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Swinging for the Fences and The Lonesome Puppy

March 25th, 2008 at 11:06 pm » Comments (2)

Swinging for the Fences: Hank Aaron and Me by Mike Leonetti and David Kim (amazon)
Swinging for the Fences is story of a young fan and baseball player named Mark watching closely as his idol Hank Aaron attempts to break the home run record. Mark gradually learns how to improve his own baseball game as he […]



Kaput and Zosky

March 11th, 2008 at 11:54 pm » Comments (0)

Kaput and Zosky by Lewis Trondheim (amazon)
Kaput and Zosky is a thoroughly delightful comic book for young people about inept space invaders. Kaput and Zosky travel from planet to planet looking for a world to rule but they never seem to manage to pull it off. They land on a planet where the […]



Cybils are up

February 14th, 2008 at 8:17 pm » Comments (0)

Here’s the list of winners.
The Professor’s Daughter and Artemis Fowl won the graphic novel category.



My Mommy’s Tote

December 13th, 2007 at 8:08 pm » Comments (0)

My Mommy’s Tote by P. H. Hanson (amazon)
Thankfully my children are too young to be walking around, grabbing my purse, and emptying the contents on the floor. If your children are old enough that you fear for your personal possessions, My Mommy’s Tote may serve as a simulacrum of your handbag. This board book in […]



Bath Time!

November 9th, 2007 at 2:50 pm » Comments (0)

Bath Time! by Sandra Boynton (amazon)
Sandra Boynton is the queen of board books, but does her appeal translate to a different format, namely plastic floating books? Bath Time! tells the story of a little pig who goes on an epic quest for cleanliness after getting messy from a mysterious painting project. The pig must be […]



New Chronicle Kids Books

October 22nd, 2007 at 3:05 pm » Comments (0)

The folks at Chronicle Kids sent me a package, and this is what I got:
Squiggles: A Really Giant Drawing and Painting Book
by Taro Gomi (amazon)
Taro Gomi is the author of the legendary classic picture book Everyone Poops. Squiggles is his take on the interactive coloring book. It reminded me a bit of the Anti-Coloring […]