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Fuse 8 n’ Kate: The Trees of the Dancing Goats by Patricia Polacco
It's a Christmas book! It's a Hanukkah book! It's a Christmas AND a Hanukkah book! But how does it stand up after all these years?
Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas by Russell and Lillian Hoban
We have found it. The Christmas picture book that perfectly encapsulates what we're feeling in 2020.
Merry Christmas Weirdest Holiday Picture Book of All Time!
This is a reprint of a Christmas related post I did about two years ago. I cannot tell you how often I think of this book. Eventually I’m just going to cave and buy it. In any case, Merry Christmas! In the past I’ve done posts about Weirdo Picture Books and others on Out-of-Print […]
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Merry Christmas to all!
Merry Christmas! Or whatever holiday you choose to celebrate. My week here’s a bit off thanks to the holidays and travels to Kalamazoo (which is to say, Bookbug). Still, we can’t help but do a happy little holiday post once in a while. And with that in mind . . . . First off, Rudolph! […]
Video Sunday: Or Jon Klassen himself. He’d make a nice bear.
The holidays are nearly upon us! Time to buy things! To chop down trees. To find books for the small fry! I can’t help you with the first or second of these necessities but #3? Here’s a bit of an aid for you. As you may know, Rocco Staino and KidLit TV have together been […]
Meet the Strangest Christmas Picture Book You’ll Ever Love
In the past I’ve done posts about Weirdo Picture Books and others on Out-of-Print Crimes Against Humanity. Today’s featured book could have fallen into both categories, were it not for the fact that there is justice in the universe. Previously out of print, 1997’s A Small Miracle by Peter Collington is back by popular demand and […]
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Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas!
A year off, but the sentiment remains. Every year I collect the links that’ll work best when a particular holiday rolls around. This year, I found a couple to my liking. Those of you willing to kill a couple hours in your day would do worse than to play around with the 2010 Christmas Price […]
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