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Library School Journal gives Giraffe and Bird Together Again the verdict “A Strong choice for a preschool storytime or a one-on-one sharing.”

December 23rd, 2018

Library School Journal “A strength of this title is the action verbs and rich vocabulary that is introduced….The text and illustrations also work well together….This title lends itself to discussion about friendship and being open to try new things. VERDICT A strong choice for a preschool storytime or a one-on-one sharing.” –Robin Sofge, Prince William […]

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“Savor for the warmth of the illustrations,” Booklist says about Giraffe and Bird Together Again

November 6th, 2018

Booklist “Bender’s language is lively and poetic: Giraffe gazes and grazes, Bird swoops and soars and explores. Her illustrations focus on Giraffe’s very expressive face, which often dominates his orange-and-brown-colored pages, while Bird, when not displayed in full glory on his blue-tinged ones, is just a feather or two, leading Giraffe on his quest. More than one […]

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CM Magazine “Highly Recommends” Giraffe and Bird Together Again

September 12th, 2018

“Bender’s acrylic and coloured pencil artwork is an essential part of the book’s success, and, as in the previous Giraffe and Bird books, the illustrations’ contents not only reflect the characters’ emotions but add to the book’s written text…. Bender provides foreshadowing to the contents of Giraffe and Bird Together Again via a map that occupies part […]

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Wander, Ponder, Write calls My Beautiful Birds “beautifully written and gorgeously illustrated”

August 23rd, 2017

Cover: My Beautiful Birds Author: Suzanne Del Rizzo Publisher: Pajama Press

“My Beautiful Birds is a beautifully written and gorgeously illustrated book about a young boy coping with the loss of pets and home and adapting to life in a refugee camp….Del Rizzo’s illustrations are the perfect compliments to the story. While they are detailed enough to convey emotion well, because they appear as theatrical vignettes, they […]

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Children’s Books Heal says “My Beautiful Birds is an excellent addition to any school library”

August 22nd, 2017

Cover: My Beautiful Birds Author: Suzanne Del Rizzo Publisher: Pajama Press

“…Del Rizzo’s exquisite polymer clay illustrations add depth and a life-like dimension to Sami’s story….I appreciated that the author focused on the refugee crisis that is affecting the most innocent and vulnerable, children. She doesn’t address political themes in the book, but focuses on the humanity of the situation for children displaced from their homes in Syria….My Beautiful Birds is an excellent […]

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My Beautiful Birds is featured on School Library Journal‘s Collection “Reading Around The World | Picture Books”

April 24th, 2017

“Suzanne Del Rizzo’s My Beautiful Birds articulately conveys the experiences of a child displaced by war in Syria….Intricately detailed and lifelike, the polymer clay and mixed-media illustrations combine with the understated first-person narrative to communicate Sami’s circumstances, heartbreak, and healing process. Through this emotionally accessible story…readers begin to understand Sami’s plight, and to gain awareness and insight […]

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My Beautiful Birds is a “beautifully illustrated book with such a heartwarming story” says @allbookedupnow

March 28th, 2017

“My Beautiful Birds written and illustrated by @suzannedelrizzo and published by @pajamapressbooks. This is a beautiful story about Sami and his family fleeing home and headed to a refugee camp….This is such a beautifully illustrated book with such a heartwarming story….Stories like these remind me how blessed I am that my children have food, clothing and […]

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