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ANNIE AND AUNT: Greek gods as superheroes? Oh, yes.
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In which Annie (high school teacher, mother of two young girls and a younger boy) and her aunt Deborah (children's bookseller, mother of two young women in their 20s) discuss children's books and come up with annotated lists. Saturday, August 9, 2014. Greek gods as superheroes? Dear Aunt Debbie,. I adore William Steig's vocabulary. After we'd finished the Greeks, cover to cover, we started in on D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths, which your girls loved so much. And then I remembered to look in my closet.
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ANNIE AND AUNT: Rule-breakers and their siblings
http://annieandaunt.blogspot.com/2012/07/rule-breakers-and-their-siblings.html
In which Annie (high school teacher, mother of two young girls and a younger boy) and her aunt Deborah (children's bookseller, mother of two young women in their 20s) discuss children's books and come up with annotated lists. Tuesday, July 17, 2012. Rule-breakers and their siblings. Dear Aunt Debbie,. While I understand the desire to write about a book in a way that doesn't give away major plot elements, that is one very strange review. Or Junie B. Jones. Eleanor and I just finished Ramona the Pest.
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Storied Cities: Brownstone City: The Beautiful Christmas Tree
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Reviews of decidedly urban illustrated and chapter books for children. Contact Me/Disclosure and Review Policy. Books set in Paris. Brownstone City: The Beautiful Christmas Tree. Title: The Beautiful Christmas Tree. Publisher: Parnassus Press (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). When Mr. Crockett moves into a rundown brownstone on a fashionable block in a gentrified neighborhood, his neighbors are suspicious. After all, he engages in highly unusual activity such as cleaning his own windows and stoop! Jules (www&...
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Storied Cities: Holiday City: Jeannette Claus Saves Christmas
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Reviews of decidedly urban illustrated and chapter books for children. Contact Me/Disclosure and Review Policy. Books set in Paris. Holiday City: Jeannette Claus Saves Christmas. Title: Jeannette Claus Saves Christmas. Publisher: Simon and Schuster. Publ Date: October 5, 2010. Did you know that Santa has a daughter? I'll just let that tidbit soak in for a bit. It's probably not a detail that is particularly important, but it bothered me. Visit the author's website. View more of the illustrator's work.
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Storied Cities: Epistolary City: Love, Mouserella
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Reviews of decidedly urban illustrated and chapter books for children. Contact Me/Disclosure and Review Policy. Books set in Paris. Epistolary City: Love, Mouserella. If I was an author/illustrator who had just won the Caldecott for a fabulous book like Interrupting Chicken. I would be extremely nervous about all the attention that people would be paying to my next book. Of course, if I had. Just won a Caldecott award and I was. Predictably, David Ezra Stein's Love, Mouserella. From a young mouse to her.
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Storied Cities: Neighborly City: Laundry Day
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Reviews of decidedly urban illustrated and chapter books for children. Contact Me/Disclosure and Review Policy. Books set in Paris. Neighborly City: Laundry Day. Author/Illustrator: Maurie J. Manning. Publisher: Clarion Books (HMH). Publ Date: April, 17, 2012. Although the action of Laundry Day. Is an excellent choice for your next family story time, whether you're an urban-dweller or not. I highly recommend it. Little Kid says: He climbed to the top! Big Kid says: That looks a little dangerous. This is ...
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Storied Cities: Musical City: Tito Puente, Mambo King - Rey del Mambo
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Reviews of decidedly urban illustrated and chapter books for children. Contact Me/Disclosure and Review Policy. Books set in Paris. Musical City: Tito Puente, Mambo King - Rey del Mambo. Title: Tito Puente, Mambo King/Tito Puente, Rey del Mambo. Publ date: March 3, 2013. Tito Puente, the Mambo King, was born in New York City to Puerto Rican parents and went on to become one of the most important musicians and composers in Latino musical history. Tito Puente, Mambo King/Tito Puente, Rey del Mambo. Watch t...
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Storied Cities: Books set in Paris
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Reviews of decidedly urban illustrated and chapter books for children. Contact Me/Disclosure and Review Policy. Books set in Paris. Books set in Paris. Children's Books Set in Paris. Not all urban picture books are set in specific cities, but here are some which celebrate Paris. Clicking on the Pictures will send you to the book's info at my Amazon affiliate links, but clicking on the title, will send you to my original post. Bon Voyage! Mirette and the High Wire. A Spree in Paree. Come Fly With Me,.
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Storied Cities: Fish City: Carl the Christmas Carp
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Reviews of decidedly urban illustrated and chapter books for children. Contact Me/Disclosure and Review Policy. Books set in Paris. Fish City: Carl the Christmas Carp. Title: Carl the Christmas Carp. Publisher: Orca Book Publishers. Publ Date: Sept. 1, 2006. You are in luck. Christmas stories from other cultures are always a great choice for holiday read alouds. Carl the Christmas Carp. Visit the illustrator's website. Read a review at Quill and Quire. People are so weird. Posted by Storied Cities. Brown...
