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review – Hidden Treasures: 50 States of Fun by Liz Ball GIVEAWAY!

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2013/05/16 50 US States Alaska children's book reviews find the hidden pictures Liz Ball Ohio puzzles puzzles for children United States 5 Comments

review – We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children’s March by Cynthia Levinson

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2013/04/29 Birmingham Children's March of 1963 Bull Connor children's book reviews Civil rights movement Cynthia Levinson Martin Luther King middle grade book Peachtree Publishers 7 Comments

reviews – Stripe of All Types by Susan Stockdale / A Place for Turtles by Melissa Stewart

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2013/03/20 alliteration award-winning author Bog Turtle childrens book review desert tortoise Higgins Bond Loggerhead Turtle nonfiction picture book Peachtree Publishers Rhymed prose stripes turtle excluder device turtle habitats turtles Virtual Book Tour wild striped animals 16 Comments

review – Malcolm Finney, Medical Detective Series: The Case of . . . Itch and Rash by Erika Kimble

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2013/02/06 Allergies Asthma Bandages & Boo-Boos Press children's books Eczema Erica Kimble health books for kids Laurel Winters middle grade book reviews Rash 4 Comments

review – Hana’s Suitcase, Anniversary Album by Karen Levine

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2013/01/27 Fumiko Ishioka George Brady Hana Brady Holocaust International Holocaust Remembrance Day Karen Levine middle grade book review Second Story Press Tokyo Holocaust Education Resource Center 5 Comments

review – Enslow Publishing & What is Sign Language?

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2013/01/22 American Sign Language ASL Deborah Kent Edward Miner Gallaudet Enslow Elementary Enslow publishing Gallaudet University hand gestures history of ASL home signs sign language 11 Comments

Drummer Boy of John John by Mark Greenwood

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2012/12/14 Caribbean Islands Frané Lessac John John Trinidad Lee and Low Books Mark Greenwood metal pings and pongs picture book reviews Winston "spree" Simon 7 Comments

Desert Baths by Darcy Pattison

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2012/12/08 animal behavior animal hygiene Chihuahua Desert children's book reviews children's nonfiction darcy pattison desert habitat Great Basin Desert Kathleen Rietz Mojave Desert Sonoran Desert 4 Comments

Q&A with Kathleen Rietz, illustrator of Desert Baths

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2012/12/07 animals Anna's hummingbird arid Arizona bats bobcat California Colorado coyotes darcy pattison desert Desert Baths desert tortoise diamondback rattler does eagles geckos hummingbirds Idaho javelina Kathleen Rietz Mexico mule deer nighttime stars open Oregon Prairie Storms rattlesnakes roadrunner scaled quail Sylvan Dell Publishing turkey vulture western United States western-banded gecko wild animals Wyoming 11 Comments

Bible Detective: A Puzzle Search Book by Peter Martin

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2012/11/12 Abraham animals birds arts Bible stories biblical times book tour children's books Egyptian slaves games gaming Harod Jesus's time Kregel Publishing literature Noah puzzles religion Solomon theology where's waldo 5 Comments

My “What If?” Book by Tonya and Chad Walker

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2012/10/27 Chad Walker child safety communication help parents and children. what if? predators prevention Tonya Walker Troy-Palmer-Hughes 9 Comments

All About Boats: A to Z by David & Zora Aiken

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2012/09/23 ABC alphabet anchor boating terms boats children's book compass dinghy ensign flag family fun fender galley horns instruments jib keel learning about boats lines middle grade book mizzen monkey motoar boats oars ocean liners port quarterberth radar sailboats ship's bell sou'wester starboard tack tow boat transom yawl zigzags 3 Comments

Squirrel Rescue by Jennifer Keats Curtis

Squirrel Rescue by Jennifer Keats Curtis
2012/09/11 animals backyard animals children's books nonfiction rescue groups wildlife 6 Comments

Out of the Blue by Vanita Oelschlager

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2012/07/17 children's book colors idioms 3 Comments

Where Do Characters Come From?

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2012/07/04 character development craft Diane Robinson guest post Sir Princess Petra writing process 6 Comments

Knees: The Mixed-Up World of a Boy with Dyslexia by Vanita Oelschlager

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2012/06/01 children's books dyslexia learning disabilities school self esteem vanita books 6 Comments

Cooper’s Pack Travel Guides by kyle & groot

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2012/05/30 Alaska New York non-fiction Seattle travel guides for kids vacation planing 3 Comments

Slither Slide, What’s Outside? by Nora Hilb, and Simon & Sheryl Shapiro

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2012/05/25 children's book games imagination K langiage nature play poetry Pre-K preschool rhyming text right-left brains seasons verse 4 Comments

X: Xylophone

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2012/04/27 accordion children's books drums xylophone 9 Comments

It’s an Absolutely Perfect Day For . . . by Queenie Mac

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2012/04/19 ABC Book alliteration alliterative prose animals art children's books debut author humor middle grade vocabulary builder 3 Comments

A Leaf Can Be . . . by Laura Purdie Salas & Violeta Dabija

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2012/04/16 biology botany ecology leaves nonfiction children's books poetry seasons 3 Comments

Spotty, Stripy, Swirly by Jane Brocket

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2012/04/15 nonfiction children's books patterns 1 Comment

Jackson & Julie, the Twelve-Month Chefs: A Holiday Cookbook for Families and Children by Christine Perrenot

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2012/04/11 cookbook for kids cookbooks family holiday treats middle grade 7 Comments

Wisdom by Darcy Pattison

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2012/03/27 albatrosses conservationism Hawaiian Atolls Hawaiian Islands Layson Atoll middle grade book sea birds 4 Comments

Inside the Olympics by Nick Hunter

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2012/02/21 ages 11 to 14 gold medals history middle grade books olympics sports sumer games Leave a Comment

We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children’s March by Cynthia Levinson

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2012/02/15 "fill up the jails" 1963 Birmingham Children's March Birmingham Alabama desegregation Dr. Martin Luther King Jim Crow Laws KKK marching middle grade book prejudice racism 1 Comment

Titanic: Disaster at Sea by Philip Wilkinson

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2012/02/03 1912 April 14 Capt. Smith icebergs ocean liners Titanic White Star Line 8 Comments

Just Fine the Way They Are by Connie Nordhielm Wooldridge

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2011/11/21 1800 America's roads bicycles dirt roads Interstate middle grades Model-T National Road National Road Stage Company picture book railroads trains Leave a Comment

What to Expect When You’re Expecting Joeys by Bridget Heos

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2011/07/08 animal babies joey kangaroo koala marsupials Tasmanian devil Leave a Comment

ABC is for Circus by Patrick Hruby

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2011/07/01 ABC's circus young children 1 Comment

Ragdolls Are The Best

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2011/03/29 California cats children's books Egypt Europe kittens Matilda new pet pets ragdoll cats welcome home 13 Comments

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