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The Bear, the Book, and the Blanket

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Bunnies must be quiet because it’s Baby’s bedtime, but Baby is awake and needs a bear, book, and blanket to sleep! The Bunnies first search for and collect a pile of bears. The Bunnies then go to find Baby’s book and take all the books off the shelves. Finally, the Bunnies search for Baby’s blanket, but it’s been through the wash and is stiff, clean, and smells wrong. So, the Bunnies hug and tug the blanket until it’s just right. Still, Baby is crying, so the Bunnies line up to give Baby a goodnight kiss. That’s not the end, though. Now the Bunnies line up for their bear, book, blanket, and goodnight kiss.

The Bear, The Book, and The Blanket is a charming story. The text is filled with wonderful alliteration and wordplay. The endpaper illustrations are particularly fun: each bunny is given a name starting with “B” at the front, while the Bunnies are sound asleep as Baby crawls away at the end. This book could quickly become a bedtime or nap-time favorite.

(Review originally published on the Los Angeles Book Review and book donated to the Maltby Food Bank.)

This is NOT a Dinosaur!

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One of the beautiful features of children’s picture books is that they can be delightfully nonsensical and simply relish in the pure joy of language. This Is NOT A Dinosaur! is just such a book. Here, a young boy journeys along with a giant, green character you might very easily mistake for a dinosaur but instead is any number of other things: a “shine-osaur” when brushing teeth, a “supersonic-kick-osaur” when playing soccer, a “leap-osaur” when raking leaves, a “sleep-osaur” when napping, and a “helpful-with your-hair-osaur” when getting a very cool haircut, among many other iterations. Last and possibly best of all, this creature is “’You’re mine-osaur’” when giving a huge hug.

Barry Timms has written a wonderful, silly book that takes children on a funny, imaginative journey that will keep them wanting to turn pages to see what craziness comes next. Ged Adamson’s illustrations provide the perfect complement with their bright colors and humorous interpretation of the text. Best of all, this book provides the perfect excuse for giving all the little kid-osaurs enormous hugs.

(Review originally posted on the Los Angeles Book Review and book donated to the Maltby Food Bank.)