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BookExpo: The Picture Books! @scholastic @jabberwockykids @capstonepub @amazonpub @maginationpress @flashlightpress

Okay, another BookExpo post at last. There was SO much to see, it couldn’t be contained in just one post. Here’s a little bit of a rundown on picture books I saw/picked up.

June

A Home for Leo, by Vin Vogel, (June 2018, Two Lions), $17.99, ISBN: 9781503902602

Recommended for readers 4-8

Leo’s a baby who becomes separated from his family and ends up being raised by seals. He loves his seal family,…

Maddi’s Fridge, Live

  Wow! I have Google and Twitter alerts set to tell me when webpages or internet users are discussing Maddi’s Fridge. Sometimes I get great surprises, like when the Seattle School District teachers were striking and, to pass the time, read Maddi’s Fridge out loud on the picket line. I ended up visiting some of those teachers at Queen Anne Elementary, an inspiring Seattle school. I also got an…

Book Review: When a DRAGON Moves in AGAIN – by Jodi Moore

        Book: When a DRAGON Moves in AGAIN Author: Jodi Moore Illustrator: Howard McWilliam Publisher: Flashlight Press Date: September 1, 2015 Genre: children's picture book; K-2; age 5-7 Pages: 32 Price: $17.95 My rating: a delightfully fun story of a boy, his dragon, and somebody new

  Because I haven’t yet had opportunity to read When a Dragon Moves In by Jodi Moore, I am…

A Happy Dance for School Visits

I’ve been doing a lot of school visits lately. And I’m going to do the happy dance to celebrate –right here on my blog. These are some of my favorite moments over the past few weeks: A little girl holding her dad’s hand while walking that last block to school. She sees me walking behind her and shouts “It’s Lois Brandt!” The dad turns around and gives me a raised eyebrow – I’m not a rock star he…

What can you do to honor the most splendid holiday of the year, September 19th - Talk Like A Pirate Day?  Make milk carton boats with your kids...and read great pirate books.

Jayne's book recommendation for this day?  Victricia Malicia by Carrie Clickard (Flashlight Press 2012).  This sea-faring tongue twister is lots of fun for anybody that likes to read. Victricia Malicia Calamity Barrett may have been born on her family's pirate ship, but this mild-mannered young lady is sick of the sea: she'd much rather be ashore with her nose permanently buried in a book.