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(Im)Perfectly Piggy
The Thin Red Line | August 27th 2008 by Alan Jobe
Happy Thursday! It’s time once again for an Easy Picture Book roundup and today I have one (nearly) perfect, one not so perfect and one Positively Piggy book for your entertainment and edification. The Perfect Nest read more
Monsters Everywhere
The Thin Red Line | August 18th 2008 by Alan Jobe
There Are Monsters Everywhere, believes the young protagonist of this delightful Easy Picture Book from Mercer Mayer. And I am inclined to agree. While the boy in Mayer’s book believes that monsters are under the b read more
Today Is David Day OR Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore
The Thin Red Line | August 6th 2008 by Alan Jobe
Happy Wednesday, everybody! It’s time once again for an Easy Picture Books roundup and today’s lot were all written by a couple of Davids. First off is David McPhail, whose Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore is a richly col read more
A Bear And His Boy
The Thin Red Line | July 30th 2008 by Alan Jobe
Happy Wednesday! Time for another Easy Picture Books roundup and I have three really cute ones for you today. A Bear And His Boy caught my attention last week and proved to be utterly delightful. & read more
Oh my, where did the week get away from me?
The Thin Red Line | July 26th 2008 by Alan Jobe
Yikes. How did I manage to let a whole week pass without doing a single blog post? It’s certainly not that I didn’t read any noteworthy books this past week. But somehow or other I let the whole week go read more
I’d Really Like To Eat A Child
The Thin Red Line | July 15th 2008 by Alan Jobe
And a Happy Wednesday to you! It’s time for another Easy Picture Book roundup and I have some great ones for you today. First off, is Betsy Everitt’s Mean Soup. A child is in a very bad mood read more
D-S-L (Deedy-Scieszk-Lacombe)
The Thin Red Line | July 7th 2008 by Alan Jobe
I fear my techie friends will be disappointed to learn that this post has Absolutely Nothing Whatsoever to do with Digital Subscriber Lines or my (somewhat) High(er) Speed Internet connection. The parents of pre-schoolers amon read more
The Boy Who Was Raised By Librarians
The Thin Red Line | June 9th 2008 by Alan Jobe
It’s time once again for another Easy Picture Books roundup and I have three really cute one for you today. Tedd Arnold’s More Parts is one of a series of three books that are a pure D delight. In charming rhyme,&# read more
Flotsam
The Thin Red Line | May 28th 2008 by Alan Jobe
My very first Wordless Wednesday! I’ve long thought that the popular Wordless Wednesday observed by quite a number of quality blogs was a great idea, but since this site is tightly focused on book reviews I’ve never found a wa read more
Ninety-three bellies from A to Y with bonus letter Z!
The Thin Red Line | May 5th 2008 by Alan Jobe
Happy Tuesday! Time for an Easy books round up. Remember you can click on any book cover to place a request for it with Your local library or click on any book title to purchase from Powell’s, an independent and ethical read more
Patrick’s Dinosaurs
The Thin Red Line | March 24th 2008 by Alan Jobe
Every evening at closing time I go around gathering up any and all stray books that have been left here there or wherever. (We scan them all in case any might be listed as lost or missing before putting them back into the rotation to be r read more
Orange Pear Apple Bear Bird Dog Kitty
The Thin Red Line | March 10th 2008 by Alan Jobe
Happy Monday! We are Way overdue for an Easy Picture Book roundup and I have four great ones today! Using only five words, artist/illustrator Emily Gravett’s Orange Pear Apple Bear is a unique and charming book that will delight children and read more
The Library Mouse
The Thin Red Line | February 26th 2008 by Alan Jobe
Resuming my regular posts with a Wednesday Easy Picture Book Roundup: Library Mouse, a 2007 release from author and illustrator Daniel Kirk is a delight. Sam, a mouse who lives behind the reference shelves in the childrenR read more
Living With Your Monster
The Thin Red Line | January 28th 2008 by Alan Jobe
After writing about a whole slew of children’s books in my 12 Books For Christmas feature, I was burned out for awhile on Easy Picture Books, but the latest batch I brought home from the library are so cute and funny that I decided it was tim read more
Some Posts Don’t Get Written
The Thin Red Line | January 21st 2008 by Alan Jobe
The powers that be are conspiring to prevent me from posting today. I spent over an hour on a long post about Herb Boyd’s We Shall Overcome and Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s favorite words. read more
Animalario Universal Del Profesor Revillod
The Thin Red Line | December 31st 2007 by Alan Jobe
I don’t usually post about books that are not in English but this Spanish language children’s book I came across today is so unusual and a lot of fun even if you do not comprehend Spanish at all. Animalario Universal is read more
Librarian’s Night Before Christmas
The Thin Red Line | December 22nd 2007 by Alan Jobe
Today’s post is for my blog friends who also work in libraries. Twas’ the night before Christmas and an over-worked, under-budgeted librarian is working late into the night to mend her battered and limited collection when a br read more
Christmas In The Trenches
The Thin Red Line | December 20th 2007 by Alan Jobe
Today’s Christmas book is a bit unusual. It includes a history lesson. Christmas In The Trenches by John McCutcheon with illustrations by Henri Sorensen (who was also the illustrator for The Old Shepard’s Tale, another Christmas boo read more
The Old Shepard’s Tale
The Thin Red Line | December 11th 2007 by Alan Jobe
Last week I got called in to work a shift at Sumner Library. I had worked at that branch once before and they had been very nice to me so when they said they were really desperate for someone to come in from 5–9 pm I agreed. read more
Tuesday Easy Picture Book Round Up
The Thin Red Line | December 4th 2007 by Alan Jobe
This week's Easy Picture Books all get a Highly Recommended! Books reviewed: Good Night Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann, Misery Moo by Jeanne Wallis and Tony Ross, and Alexander Who's Not (Do you year me? I meant it!) Going to Move by Judith Viorst read more
Pig Pancake Mouse Cookie Bargain
The Thin Red Line | November 27th 2007 by Alan Jobe
This week’s Easy Picture Books round up is for Nikon, who was very enthusiastic about last week’s selection If You Give A Mouse A Cookie and suggested one I wasn’t familiar with, A Bargain For Frances. This Easy Reader is th read more
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