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Permission to Dream: Clara and Senor Frog

Saturday, August 25, 2007.

Clara and Senor Frog Author: Campbell Geeslin
Illustrator: Ryan Sanchez
Published: Schwartz & Wade (on JOMB)
ISBN: 0375836136

Luminous with colour, character and unusual details, this simple story of step family shuffling reminds us that working to understand another can sometimes help us understand ourselves.

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Filed under: Ages 4-8, Beautiful, Communication, Creativity, Detailed, Family, Formal, Friendship, Fun, Girl, Man, Mother/Daughter, Patience, Personalities, Picture book, Podcast, Review, Spanish, Thinking/Attitude, Understanding/Tolerance, Visual, acceptance, step-family

Caring to Compromise: The Outside Dog

Wednesday, May 2, 2007.

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The Outside Dog Author: Charlotte Pomerantz (on JOMB)
Illustrator: Jennifer Plecas (on JOMB)
Published: 1995 Harper Collins
ISBN: 0064441873

It’s not often that an early reader turns the whole family to putty, but this simple story of a grandfather with the strength to bend does just that time after time. If you can put up with all the gushing and cooing we do in this review, you’ll be all set for the response of your little one!

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