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Beautiful Moon: A Child’s Prayer

February 4th, 2015 · No Comments · Books

Review By JESSICA ALMY This lovely book is more about empathy than religion. A boy awakens in the middle of the night to realize he forgot to say his prayers. He kneels and prays for people without homes, for an end to war, for the sick to be healed, and for the hungry to be […]

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Planet Kindergarten

January 5th, 2015 · No Comments · Books

Review By HOMA WOODRUM I put Planet Kindergarten on our library reservation list as soon as I knew it had been released because we love Sue Ganz-Schmitt’s book, The Princess and the Peanut: A Royally Allergic Fairytale (I reviewed it here). Planet Kindergarten did not disappoint. My daughter is 6 and my son is 4 […]

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Turkey Claus

December 19th, 2014 · 1 Comment · Books

Review By JENNIFER KALI My daughter has always been devastated by the ending of Run, Turkey, Run.  So much so that she refuses to let us read it to her. Readers spend the entire book cheering for the turkey to get away from the farmer trying to kill it for Thanksgiving.  The turkey finally succeeds, only to be found in time for […]

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Just Being Audrey

October 22nd, 2014 · No Comments · Books

Review By JANE COWLES With the title of her book Just Being Audrey, Margaret Cardillo captures the down-to-earth character of the world renowned actress about which she writes. Perhaps this line captures the essence of Cardillo’s picture book biography: “Audrey’s life was not always a fairy tale, but she chose hope over sorrow.” As a child, Audrey […]

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