Welcome to Australia, the first stop on our world tour! With side trips to New Zealand and Micronesia for good measure. There are gobs of cute stories out there featuring koalas, wombats and the like which often appear in “Learn …
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summertime books of the week…full of mischief and surprise
Two new-in-2014 picture books by two of my dream illustrators — Lauren Castillo and Brian Floca. Just check out everything they do — that’s my motto. Hasn’t failed me yet. The Troublemaker, written and illustrated by Lauren Castillo published in …
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nonfiction nuggets…tiny, tenacious, travelers
The Long, Long Journey: The Godwit’s Amazing Migration, by Sandra Markle, illustrated by Mia Posada published in 2013 by Millbrook Press A bar-tailed godwit is a long-legged wading bird. Godwit chicks hatch out in June when the welcome sunshine spills …
nonfiction nuggets…what’s soft, mossy-green, smells like honey, booms, chings, and waddles?
Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World’s Strangest Parrot, written by Sy Montgomery, photographs by Nic Bishop Now THIS is how science books should be written! I search high and low for books like this!! Fabulous, narrative style; information galore presented clearly …
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