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Two aardvarks with many shared interests never meet despite their proximity due to conflicting sleep schedules. A well-intentioned bird interferes to bring them together. It is cute: I like Hood’s simple shapes and bright colors, and slightly quirky perspective. Plus, you know aardvarks.
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During the closed-to-the-public part of the pandemic, my library reaRead for my 365 Kids Book challenge. You can see all the books on their own shelf.
During the closed-to-the-public part of the pandemic, my library rearranged things to very good effect. One change was to put international picture books up front. So my new circuit takes me there first and I always see something cool-looking by a new-to-me creator, and I check out translated copies because my reading in other languages is sadly deficient.
This awesome cover grabbed me. The art is tremendously appealing to me for reasons I can’t articulate, and I appreciated the story about the unanticipated delights of changing things up. I’ll be looking for more by both parts of the team.
I had to take off a star, though because (view spoiler)[ does no one understand how the moon works? That it isn’t some sort of sun counterweight? “Moonrise” would not make a good, consistent bed time. Not even if Madam lives on the equator, which is the only place where sunrise is a consistent time throughout the year. (hide spoiler)]
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And since it is October, I am also embracing books which are at all Read for my 365 Kids Book challenge. You can see all the books on their own shelf.
And since it is October, I am also embracing books which are at all remotely Halloweeny: in this case a fairy tale retelling and about wolves and possible grandma murder.
I have the house to myself which is good because I have many reviews to catch up on. It’s only been a week since I read Betsy Red Hoodie and already my notes seem random and senseless. This red hood is worn by a trusted shepherd whose best friend happens to be a wolf. (view spoiler)[The adults are all prejudiced and wrong. (hide spoiler)] There is a great deal of visual silliness with the flock along the way to grandma’s.
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Pup and Bear are two arctic creatures. When young Pup becomes separated from his mother a polar bear protects and looks after him, despite Pup’s assumption that Bear just wants a snack. After the wolf is raised to adulthood he leaves his bear guardian and finds a companion and they build their own pack. Then one day, the wolf comes across a lost polar bear cub. Very sweet.
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Floca does a great job grounding the story with a lot of details, buRead for my 365 Kids Book challenge. You can see all the books on their own shelf.
Floca does a great job grounding the story with a lot of details, but not detracting from the excitement and sense of adventure. There's a note in the front matter about what he updated, there's great references and a long narrative at the back. Without having seen the original I am nonetheless delighted that he took advantage of Hidden Figures and other more recent work to include some pictures of the women who worked on the mission in various capacities. In what is generally a really white male story, seeing women is good, and seeing women of color is important. It corrects the story and reminds us that we don't see more because NASA was one of the institutions perpetuating systemic racism and sexism.
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This was terribly disappointing because I was hoping for some sort oRead for my 365 Kids Book challenge. You can see all the books on their own shelf.
This was terribly disappointing because I was hoping for some sort of riff on Snakes on a Plane. Because Samuel L. Jackson and funny kid’s books go great together (remember his star turn as the reader of Go the F**k to Sleep?) But this mistake was my own and nothing the author, publisher, or library perpetrated against me.
Really young kids will like the brightly colored art and the rhythmic text. Adults will probably not find it wicked funny, what with the lack of parody and profanity, but it is cute. Seriously though, wouldn’t a child-safe parody of the film be a hoot to read aloud?
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Pandas and penguins are two of my favorite critters, and I rarely pRead for my 365 Kids Book challenge. You can see all the books on their own shelf.
Pandas and penguins are two of my favorite critters, and I rarely pass by a book cover featuring either. Both! And I went sofa shopping, too. Black and white and saturated colors! This book couldn't be more me if it actually had my name on it.
I am going to go request everything Fifi Kuo has ever done, right now.
Read for my 365 Kids Book challenge. You can see all the books on their own shelf. Even as I am trying to catch up on my backlog of reviews in order tRead for my 365 Kids Book challenge. You can see all the books on their own shelf. Even as I am trying to catch up on my backlog of reviews in order to clear the TBR shelves for monsters, murder, and suchlike for the two months of All Hallow's Read and Halloween Bingo, I walked out of my libraries yesterday with more books than I could carry into the house in one trip.
Small delights me from his autobiography through all the collaborations and his solo picture books. Imogene and her family, except her mother, have no problem adapting to the daily changes. Sweet but funny enough to not feel saccharine.
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Well that was disappointing, because I've been quite fond of Spires'Read for my 365 Kids Book challenge. You can see all the books on their own shelf.
Well that was disappointing, because I've been quite fond of Spires' work before.
There's one female person in the whole book. She is a victim. One of the cool things about pirates of history is that they were somewhat democratic, broadly accepting, and diverse. Spires gave us, with a single exception, white men. Yes, these are jokey stereotyped sorts of pirates, but I would expect rather more range in looks. Ignoring most of the world's population seems odd.
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Didn't really work for me. Most of the days didn't really get persoRead for my 365 Kids Book challenge. You can see all the books on their own shelf.
Didn't really work for me. Most of the days didn't really get personalities: if they didn't have distinctive colors and their days written on you wouldn't be able to guess. Where did Sunday come from all of a sudden? I like the art though.
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Mabel, like Eloise, lives in a hotel. Well, it's called the Mermaid Read for my 365 Kids Book challenge. You can see all the books on their own shelf.
Mabel, like Eloise, lives in a hotel. Well, it's called the Mermaid Hotel but it's really a bed and breakfast. Mabel is an only child who knows the secrets of all the rooms, and she quickly discovers that the new guest, Madam Badobedah, is an international jewel thief.
Rather more text than most picture books, I am a bit surprised they didn't go the other way and make it longer. The art is fun, so I wouldn't want less of it. Sadly the two cats and two dogs didn't get nearly enough attention, so I hope there will be a sequel or three.
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It's not real clear to me how much kids grasp of the whole growing uRead for my 365 Kids Book challenge. You can see all the books on their own shelf.
It's not real clear to me how much kids grasp of the whole growing up thing, but I like the time span here and I love Phelan's art. The simplicity of both story and art works very well together.
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Another book I picked up just for the pretty cover. That image of thRead for my 365 Kids Book challenge. You can see all the books on their own shelf.
Another book I picked up just for the pretty cover. That image of the sand coming up to the bottom of the stoop is so striking. Loved the preparations for the adventure, loved the repeated ritual of walking and stopping to rest, which evoked the crossing of the desert in The Horse and His Boy, loved the unexpected conclusion. The whole thing is fun and evocative and bigger than life.
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It doesn't seem like it will be sturdy enough for its biggest fans, Read for my 365 Kids Book challenge. You can see all the books on their own shelf.
It doesn't seem like it will be sturdy enough for its biggest fans, who will be younger on average. The art is bright, bold, and colorful, the text is brief, rhythmic, and punchy. Bring this one home fully prepared to read it twenty times to your toddler.
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The science of global warming is spot on and the polar bear bRead again for my 365 Kids Book challenge. You can see all the books on their own shelf.
The science of global warming is spot on and the polar bear behavior and biology, and the bears are engaging. On the minus side, I'm not sure where it was supposed to be set (although maybe that doesn't matter*), and there isn't a single female character identifiable in the whole thing. Well, there's reference to Waluk's mother, but she's never shown. Maybe I should start giving all books the Bechdel test and failing where appropriate.
*The names of the bears and the legend seem to be rooted in a specific tradition, possibly even a specific language, but we're never told what that might be. I realize that humans are the antagonists, but if the names aren't just made up there should at least be an end note telling us where they came from, and how to pronounce them.
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Lovely book in which a child who is afraid of the dark becomes enthralled with the moon. What I wonder is: would the kid freak out at the new moon? It's nice, it's positive, it doesn't present the fear as something which must be fixed, and that's a very low key way to address it or fear in general.
Sicuro's art is stylized and charming. All the yellow with just tiny bits of pink and red makes it feel like a throwback to midcentury picture books.