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Author: Bianca Schulze
Bianca Schulze
Bianca Schulze is the founder of The Children’s Book Review. She is a reader, reviewer, mother and children’s book lover. She also has a decade’s worth of experience working with children in the great outdoors. Combined with her love of books and experience as a children’s specialist bookseller, the goal is to share her passion for children’s literature to grow readers. Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, she now lives with her husband and three children near Boulder, Colorado.
The Children’s Book Review | April 22, 2017 Age Range: 7-10 Animal Planet Animal Bites: Baby Animals Publisher’s Synopsis: With more than 200 adorable photos of baby animals and their families, there’s serious “aw” factor on every page of Animal Planet Baby Animals. This fun addition to the Animal Bites series provides kids in the first years of schooling with the perfect bite-sized view of their favorite animals. Arranged thematically with a focus on animal behavior and family relationships, young readers will explore sections about life cycles, feeding, play time, conservation, getting around, and much more. Special book features designed for this…
If You Were Me and Lived In … The Mayan Empire is a great choice for classroom and book report studies.
The Children’s Book Review | April 17, 2017 Leslie Helakoski’s gentle, lilting verse and irresistible illustrations make the perfect bedtime story. Age Range: 2-5 Hardcover: 40 pages Hoot & Honk Just Can’t Sleep Written and Illustrated by Leslie Helakoski Publisher’s Synopsis: Dark sky. Wake or doze?Some eyes open. Some eyes close. Some chicks like day, others like night. Some sleep in the dark, and some in the light. Hoot, an adorable owlet, and Honk, a fuzzy gosling, have just hatched—but their eggs got switched and now they’re in the wrong nests. Will they find their way home? Leslie Helakoski’s gentle, lilting verse and irresistible…
Over the past month, our most popular kids series sold was the funny BALLET CAT series for beginner readers, by Bob Shea.
Family camping (or glamping, if you prefer) in the great outdoors is a wonderful experience. There’s nothing quite like dinner by the campfire with your family. Here’s a sample recipe to get you started …
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The Children’s Book Review | April 10, 2017 For fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Big Nate comes a new side-splitting series! Age Range: 8-12 Hardcover: 144 pages Jake the Fake Keeps it Real Written by Craig Robinson and Adam Mansbach Illustrated by Keith Knight Publisher’s Synopsis: For fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Big Nate comes a new side-splitting series from comedian and film star Craig Robinson, #1 New York Times bestselling author Adam Mansbach, and NAACP History Maker recipient and cartoonist Keith Knight. Jake can barely play an instrument, not even a kazoo. And his art? It’s better…