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 Frightfully Fascinating: Baba Yaga & Vasilisa the Brave [8:52m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Author: Marianna Mayer (on JOMB)
Illustrator: K. Y. Craft (on JOMB)
Published: 1994 Harper Collins (on JOMB)
ISBN: 0688085008

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Dark, detailed and delightfully distasteful, this splendid version of the gruesome Russian Cinderella folktale has thrilled and enthralled our girls for years.

More Hallowe’en and October reading on JOMB:

• Rattlebone Rock
• Oh No, Not Ghosts
• Cinderella Skeleton
• The Ghost of Nicholas Greebe
• One Witch
• Cat Magic
• Halloween Hoots and Howls
• Snowsong Whistling
• Pumpkin Soup

Have a Happy Hallowe’en!!

HOTLINE VOICES: Thanks to author Valerie Hobbs for telling us about one of her childhood favourites, The Owl and the Pussycat.

We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave us a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487.

 

 Of Vice and Mensch: Such A Prince [7:25m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Author: Dan Bar-el (on JOMB)
Illustrator: John Manders (on JOMB)
Published: 2007 Clarion Books (on JOMB)
ISBN: 0618714685

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Tabloid-style coverage, Looney-Toonesque illustrations and the feisty narration of a bohemian godmother transform the traditional tending of a love-sick princess into a comical read-again caper.

Other books mentioned:

• Stories at the Door
• The Three May Peaches

 

 Emulating Spaces: McFig & McFly (A Tale of Jealousy, Revenge, and Death -- with a Happy Ending): Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Author: Henrik Drescher
Illustrator: Henrik Drescher
Published: 2008 Candlewick Press (on JOMB)
ISBN: 0763633860

A veneer of feigned pleasantries can’t conceal the ceaseless, senseless competition that corrupts then consumes former friends in this deliciously absurd yet apt demonstration of misguided attention and life misspent.

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 Oh, Give Me A Home: Buffalo Music [7:24m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Author: Tracey Fern
Illustrator: Lauren Castillo
Published: 2008 Clarion (on JOMB)
ISBN: 0618723412

A feisty, self-aware pioneer woman, the man who knows and loves her and the coddling of a cabin full of beautiful baby bison — what more could a pet-deprived young reader ask for?

Based on the true story of Mary Ann Goodnight’s determination to save the Texas buffalo and told with humour and a Texan twang, this is an inspiring story of hard work and simpler times.

You can read more about Mary Ann and Charles Goodnight here and here.

Wow! Wow! Wow! How did I miss this? Lauren Castillo was the featured illustrator on the fabulous Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast last week. Check out the great spread here.

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 Love, Loss and Luxury: Taj Mahal [9:03m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Authors: Caroline Arnold and Madeleine Comora
Illustrator: Rahul Bhushan
Published: 2007 CarolRhoda Books (on JOMB)
ISBN: 076132609X

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Strikingly intricate illustrations and lush, detailed narrative transform this four hundred year old story of tenderness, tragedy and tribute into a fascinating non-fiction fairy tale.

More ancient stories and flavours of The East on JOMB:

• Lugalbanda: The Boy Who Got Caught Up In The War
• Red Butterfly (How a Princess Smuggled the Secret of Silk Out of China)
• In the Heart of the Village
• Lights For Gita
• Mama’s Saris
• Sanji and the Baker
• A Horse in the House

More architecture on JOMB:

• Barn
• Iggy Peck, Architect

Thanks to Kate Heartfield of The Ottawa Citizen for joining us for this show. You can read Kate’s blog here.

 

 Greatness, Gratitude and Generosity: Piano Starts Here (The Young Art Tatum) [6:50m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Author: Robert Andrew Parker
Illustrator: Robert Andrew Parker
Published: 2008 Random House (on JOMB)
ISBN: 0375839658

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Breezy, evocative images and fondly recalled, first-person narrative provide an intimate — if imagined — look at the early life and loves of Jazz legend, Art Tatum.

You can learn more about Art Tatum here.

More music on JOMB:

• Ben’s Trumpet
• Jazz ABZ (An A to Z Collection of Jazz Portraits)
• The Bat Boy and His Violin
• Across the Alley
• The Philharmonic Gets Dressed

More books featuring visually impaired protagonists on JOMB:

• The Sound of Colors

 

 Plotting a Perfect Parent: Mama Robot [7:39m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Author: Davide Cali
Translator: Marcel Danesi
Illustrator: Anna Laura Cantone
Published: 2008 Tundra Books (on JOMB)
ISBN: 0887768733

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The cheeky mother-replacement schemings of a disgruntled son and a crackerjack combination of collage, paint and cleverly carefree scrawling make this hilarious showdown between the delights of imagined control and the irreplaceable affection of a loving mom a pore-over-each-page favourite.

Books and Resources mentioned:

• National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
• The Incredible Book Eating Boy

 

 Macro, Micro and Moonlight: Yuck. A Love Story [5:58m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Author: Don Gillmor
Illustrator: Marie-Louise Gay (on JOMB)
Published: 2000 Fitzhenry & Whiteside (on JOMB)
ISBN: 0773732187

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Enchanting moonlit expanses, snappy, intelligent narration and plenty of clever details turn the tiny personal experience of that awkward first crush into a sweeping, surreal adventure that feels almost as big as infatuation.

You can hear a JOMB chat with Marie-Louise Gay here.

You can read more about Stuart McLean here.

 

 The Might of Metaphor: The Red Thread (An Adoption Fairy Tale) [7:36m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Author: Grace Lin
Illustrator: Grace Lin
Published: 2007 Albert Whitman & Co. (on JOMB)
ISBN: 0807569224

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Dramatic, stylized folk art, carefully worded text and a cleverly crafted story-within-a-story format combine to create an engaging story time snapshot that vividly illustrates the unwavering strength of parental devotion — and the quiet power of children’s books.

You can find more information about adoption at Moonrattles, an online community for tweens touched by adoption and fostering.

 

 Doggedly Diverting Disobedience: The Hound from the Pound [7:47m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Author: Jessica Swaim (on JOMB)
Illustrator: Jill McElmurry (on JOMB)
Published: 2007 Candlewick Press (on JOMB)
ISBN: 076362330X

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Fast-paced, must-memorize rhyme, a pack of unruly pooches and a sprinkling of romance made this explosion of canine character a family favourite before the ink had time to dry.

Other books mentioned:

• Poodlena
• The Trouble with Tilly Trumble
• The Outside Dog
• Dogs’ Night
• Is There Room on the Feather Bed? (Orchard Paperbacks)
• Mrs. McTats and Her Houseful of Cats
• I Want A Dog

You can find more great dog books here.

 

 Interview with Alice Priestley [22:08m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Imagine drawing while having books read to you. There are no expectations of what you draw, just the freedom to do so. It’s really not such a crazy idea, and yet for so many children, the expectation is that they will sit still and be read to.

Mark speaks with illustrator Alice Priestley on drawing while being read to by her father — still to this day — getting the rhythm of language into your bones and understanding a story and its characters in order to illustrate books.
Books mentioned:

• Gita series
• Hush

Participate in the conversation by leaving a comment on this interview, or send an email to justonemorebook@gmail.com.

 

 Listener Submitted Review #12 [10:03m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In this episode, we play two Listener Submitted Reviews:

• Amigo reviewed by Bayla (5)
• And Tango Makes Three reviewed by writer and homeschooling parent Sage Tyrtle of the Quirky Nomads podcast

Many thanks to Sage and Bayla for participating in JOMB, to Karen and Gwen for leaving us audio comments and to those of you who have sent us feedback via email and have spread the JOMB word in your own circles. We really appreciate your support.

Listeners who submit reviews before May 30, 2007 will be entered in a draw to win an autographed copy of The Call to Shakabaz.

If you would like to share your thoughts on a favourite children’s book, please send your review as an MP3 file in email to justonemorebook@gmail.com, phone it in to our listener feedback line (206-350-6487), or send your text review in email.