Welcome Summer! PB Reviews!

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Finally, it’s Summer vacation time! Best time in the world for teachers! My older son is at cub scout camp for the week, and the younger one was sleeping in, so I got a solo Barnes & Noble visit today (and also scored a cool Doctor Who cup at %50 off!). Finally got the chance to read a couple bestselling picture books I’ve been anxious to read, and I actually read about twice as many as I’m including reviews for, so I’ve got only the best for you here today! Enjoy!

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Brand-spanking-new book reviews: Finals Week Edition

BookReviewCoversJune16Wow, it’s been a month since my last post– sorry folks! In the meantime, I’ve been working on helping my mentee with manuscript edits for “FicFest,” I helped bring a great group of kids to the national Speech & Debate competition in California, and I finished up teaching my classes for the year– finals started today! Happily, I also squeezed in a trip to Barnes & Noble yesterday, so I have a new crop of picture book reviews. Even better, they are ALL for books published within the last month– in fact, one of them technically hasn’t even been officially released! Enjoy!

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