Category: Perfect Picture Book Fridays

The Blue Whale by Jenni Desmond — Picture Book Recommendation

September 27, 2017

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Title: The Blue Whale Author/Illustrator: Jenni Desmond Publisher: Brooklyn, NY: Enchanted Lion Books, 2015 Genre: Picture book, NON-FICTION Audience Age: 4-9 Themes/Topics: Whales, endangered species, reading Opening Sentences: Once upon a time, a child took a book from a shelf and started to read. He read that the blue whale is a mammal of gigantic size and strength. It is the largest living creature on our planet. Synopsis: Jenni Desmond’s…

Anywhere Farm — Perfect Picture Book Friday

September 22, 2017

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Title: Anywhere Farm Author: Phyllis Root Illustrator: G. Brian Karas Publisher: Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2017 Genre: Picture book, fiction Audience Age: 4 to 8 Themes/Topics: Nature/Gardens, Neighbors Opening Sentences: For an anywhere farm, here’s all that you need: soil and sunshine, some water, a seed. Synopsis: In simple, delightful verse and equally simple, delightful illustrations, Phyllis Root and Brian Karas show kids that they can grow their own “farm” or…

April Fool Phyllis! — reprise over at Susanna Hill’s

April 1, 2016

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No foolin’! To celebrate the fact that Perfect Picture Book Friday is on April Fool’s Day, there’s a reprise of my post about Susanna Leonard Hill’s delightful APRIL FOOL, PHYLLIS! over on Susanna’s blog. (For those not in the know, Susanna is the originator and host of Perfect Picture Book Friday.) Thanks, Susanna! You are a joy! Every Friday, Susanna hosts a compendium of blog posts about the best in…

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Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold — Perfect Picture Book Friday

January 22, 2015

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Title: Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold Author: Joyce Sidman Illustrator: Rick Allen Publisher: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014 Genre: Picture book, poetry and non-fiction Audience Age: 6 to 12 Themes/Topics: Animals, Winter, Poetry Opening Sentences: Dusk fell and the cold came creeping, came prickling into our hearts. As we tucked beaks into feathers and settled for sleep, our wings knew. Synopsis: Each two page spread of this marvelous…

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Perfect Picture Book Friday CELEBRATION!

June 12, 2014

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I don’t have a Perfect Picture Book to share with you today (my last PPBF of the season was posted in May — The Very Fairy Princess: Graduation Girl), but something very special is going on in Perfect Picture Book Land today, and I wanted to help celebrate! Susanna Leonard Hill’s amazing brainchild, PERFECT PICTURE BOOK FRIDAY, is celebrating its ONE HUNDREDTH posting day (which technically happened last week,…

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The Very Fairy Princess: Graduation Girl! — Perfect Picture Book Friday

May 29, 2014

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Title: The Very Fairy Princess: Graduation Girl Authors: Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton Illustrator: Christine Davenier Publisher: New York, Boston: Little, Brown (part of Hachette), 2014