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Have I got the perfect picture book for this holiday!
In this book, cleverly written an illustrated by Oliver Jeffers, the reader goes along a journey as a child character searches their house for ghosts. They’ve heard things about ghosts, like some have chains and haunt the halls, but they’ve never seen one. As the child searches, the reader will see ghosts playing tricks and creating mischief on almost every page. The illustrations for this book are brilliant! Jeffers uses a combination of photographs of old houses, furniture, and other architectural elements with illustrated child and ghosts. He includes vellum pages between paper ones that make ghosts “appear” where the child main character can’t see them. Readers will delight in spotting the ghosts when the main character cannot and giggle along with the ghosts as they have their ghostly fun. This book is just delightful!
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I’m not sure “fancy” is the word I’d use to describe the mouse in this book, but let’s celebrate this kind, generous, magical mouse today, shall we?
Oh, how I love Vincent the mouse! Perhaps I have a sweet spot for him because my dad’s middle name was Vincent and he, too, was generous (not to mention able to build a house). But I think it comes down the overall magic of this book. Jonatan Stutzman weaves an endearing tale of a mouse whose home always has room for more, no matter who is in need. Isabelle Arsenault’s engaging gouache, ink, and cut paper illustrations give the reader so much to look at, from the floral endpapers to the expressive critters to the furniture inside the house. She even includes a cute die cut house for a bit of peek-a-boo. This story of kindness, inclusivity, and magic is a must for your bookshelf!
Read this review on Goodreads and Amazon. Did you read and like this book? One of the best ways to support authors and illustrators is to post reviews for their books. Support an author/illustrator today by leaving a review on Goodreads or Amazon! You’ll find plenty of circles in today’s book, along with squares and triangles and rectangles and berries:
The text and illustrations in this concept books are deceptively simple, but there’s nothing simple about this book. Carter Higgins’ creation is a multi-layered one full of treasure. It’s fun to read aloud. It’s full of bright, colorful illustrations. It introduces kids to shapes, colors, objects, relative words (over, under, etc.), patterns, perspective, and classification. It encourages the reader to think and play and imagine. Trust me—spend some time with this book and you’ll see just how brilliant it is.
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About HeatherHeather is a busy wife and mom of five rambunctious children and one lovable pup They all provide lots of distractions, but oodles of inspiration. Sometimes the pictures and ideas in her head turn into her own children's stories, but she always makes time to read other people's books. Sometimes she reviews them here. Archives
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