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Just a Second

December 31st, 2011 · 2 Comments · Books

Review By JESSICA ALMY I remember the long stretch of days when I was a kid, how summer seemed endless, and that we settled into games quickly enough to (nearly) finish them in twenty minutes of recess. Looking back, I think that time seemed different then, possibly because of my point of reference — only a few [...]

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Stickeen: John Muir and the Brave Little Dog

December 15th, 2011 · No Comments · Books

Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Who doesn’t love a John Muir story? Every year that I visit the always impressive and stupefying Yosemite, I make it a point to attend one of the monologues put on by Lee Stetson. I don’t want to call him an impersonator per se; he’s far too talented for that, [...]

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Swirl by Swirl

November 11th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Books

Review By JESSICA ALMY Through poetry and illustration, Joyce Sidman and Beth Krommes explore all the diverse places — from snail shells to hibernating chipmunks – that spirals appear in the natural world in Swirl by Swirl. This stunning book brings readers underground to woodchuck burrows, up close to observe snails, and into a torrent of [...]

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Quiet Bunny’s Many Colors

April 12th, 2011 · No Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER KALI Quiet Bunny sees the beautiful spring colors around him – the red tulips, the yellow sun, the blue jays, the green frogs – and is sad that he is the dull brown and white color of winter.  Quiet Bunny rolls in red clay, covers himself in honey and yellow dandelions, squishes [...]

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Where There Once Was a Wood

November 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JACQUELINE BODNAR For every parent who wants to teach their child about urban sprawl and what happens when the woods are cleared for more houses, Where Once There Was a Wood is a great choice. The book, which is perfect for young children, takes them through pages of what was once in the [...]

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Weslandia

August 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN In the hum drum of suburbia, Wesley is an inharmonious presence, disliking pizza, soda and, goodness gracious, even professional football! Let’s root for the ambitious young underdog as he subtly sticks it to his more normal classmates in this tale about a special summertime project. Utilizing knowledge he soaked up [...]

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Sounds of the Wild: Safari

August 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JESSICA ALMY I have to admit that one of the reasons I think books are the perfect gift for a child is because, as a rule, they don’t make noise. So I’m more than a little surprised to find myself so enamored with Sounds of the Wild: Safari by Maurice Pledger. Open the first page of Safari [...]

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An Adventure with Billy Bunny

June 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JESSICA ALMY Billy the baby bunny is on the hunt for a “magical flying creature” called a butterfly.  Together with his friends — a nuthatch, field mouse, and a black-nosed mole — he looks in the daffodils and the sweetbriar bush, and under a water lily.  Along the way, he discovers a bee, [...]

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The Dancing Deer and the Foolish Hunter

June 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By MARSHA RAKESTRAW Based on the truisms that all life is interconnected and that we cannot artificially replicate nature, The Dancing Deer and the Foolish Hunter follows a hunter who discovers a deer dancing joyfully in the forest and kidnaps her to sell to the circus. When the deer refuses to dance without the [...]

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Mama, Is It Summer Yet?

May 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JESSICA ALMY I cringe to find out how Jennifer Gannett, avowed Nikki McClure fan and avid contributor to Vegbooks, will respond when she finds out I snatched up Ms. McClure’s charming new book for myself to review on the site.  But I felt we owed it to you, our readers, to provide another [...]

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