The Year of the Monkey Series: Tales from the Chinese Zodiac (Book 11) Written by Oliver Chin Illustrated by Kenji Ono Immedium 12/15/2015 978-1-59702-118-0 36 pages Age 4—8 2016 is the Year of the Monkey. “Max is the son of the famous Monkey King and Queen, who have very high expectations. …
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Blog: Kid Lit Reviews (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Anna Walker; master creator of picture books encompassing emotion, wisdom, sensitivity, adventure, charm and humour. And equally as gentle, creative, genuine and profound as her delightful stories and pictures is the author / illustrator herself, with which I had the utmost pleasure in meeting recently at her Mr Huff Exhibition. I am honoured that the […]
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JacketFlap tags: Picture Books, Jane Godwin, Starting School, Peggy, Penguin / Viking, Today We Have No Plans, Little Cat and the Big Red Bus, Mr Huff, The Crichton Award, What Do You Wish For?, illustrator, Author Interviews, anxiety, New Book Releases, Anna Walker, Book Reviews - Childrens and Young Adult, Romi Sharp, All Through the Year, author, Book News, Add a tag
Anna Walker; master creator of picture books encompassing emotion, wisdom, sensitivity, adventure, charm and humour. And equally as gentle, creative, genuine and profound as her delightful stories and pictures is the author / illustrator herself, with which I had the utmost pleasure in meeting recently at her Mr Huff Exhibition. I am honoured that the […]
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JacketFlap tags: I don't wan't to go to school, Julia Donalson, Kate Miller-Heike, Kate Mulvany, lally katz, Sieb Postuma, The Scarecrows' Wedding, The Snail and the Whale, The Very Lonely Firefly, Tiddler, Where is Rusty?, Book News, school, theatre, shaun tan, The Gruffalo, Eric Carle, Gecko Press, Jane Godwin, First Day, John Marsden, aaron blabey, margaret wild, Masquerade, Axel Scheffler, Very Hungry Caterpillar, Starting School, Kit Williams, Anna Walker, kim gamble, Ahlberg, Stephanie Blake, Stick Man, the rabbits, The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse, Mister Seahorse, Book Reviews - Childrens and Young Adult, Joy Lawn, Add a tag
It’s holiday time so some shows based on outstanding children’s books are currently being performed in Sydney and surrounds, as well as in other cities around Australia. A highlight is The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Penguin), a production created around four books by Eric Carle: The Very Hungry Caterpillar, of course, The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse – […]
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Here comes Alfie! Bursting onto the scene. So much to do, so little time. Alfie is plenty busy… too busy to get ready to go out. With classics including the I Love series, I Don’t Believe in Dragons and Peggy, and her beautiful illustrations for Jane Godwin’s All Through the Year, Starting School and Today We Have […]
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The Lucky Country. That’s Australia. We embrace difference. Celebrate diversity. Stand up for what we believe in. Be ourselves. Show compassion for those in need. The following picture books, as chosen for the 2014 Speech Pathology Australia Books of the Year shortlist, all share common themes; diversity, friendship and uniqueness. The Short Giraffe […]
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Posey is starting first grade in a few days. Her biggest fear is marching into school all by herself. (Parents must say their goodbyes in Kiss and Go Lane.) If only Posey could wear her pink tutu to class. Whenever she puts it on, she feels as if she can do anything. Will Posey get to wear her tutu to school?
Of course she will. Posey meets her first-grade teacher by chance at a grocery store and confides in her. Miss Lee understands perfectly and invites the entire first grade class to dress in their favorite clothes for the first day of school. The class then parades down the hallway to the classroom, with Posey, dressed in her pink tutu and new sparkly pink veil, leading the way.
Princess Posey and the First Day Parade, the first in a new series written by Stephanie Greene and illustrated by Stephanie Roth Sisson, is broken down into ten very short chapters, making it a good choice for children just graduating from early readers. With its focus on princesses and pink tutus, it is very definitely a girl's book. But that's not to say that Posey isn't without spunk. When two neighborhood boys tease her about her fears, telling her about the snakes who suck the blood out of first-graders, Posey retaliates by jabbing one of the boys with a stick. Good for you, Posey! Just make sure you don't get any blood on your pretty tutu.