A Trophy for Jackal – Perfect Picture Book Friday

I enjoy picture books that invite conversation. They aren’t necessarily tied up with a...
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HeartLand is Coming to a Shelf Near You!

Xyla has a frenemy… a nagging mother… a missing father… and a plan. But...
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A Matched Pair for Story Writing – Perfect Picture Book Friday

I rarely feature two books in the same post, but these two work so...
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ZigZag – Perfect Picture Book Friday

Meet Zigzag, the alligator with synesthesia. Zigzag liked to taste words. He liked to...
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How to Hatch a Reader – Perfect Picture Book Friday

Need a book that will help guide and smooth out the “learning to read”...
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A River of Dust on LitLinks!

Popping in from my late summer respite to post a link to Patricia Newman’s...
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Family Downtime & The Last Bookstore

Hello everyone! Taking a break this week to enjoy my son being home from...
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Celebrate Floyd Cooper Day

Floyd Cooper, an amazing and inspiring author/illustrator, passed away in 2021. He wrote and/or...
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Edgar’s Second Word – Perfect Picture Book Friday

Sometimes I wander through the children’s section of the library and wait for a...
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Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe

You want VOICE? Here’s VOICE. Cover copy: “All her life, Cricket’s mama has told...
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