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Bring Down the House: The Greatest Power (The Gecko & Sticky)

Wednesday, June 3, 2009.

Bring Down the House: The Greatest Power (The Gecko & Sticky) [11:45m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The Greatest Power (The Gecko & Sticky) Author: Wendelin Van Draanen (on JOMB)
Illustrator: Stephen Gilpin (on JOMB)
Published: 2009 Knopf (on JOMB)
ISBN: 0375843779

One wisecracking lizard, one over-caffeinated monkey and 200 pages of action, attitude and assombroso alliteration transform run-of-the-mill read-aloud adults into comedy superstars. Talk about the greatest power!

You can check out Lucy & Bayla’s Sticky-inspired artwork here.

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HOTLINE VOICES: Owen (9) and Riley (9) share their enthusiasm for Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians series

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Filed under: Adventure, Ages 4-8, Ages 9-12, Animal, Boy, Chapter book, Courage, Friendship, Fun, Girl, Humour, Mischief, Picture book, Podcast, Review, Review of the Week, Spanish

Who Needs Weddings?: The Fiesta Dress (A Quinceanera Tale)

Friday, May 15, 2009.

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Who Needs Weddings?: The Fiesta Dress (A Quinceanera Tale) [6:11m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Fiesta Dress: A Quinceanera Tale Author: Caren McCormack (on JOMB)
Illustrator: Martha Avilés (on JOMB)
Published: 2009 Marshall Cavendish (on JOMB)
ISBN: 0761454675

Earth toned preparations and pastel pomp treat us to a slightly slighted little sibling’s view of what seems like a very cool coming of age tradition.

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Filed under: Ages 4-8, Celebration, Co-operation/Collaboration, Culture/Traditions, Cute, Diversity/Multi-culturalism, Family, Formal, Fun, Fun, Girl, Picture book, Podcast, Review, Siblings, Spanish

Tending and Tenderness: Before You Were Here, Mi Amor

Wednesday, March 25, 2009.

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Before You Were Here, Mi Amor Author: Samantha Vamos (on JOMB)
Illustrator: Santiago Cohen (on JOMB)
Published: 2009 Viking (on JOMB)
ISBN: 0670063010

Generously speckled with spanish phrases and illustrated in homey hot oranges, pinks and golds, this intimate account of a family’s industrious wait for a new baby radiates pure joy.

HOTLINE VOICES: A young reviewer tells us about her favourite book, The Borrowers (by Mary Norton)

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Folktale Fusion: Love and Roast Chicken (A Trickster Tale from the Andes Mountains)

Friday, May 23, 2008.

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Folktale Fusion: Love and Roast Chicken (A Trickster Tale from the Andes Mountains) [5:34m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Love and Roast Chicken: A Trickster Tale from the Andes Mountains Author: Barbara Knutson
Illustrator: Barbara Knutson
Published: 2004 Carolrhoda Books (on JOMB)
ISBN: 1575056577

A spunky free-ranging guinea pig hero, an equally lovable, gullible villain and the happy mash-up of several familiar folk tales make this gorgeously illustrated trickster tale a story worth repeated re-enactment in the schoolyard with friends (really!).

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Filed under: Adventure, Ages 0-3, Ages 4-8, Animal, Bullying/Abuse, Creativity, Cute, Fairy tales, folk tales and legends, Formal, Fun, Fun, Harmony, Humour, Life Skills, Mischief, Picture book, Podcast, Review, Spanish

Permission to Dream: Clara and Senor Frog

Saturday, August 25, 2007.

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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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