustrator, Ward Jenkins, offers a great preview and some bonus material on his site. Check it out!- Czekaj, Jef. 2011. Cat Secrets. New York: Harper.
This meta fiction picture book is funnier than its trailer.
(see below) The cats discover the readers of the book and attempt to verify their identity,
It has come to my attention that someone other than a cat may be reading this book.
Shame on you.
Hey, you! Yes, you! You don't look much like a cat!
None but cats are allowed to read
Cat Secrets!
Cat Secrets by Jef Czekaj -- Book Trailer from HarperTeen on Vimeo.- Dormer, Frank W. 2010. Socksquatch. New York: Henry Holt.
A tiny quirky book about Socksquatch, a monster in search of his socks. Few words,
Flowers tremble.
Trees quake.
Socksquatch lumbers.
...
Got sock?
with hilarious illustrations in a style reminiscent of your funniest grade school pal's drawings. Funny!
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Author Sean Cummings has started a Facebook group with a practical way to save publishing. Cummings theorized that the industry could be salvaged if everyone made a habit of reading ten minutes before bedtime.
Here’s more information about the Facebook group: “If you’re reading this, we’re asking you to shut off the TV and computer, put away the Blackberry and iPhone, crawl into bed and spend ten minutes a night reading a book – just ten short minutes. Read what you like.”
What do you think? As of this writing, 62 Facebook users have hit the “like” button on the page. The author is also working on an official website.
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Thanks for the roundup! I need to find a copy of Chicks Run Wild. You can't beat silly in kindergarten.