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November 12, 2018

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A Book by the Brook — Mia Moves Out

Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.
— William Shakespeare

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Miranda Paul’s new book, Mia Moves Out, is a delightful sibling story with hidden nooks and adventure, all within one starry house. Every sibling will find something to smile about in its energy, its wonderful illustrations or its empathy for a diverse family of chosen children. To top it all off, Miranda Paul herself answers a few questions below from this aspiring author! Continue reading →

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September 17, 2018

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A BOOK BY THE BROOK — Twinderella

Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.
— William Shakespeare

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Corey Rosen Schwartz has written a delightful new book combining fairy tales and math, Twinderella: A Fractioned Fairy Tale with adorable pictures by Deborah Marcero (G. P. Putnam’s Sons, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2017). Continue reading →

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July 23, 2018

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A BOOK BY THE BROOK — Nothing Stopped Sophie

Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.
— William Shakespeare

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Warning, my geek flag is flying again! If you’re looking for a story to inspire young girls to love math, you’ll find it in Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain, by Cheryl Bardoe, illustrated by Barbara McClintock, Little, Brown and Company, 2018. Continue reading →

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July 9, 2018

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A Book by the Brook — It’s Not Jack and the Beanstalk

Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.
— William Shakespeare

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If you love books pulsing with voice, that magical quality that brings characters to life, you’ll love It’s Not Jack and the Beanstalk, by Josh Funk, illustrated by Edwardian Taylor, Two Lions, 2017. Continue reading →

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June 18, 2018

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A Book by the Brook — Another Way to Climb a Tree

Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.
— William Shakespeare

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Lulu, an adventurous redhead who gets chicken pox, finds a clever way to climb a tree while staying inside her bedroom in Another Way to Climb a Tree, by Liz Garton Scanlon, illustrated by Hadley Hooper, A Neal Porter Book, Roaring Book Press, 2017. Continue reading →

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June 11, 2018

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A Book by the Brook — Not Quite Narwhal

Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.
— William Shakespeare

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Little Kelp isn’t like the other narwhals, being short-tusked and a weaker-swimmer, but eventually he finds land-narwhals just like him. I won’t spoil the revelation in Not Quite NARWHAL written and illustrated by Jessie Sima, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2017. Kelp has to figure out how to reconcile fitting somewhere new while still longing to be home.

Notes: A great picture book for anyone who’s just a little different than the others. Isn’t that all of us? Have a magical week!

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June 4, 2018

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A Book by the Brook — BunnyBear

Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.
— William Shakespeare

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For all the people whose inner sense of self won’t be tamed into a category just to make others happy, comes a wonderful new picture book, BunnyBear by Andrea J. Loney, illustrated by Carmen Saldaña, Albert Whitman & Company, 2017. Continue reading →

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May 31, 2018

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A Book by the Brook — Things To Do

Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.
— William Shakespeare

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Don’t read this new book unless you like imagining being things you’re not, like birds, honeybees, acorns and snails. If you do like the idea of rousing roosters like the dawn, dazzling the night like the moon or polka-dotting sidewalks like rain, then you will love Things to Do, by Elaine Magliaro, illustrated by Catia Chien, Chronicle Books, 2016. Continue reading →

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May 28, 2018

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A Book By the Brook — Franklin’s Flying Bookshop

Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.
— William Shakespeare

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A redhead, a dragon, kung fu-performing bats, and a flying bookshelf won my heart in Franklin’s Flying Bookshop by Jen Campbell, illustrated by Katie Harnett, Thames & Hudson, 2017. Continue reading →

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May 8, 2018

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A Book by the Brook — William Carlos Williams

Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.
— William Shakespeare

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So much depends on the poetry of William Carlos Williams. Without his poetry, how many American poets would still use the formal language of Whitman? Continue reading →

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April 23, 2018

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A Book by the Brook — Meet My Family!

Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.
— William Shakespeare

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Meet my Family! has adorable baby animals comparing notes on families. A raccoon kit grows up with a single-mom but a titi monkey hangs out with his dad. Swans have both parents and sea turtles have none. Laysan albatross chicks have two moms and chinstrap penguin chicks have two dads. Any kind of family unit you can imagine is normal to someone. Laura Purdie Salas wrote each animal baby a poem, and Stephanie Fizer Coleman brought them to life with her art.  Continue reading →