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Ne’er-Do-Well
The writer’s life in Rapscallion Jones by James Marshall.
Read More »Mar 28 2013 | Comments: 0
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Then Everyone Was Quiet for a Really Long Time
The art of forgiveness in Maggie and the Pirate by Ezra Jack Keats.
Read More »Mar 01 2013 | Comments: 0
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A Tumbletell of Church Bells
... and an exaltation of larks in Ounce Dice Trice by Alastair Reid and Ben Shahn.
Read More »Jul 20 2012 | Comments: 0
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Fish Flying Up
Gravity is nothing in Hey Willy, See the Pyramids by Maira Kalman.
Read More »May 05 2012 | Comments: 0
Welcome to the Dollhouse
Excellent elementary exercises in Everything I Need to Know Before I’m Five by Valorie Fisher.
Read More »Feb 25 2012 | Comments: 0
Captains Courageous!
If you knew where there were some mountains, you would definitely climb them.
Read More »Jul 25 2011 | Comments: 0
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Blistering Hop Toads
The sound and the fury in Elbert’s Bad Word.
Read More »Apr 27 2011 | Comments: 0
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Chillax
It’s all good: the spills and thrills of dropped connections in Toni’s Topsy-Turvy Telephone Day.
Read More »Feb 12 2011 | Comments: 0
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Rare Birds
The long flight back from extinction, and other improbable tales.
Read More »Sep 26 2010 | Comments: 0
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Junk in Trunks
The Invisible Mistakecase by Charise Mericle Harper.
Read More »May 05 2010 | Comments: 0
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