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Santa Duck

Santa Duck

Santa Duck Review From School Library Journal

Santa Duck - Starred Review. PreSchool-Grade 1– On December 24th, Nicholas Duck rushes out to find Santa to tell him what he wants for Christmas and is surprised to find a red coat and a genuine, official Santa hat on his doorstep. He happily puts them on, but is overwhelmed when all of the animals he meets corner him and rattle off their wish lists. Nicholas tries to get away and runs into Santa, at last. He relays the animals' requests, forgetting to ask anything for himself, but later realizes that helping to give to others has made him happier than getting any gift. Nicholas's silliness and frustration will appeal to youngsters as will the simple message. Milgrim's charming digital ink and oil pastel illustrations use a successful mix of narrative text and cartoon balloons to move the story along at a brisk pace. A fun selection for storytime or one-on-one reading.–Maureen Wade, Los Angeles Public Library

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Milgrim employs speech balloons in his spare cartoon illustrations...infusing humor and deftly revealing personality. "Jingle quack, jingle quack, jingle all the quack"! --Horn BookMilgrim's charming digital ink and oil pastel illustrations use a successful mix of narrative text and cartoon balloons...A fun selection for storytime or one-on-one reading --School Library Journal, starred review

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Clifford’s Big Red Ideas: A Special Friend

Clifford's Big Red Ideas: A Special Friend is a board book for infants published by Scholastic. Clifford is a big, PBS Kids, red dog that is very cute. There are 7 pages and the book is great for babies to preschoolers. This Clifford's Big Red Ideas series is perfect for parents who wish to teach their little ones some big lessons.

About Clifford's Big Red Ideas books

Each Clifford's Big Red Ideas book features a "big idea" that serves as a lesson to be learned from the character's adventures.In this story based on a favorite Clifford TV episode, Clifford, Cleo and T-Bone meet a new dog named K.C. They are shocked to discover that he only has three legs, and they aren't sure what to say, or how to play with him. But K.C. shows them that he's not that different after all!

Clifford's Big Red Ideas: A Special Friend

This book is about Clifford, Cleo, and T-Bone and their new friend, KC. KC is different from Clifford and his friends. KC only had 3 legs. Through their small adventure together, Clifford and his friends learned to accept others for who they are.

There are many Clifford books sold on Amazon.com. You can search for some below.

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Disney The Holiday Tree Pooh Book

This is a Winnie the Pooh board book by Disney. You can read with Winnie the Pooh all year through since Disney has so many books published by A Disney Enterprises and Reader's Digest Young Families Book. This board book for toddlers is based on the Winnie the Pooh works by A.A. Milne an E.H. Shepard. The book is written by Catherine Lukas and illustrated by Atelier Philippe Harchy. The book measures 5.9x5.9x0.25 inches. The book has 14 pages of Pooh fun.

In this book, Pooh and Piglet set out to decorate for Christmas in the Hundred-Acre Wood. Piglet found a perfect tree to decorate and they began to decorate. Piglet and Pooh bear could not reach the top of the tree so Tigger helped them but Tigger was not tall enough either. Then Rabbit, Eeyore and Roo passed by and everyone stacked up trying to reach the top but they still could not reach the top. But soon two turtle doves helped them and their tree became fully decorated with a star at the top.

This is great little Christmas story especially if you like the Disney's Winnie the Pooh series. Everyone was being themselves in this Pooh board book.

Disney The Holiday Tree Pooh Book

Disney The Holiday Tree Pooh Book

Sleep, Baby, Sleep

Sleep, Baby, Sleep

Review of Sleep, Baby, Sleep

"While words melt away into simple rhythms, the atmospheric artwork pinpoints ineffable feelings." --Kirkus

Book Description

If a parent could vocalize all her deepest hopes for her child, this is what she might say...Every parent has hopes and dreams for their children— that they will play and explore, learn and grow. That they will experience life’s many wonders and persevere through its many challenges. That they will one day leave the protection of home and go off into the world—strong, happy, knowing that they are always loved.Maryann Cusimano Love, author of the modern classic You Are My I Love You, has written another moving ode to parenthood, captured in playful, loving images by brilliant newcomer Maria van Lieshout (Bloom!). This timeless book is perfect for bedtime or anytime.

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Princess And Fairy

Princess and Fairy

Bunnies abound in a Fairyland look-and-find adventure.Princess is a bunny-princess. Fairy is a bunny-fairy. And tonight is the Queen’s Grand Birthday Feast! Together, the two cutest bunnies in all of Fairyland set out to find their list of pretty things —

  • a blue silk purse,
  • stripy pink sweets,
  • rainbow cake, and
  • a four-leaf clover

—to bring to the queen.Their glittering adventure winds through:

  • Ladybird Bend,
  • Dragonfly Pool,
  • Three Wishes Market,
  • Topsy-Turvy Fairy-Go-Round,
  • Slippery Hill, and
  • Piggeldy Moss

—all depicted in lushly detailed illustrations. With lyrical text, treasure-filled art, and “Can you find” objects on every page, Anna Pignataro creates an alluring look-and-find adventure for little bunnies everywhere. Features glitter on the cover and final spread, a treasure-hunt list of objects affixed with a sticker, and an envelope with a tiny invitation—from the queen!

About the Author

Anna Pignataro has illustrated more than twenty-five books for children, four of which she also wrote. She has received a number of awards, including Australia’s Crichton Award for Children’s Book Illustration. She lives in Melbourne, Australia.

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