Odd Dog Out by Rob Biddulph
This weekend was a weekend filled with picture book reading, three graphic novels, a trip to drop the nephew off at his father’s and rewatching of the movie Coco (if you have not seen it, LOTS OF TISSUES required). In other words, a normal weekend that had a little bit of everything to fit the “at the moment” mood. And one of those moods was Odd. I have been putting off the picture book Odd Dog Out since I first found the reader copy. I […]
Red: A Crayon’s Story by Michael Hall
This was one of my holiday exchange books and my second time reading Red: A Crayon’s Story by Michael Hall. Being able to read it again, I was able to see things I missed before. It had more charm for me this time around. And this second read helped me compare it to other books of the same theme. The first time around reading Hall’s picture book, the subject was new to the scene and felt abrasive. While I am still not a hundred percent […]
Just Because by Mac Barnett
I Miss My Grandpa by Jin Xiaoling
The Famer by Abadia Ximo
New York Times Book Review told us a few months back what their 67th annual list of Best Illustrated Children’s Books for 2019 was. I picked up one or two here and there and today I found myself reading three. My “like” of Just Because by Mac Barnett comes from Isabelle Arsenault’s illustrations. They are simple, with a lack of a traditional color, but the details are far from simplistic. The story (a child asking all the questions even many adults want to know) is […]
My Cousin Momo by Zachariah Ohora
At first, I did not like My Cousin Momo by Zachariah Ohora. It is a typical story of the new kid (in this case a cousin) is not cool because he does not know how to do any of the games or things that they do. Of course, once everyone starts trying new things, they find out that Momo knows how to have fun after all. Plus, sometimes they can all agree that their way is more fun than how Momo does it. It just […]
The Cool Bean by Jory John
The Cool Bean is part of Jory John’s series that includes The Good Egg, The Bad Seed and The Good Egg Presents: The Great Eggscape! (coming in February 2020). The Cool Bean is just like the other stories in this group. There are more than a few puns about being “a cool bean” and bean puns in general. The story is simple: Our narrator used to hang out with a handful of beans in olden times (as long ago as last year), but this year […]
How to Put a Whale in a Suitcase by Raul Guridi
How to Put a Whale in a Suitcase. Um…. okay? Was my first thought when I saw this title. Then quickly forgot about it. I then saw the display for our holiday/winter newsletter and there it was. Big as life. Or as big as a 0.4″ H x 9.5″ L x 6.6″ W (0.45 lbs.) 32 pages book can be. A quick look at the thinness and the modest amount of text, and I thought, “pffft! I can do this in no time.” Yeah, do […]
