Poems for Children Nowhere Near Old Enough to Vote
Just click the link above to find out more about this week’s guest blogger Jess. This book is a compilation of children’s poems by Carl Sandburg, who died in 1967. I know nothing about him except that...
View ArticleWho Needs Donuts?
Just a quick thanks to Urban Outfitters blog for linking to us yesterday. Also this week is a guest writer Jess who you can learn more about by clicking the link above. go Jess go! This book poses the...
View ArticleUncle Shelby’s ABZ Book
Well unfortunately this is Jess’s (see link above) last day of guest blogging. Thank you so so much Jess. I loved learning about all these funny kid’s books! Next week Sketchbook Series continues. I...
View ArticleHell Babies
This book lives at work (I work at the toy company, remember?), where its many rainbows and ice cream and balloons and hearts and demonic-zombie-sumo-wrestlers-eating-hamburgers-with-topless-ladies...
View ArticleThe Day-Glo Brothers
When I saw this book sitting on my co-worker’s desk, I was immediately drawn to the art style and limited palette of flourescent colors. Further inspection revealed that: A) it was a rambling story...
View ArticleBear Despair
Hello again. I am a friend of Julia’s and I used to pop up from time to time. I’m happy to be a regular contributor to BBIC, especially since I now have a new niece and nephew. I consider it my...
View ArticleDeadly!: The Truth About the Most Dangerous Creatures on Earth
Deadly! teaches us about all the interesting ways animals kill each other – mostly for dinner, sometimes for protection. Once again we have a loose drawing style with fantastic gesture and expression....
View ArticleThe Wonderful World of Fifi Lapin
I have a magically self-renewing subscription to Lucky magazine. I do enjoy looking at the clothes even though I occasionally (often) get whipped into an irate frenzy over their “lucky girl’ column...
View ArticleAnimal Sleep Stories
When I was a kid my favorite book was called ‘goldfish on the train’ (actually There’s a Goldfish by Alain Grée) I loved it so much I made my parents read it to me every night until I could recite the...
View ArticleElephant Elephant – A Book of Opposites
Based on Ricky’s giggles as we were photographing this book, I knew this was a good selection. Initially it looks like your everyday opposites book – big/small, tall/short, front/back (yawn), but then...
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