Posts Tagged ‘friendship’

Pencil: A Story with a Point received a **Starred Review** from Foreword Reviews

December 25th, 2018

Foreword Reviews **Starred Review** “Office supplies have never been more entertaining than they are in this punny tale of friendship and ingenuity. Old school and new tech go head to head when Jackson trades his longtime pal Pencil in for a shiny new Tablet. Cheerful illustrations add to the hilarity as Pencil tries a variety of […]

Posted in Ann Ingalls, Book Authors, Book Illustrators, Dean Griffiths

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 […]

Posted in Book Authors, Book Illustrators, Giraffe and Bird Together Again, Rebecca Bender, Rebecca Bender

Kirkus Reviews says Pencil: A Story with a Point is an “overload of fun puns [that] will have many readers giggling…”

December 21st, 2018

Kirkus Review “Move over, Pencil; Tablet’s in town…but what happens when Tablet breaks?….Pencil tries desperately to cheer Jackson up, but nothing works…until he enlists his old companions from the drawer, Scissors, Paper Clip, Flashlight, Tape, and the rest. Jackson finally smiles again, and all the supplies end as friends, with pages full of puns….The illustrations […]

Posted in Ann Ingalls, Book Authors, Book Illustrators, Dean Griffiths

Characters in Sapphire the Great and the Meaning of Life are “engaging, honest, and real…” says HW Book Reviews

December 1st, 2018

HW Book Reviews “The story is told through short alternating chapters between Jeannie and Sapphire the Great (her hamster). We join Jeannie, Alistair (her brother), and their mother three weeks after Christmas and two weeks after their father left, Harvey, left the house. Everyone is dealing with the separation in different ways. Jeannie yells everything, […]

Posted in Beverley Brenna, Book Authors, Book Illustrators, Sapphire the Great and the Meaning of Life, Tara Anderson

Pencil: A Story with a Point will “delight younger readers…” says CM Magazine

November 30th, 2018

CM Magazine “Veteran author Ann Ingalls has produced a book with a lightweight plot but much lighthearted play with language that will delight younger readers just learning about verbal humour as well as teachers who could use this book as a lesson on the pun as literary device. Dean Griffiths is a British Columbia illustrator […]

Posted in Ann Ingalls, Book Authors, Book Illustrators, Dean Griffiths

“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 […]

Posted in Book Illustrators, Giraffe and Bird Together Again, Rebecca Bender

Winnipeg Free Press calls Missing Mike “especially topical”

September 19th, 2018

“With the rash of wildfires that have threatened many communities this summer, B.C. author Shari Green’s middle-grade novel Missing Mike seems especially topical…. Green’s novel, written in blank verse, is full of dramatic images of the fire that engulfs the town, and helps emphasize the trauma wildfires can have not only on buildings but on the people […]

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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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