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ShyBookOwl
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A BIG smile for a BIG book. Taken just after getting home from the book store 🤓💕

Librarybelle ❤️❤️❤️ 4d
AmyG So cute ❤️ 4d
Deblovestoread Adorable 🩷 4d
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Ruthiella Too cute! 🥰 4d
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 4d
5feet.of.fury Aww thats awesome! that was my nephew‘s favorite book when he was a lil guy! ❤️ 4d
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ShyBookOwl
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#BabyBookHaul

There's an ice storm heading our way, so we took our son shopping and got him his first book haul (first time he's been active in picking his own books). Bring on the storm 🌨

TheBookgeekFrau 🥰🥰 4d
Ruthiella Nice! ❤️📚 4d
BooksandCoffee4Me Oh, how fun for him!!! 4d
dabbe This is so JOYFUL! 🤩🤩🤩 4d
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Kshakal
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love these!! 6d
Eggs Golden Books🧡👏🏻⭐️ 6d
AnnCrystal 🤩📚💝. 6d
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Littlewolf1
Boris and Bella | Gris Grimly, Carolyn Crimi
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Pickpick

Anybody else read children‘s books when needing a pallet cleanser. I picked up a couple children‘s books last year as a way to catch up on my reading goal, but I realize that it help with my reading slumps as well. It‘s also been a challenge as I look specifically for books with a Gothic theme and some of the ones I found have been so fun. Boris and Bella was definitely my favorite out of the three, but they were all good.

PatriciaU If you like spooky, try Lora Senf‘s The Clackity and others. So good! Also, Katherine Ardens Small Spaces books are great! 1w
MariaW I went through the whole Bunnicula series in a rather stressful period last year. 1w
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Gryffleclaw95
Made in Abyss Vol. 1 | Akihito Tsukushi
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Panpan

⭐️⭐️

Pros: I liked the art style and the world/story was fascinating.

Cons: Riko was an annoying character that I had trouble liking. Most importantly was the depiction of the kids. These include punishments while they are naked, discussions about their genitals, and one character looks at another‘s privates while they are asleep. This apparently continues in every volume of this series, so I will not support it as this gives me pedo vibes.

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Robotswithpersonality
The Gruffalo | Julia Donaldson
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Pickpick

Clever mouse. 😏 I can definitely see why it's a classic. I'm a sucker for a rhyming tale with good illustrations, especially when the protagonist succeeds by outwitting those who thought they had the upper hand.

Cathythoughts I love this book. 2mo
SarahBookInterrupted One of my kids favourite books when they were young. It‘s my go to gift for toddler birthday party‘s or baby showers. 2mo
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Luke-XVX
The Narrows | Ronald Malfi
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Started today at work, my third Malfi I believe.

Balibee146 I have a couple of his waiting I think. Interested to hear your thoughts 👍 2mo
Luke-XVX @Balibee146 Bone White was decent and Black Mouth which is straight up King‘s IT worship with a non-event ending but still an entertaining read 2mo
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mandarchy
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Pickpick

Word of the month #reflect
Leo makes a decision.
Illustrations in kid-lit are often described as simple (condescending?). The concept of reflection is not simple. In drawing, gesture is the technique used to convey meaning, but we don't label illustrations like we name literary devices. Maybe if we did, educators would teach more using graphic novels. What would you call them though?

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swynn
Creature | Hunter Shea
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Pickpick

(2018) A woman with multiple chronic illnesses and her husband/caretaker rent a vacation home in the Maine woods for a well-deserved escape. But something is in the woods ...

The buildup here was a more leisurely than I'd have liked. But the payoff is considerable, and the metaphor of chronic illness as monster is rich for exploration.

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mandarchy
One Chicken Nugget | Tadgh Bentley
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Pickpick

Here's to folklore maintaining relevance!
This is a laugh out loud take on the Legend of Sissa Ibn Dahir. 5 nuggets! Bonus: it explains exponential growth in elementary terms.