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The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip: Shrieking orange creatures, tired goats...
The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip Middle Reader Ages 5-12 By George Saunders Illustrated by Lane Smith 84 pages Villard Books 2000 Persistent: continuing firmly or obstinately in a course of...
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My top thirteen books for Halloween, from board to young adult.
Five Little Pumpkins Board Ages birth to 3 By Dan Yaccarino 16 pages HarperFestival 1998 Dan Yaccarino’s art is bright and bold and features expressive pumpkins, a ghost, a witch and a black cat. Based...
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The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip, a cautionary tale about the value of...
I originally posted this review on September 20, 2012. George Saunders’s latest book, Tenth of December, has been getting quite a lot of well deserved attention so I wanted to take this opportunity to...
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The Horn Book: Design Matters, by Jon Scieszka
For some time I had been working on a post about the importance of design in books, an element that is often overlooked but plays a decidedly essential role in the creation of a good book. Skillful...
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