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Tag: TOON Books

September 24, 2025 by Betsy Bird

Myrick Marketing/Publisher Spotlight Publishing Preview: Tiger Tales, Toon Books, and Walker Books (Summer/Fall 2025 & Winter 2026)(Part Five)

Nefarious bluebirds, hilarious waterfowl, historical comics and more in our latest preview of some of the smaller publishers.

April 18, 2025 by Betsy Bird

Myrick Marketing Publisher Preview Spring/Summer 2025: Part Four Featuring TOON Books, Walker Books, What On Earth Books, Albatros, and Barefoot Books

We've an interesting array of titles on display for you today. These are all books that have either just come out or are on the near horizon.

January 9, 2024 by Betsy Bird

Review of the Day: Pretty Ugly by David Sedaris, ill. Ian Falconer

I could have picked any picture book to kick off my reviewing in 2024. I have selected this one. For me, this is everything I hope and fear for this year.

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Ellen Myrick Publisher Preview: Fall 2023/Winter 2024 (Part Four – TOON Books, Albatros, Arctis, and Barefoot Books)

May 25, 2023 by Betsy Bird

From critical interpretations of tall tales and Norse tales to environmentalism in India and dead houseplants, there's something for everyone in today's round-up.

Review of the Day: The Secret of the Stone Frog by David Nytra

July 18, 2012 by Betsy Bird

The Secret of the Stone Frog By David Nytra TOON Books (an imprint of Candlewick Press) $14.95 ISBN: 978-10935179-18-4 Ages 7-12 On shelves September 11, 2012 It’s the old if-a-tree-falls-in-the-woods quandary reinvented for the comic book age: If a graphic novel for children references a century old comic predecessor, does it matter if no one […]

Librarian Preview: Candlewick Press (Fall 2012)

April 25, 2012 by Betsy Bird

You’ve got your big-time fancy pants New York publishers on the one hand, and then you have your big-time fancy pants Boston publishers on the other.  A perusal of Minders of Make-Believe by Leonard Marcus provides a pretty good explanation for why Boston is, in its way, a small children’s book enclave of its own.  […]

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