Tag Archives: picture books

What? Where’s my Book Review?

Posted on March 29, 2012 by

Fear not, loyal reader. Although you would hardly know it from the silence on the site today, we are still reading very good books here at Caterpickles Central. We highly recommend Coyote Steals the Blanket by Janet Stevens. We love … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Meow: Cat Stories from Around the World

Posted on March 14, 2012 by

Meow: Cat Stories from Around the World By Jane Yolen Illustrated by Hala Wittwer HarperCollins Publishers, LLC, 2005 Age Range: Ages 5 and Up Our mini-course in animal folk tales continued this week with Jane Yolen’s Meow: Cat Stories from … Continue reading →

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Book Review: How the Guinea Fowl Got Her Spots

Posted on March 8, 2012 by

How the Guinea Fowl Got Her Spots By Barbara Knutson Carolrhoda Books, Inc., 1990 Age Range: 4-8 As you may remember, after last week’s unfortunate fairy tale incident, we decided to give folk tales a try. How the Guinea Fowl … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The McElderry Book of Grimm’s Fairy Tales

Posted on March 1, 2012 by

The McElderry Book of Grimm’s Fairy Tales By Saviour Pirotta Illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2006 Age Range: Preschool to Grade 4 The Four-Year-Old recently discovered Super Why, a PBS show that employs fairy tale characters … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Snow Friends

Posted on February 23, 2012 by

It’s school vacation week, and The Four-Year-Old has requested that I “give Caterpickles a rest” so that we can proceed directly to the play date portion of today’s itinerary. So I’m going to be truly lazy and use a book … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci

Posted on December 22, 2011 by

Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci By Joseph D’Agnese Illustrated by John O’Brien Henry Holt & Company, LLC, 2010 Age Range: Ages 6 & Up I come from a family of mathematicians. Although Vector Calculus pretty much ensured that I would … Continue reading →

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Book Review: wag!

Posted on September 1, 2011 by

wag! By Patrick McDonnell Little, Brown and Company, 2009 Age Range: 3 to 6 If you are like me, you know Patrick McDonnell mainly for his comic strip, Mutts, which records the adventures of Mooch the cat, his best friend … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Hidden Alphabet

Posted on August 11, 2011 by

The Hidden Alphabet By Laura Vaccaro Seeger Roaring Brook Press, 2003 Age Range: 4-8 Laura Seeger’s The Hidden Alphabet is a work of art posing as an alphabet book. Black lift-up flaps frame stunningly simple images of birds, mice, eggs, … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Important Book

Posted on July 28, 2011 by

The Important Book By Margaret Wise Brown Illustrated by Leonard Weisgard HarperTrophy, 1989 Age Range: 4-8 The important thing about this book is that it is lyrical. It is fun to read, and it has lovely pictures, and mistakes the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Prehistoric Actual Size

Posted on June 23, 2011 by

Prehistoric Actual Size By Steve Jenkins Houghton Mifflin, 2005 Age Range: 4-8 Reading this book to my daughter, I found myself placing my hands on the page very carefully, lest I snag my finger on a Baryonyx claw or accidentally … Continue reading →

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