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1. I'm the Best by Lucy Cousins
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By: Deb, on 1/28/2011
Blog: Picture Book Junkies (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Lucy Cousins is the author-illustrator of the infamous Maisy mouse books.
But in her latest picture book, she takes on Dog, who thinks that he is Dog spelled backwards, if you know what I mean. Full of hubris, he brags to his friends Ladybug, Mole, Goose and Donkey "I AM the BEST" when he beats them at unevenly matched contests. (He can dig better than Goose and swim better than Donkey). His friends start to feel pretty bad until they gently remind him that, actually, they are the best at some things too.


Dog apologizes to his friends, and they tell him, "Don't worry, Dog. You are the best at being our best friend. And you are the best at having beautiful fluffy ears. And we love you." The book could end there and be a sweet story with a teachable moment, but Cousins throws in a laugh on the last page which finds Dog right back to his old self. "Oh, phew! Obviously having beautiful fluffy ears in the most important thing. So I AM the BEST."

Here is what Cousins says about working on this book:

"I'm the Best I really enjoyed because it was with inks rather than paints, so it felt new. The line is a pencil drawn line rather than a brush stroke. So I'm starting to feel that I like experimenting to find something different and a little bit fresh. With
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2. Picture Books to Read Over & Over
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By: Jenny Miller, on 6/4/2010
Blog: Where The Best Books Are! (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:  2010, Summer Reading for Kids, Palazzo Inverso, Hattie the Bad, How to Clean Your Room in 10 Easy Steps, I'm the Best, The Pirate Cruncher, Add a tag

Hattie the Bad

by Jane Devlin, pictures by Joe Berger

Dial Books, 2010

$16.99, ages 3-5, 32 pages


Hattie, an assertive little girl with freckles on her nose and pigtails that stick out sideways, thinks it's more fun pulling pranks than being good.


But when parents refuse to let their children play with her, Hattie decides the only way to get her friends back is to be the best child ever.


The only problem is that Hattie is now so good, all of her friends think she's one-upping them.


How will she ever get kids to play with her again?


This delightful book celebrates the harmless fun of a little mischief, and the importance of being true to yourself.



The Pirate Cruncher!,

written and illustrated by Jonny Duddle

Templar Books, 2010

$15.99, ages 4-8, 38 pages


A dastardly pirate leads his ragtag crew in search of an island of treasure, only to discover that he's made a beastly mistake in this rollicking good story by a talented debut author-illustrator.


Captain Purplebeard is so smitten with the prospect of treasure that he ignores an old fiddler's warning that the island can perform a vanishing act and no one who has stepped ashore has ever returned.


Duddle's illustrations, so packed with detail, humor and action, will keep eyes lingering on the page long after the words are read.


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