Author: 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 | July 29, 2016 Age Range: 12+ Paperback: 208 pages How to Be You: Stop Trying to Be Someone Else and Start Living Your Life Created by Jeffery Marsh Publisher’s Synopsis: This book is about how to finally give up on feeling bad about yourself and discover the best person you can be. An interactive experience, How to Be You invites you to make the book your own through activities such as coloring in charts, answering questions about how you do the things you do, and discovering patterns in your lives that may be holding you back. Through Jeffrey’s own story of “growing up…

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The Children’s Book Review | July 28, 2016 Age Range: 14+ Paperback: 128 pages Start Where You Are: A Journal for Self-Exploration Created by Meera Lee Patel Publisher’s Synopsis: Start Where You Are is an interactive journal designed to help readers nurture their creativity, mindfulness, and self-motivation. It helps readers navigate the confusion and chaos of daily life with a simple reminder: that by taking the time to know ourselves and what those dreams are, we can appreciate the world around us and achieve our dreams. Featuring vibrant hand-lettering and images that have attracted a large following for her stationery and textile line in boutiques across the…

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The Children’s Book Review | July 28, 2016 Age Range: 4-8 Hardcover: 40 pages It’s Just So … Written by Brenda Faatz and Peter Trimarco Illustrated by Peter Trimarco It’s Lizzy’s first day in a brand new school! At first things feel “just so” scary and “just so” hard, but in the end, they’re “just so”…. not what she thought they would be! From waking up early and boarding the bus for the very first time to meeting new friends and painting outside the lines, it’s a day of discovery and perspective for a little girl named Lizzy. Ages 4-8 | Publisher: Notable…

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