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Picture Book Review: The Book Machine

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The Book Machine by Laurie Duersch

The Book Machine: A Story About the Magic of Books
by Laurie Duersch (Goodreads Author), Susanna Covelli

5 out of 5 stars

A little boy doesn’t have enough books, even though he has whole stacks of books to read. So he builds a Book Machine to create new books. He puts together all kinds of doodads and thingamabobs into a big elaborate machine and waits for it to spit out some books. But the machine doesn’t work! He will have to rely on a very different kind of machine to have the imagination to create new stories!

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Picture Book Review: Enough Elizabeths

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Enough Elizabeths by Heather Harris Bergevin

Enough Elizabeths
by Heather Harris Bergevin (Goodreads Author), Lexi Hall (Illustrator)

4 out of 5 stars

Princess Elizabeth is too scared of heights to sleep in her tower room in the castle, but she is too embarrassed to admit that to her family. When a dragon moves into the tower room, the family assumes that the dragon must have eaten Elizabeth or is holding her captive! They beg the dragon to give them Elizabeth, but the dragon misunderstands with some hilarious results.

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Book Review: Diary of a Marine Biologist

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Diary of a Marine Biologist by Anita Thomas

Diary of a Marine Biologist
by Anita Thomas, Sarah Wilkins (Illustrator)

We follow Emma, a marine biologist, through her week studying whales, nurturing clownfish babies in a nursery, diving in the ocean with giant cuttlefish, looking for sea snakes, and checking on the progress of a new oyster reef. She finishes up her week surfing with a friend.

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Science and Nature Books from Ruby Tuesday Books

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Beaver's Lodge (Home Sweet Amazing Home by Ruth Owen

Beaver’s Lodge (Home Sweet Amazing Home (Little Acorns))
by Ruth Owen

This picture book gives some basic facts about beavers, along with photos of real beavers building a dam, swimming, or gnawing on trees. We learn how beavers build a lodge to live in, how they care for their young kits, and how they warn each other of approaching danger.

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Book Review: Unicornia: The Dance Show

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Unicornia by Ana Punset

Unicornia: The Dance Show
by Ana Punset, Diana Vicedo (Illustrator)

Claudia and her friends want to enter the school dance show, but they can’t come up with a dance routine. They stumble around and bump into each other and clap on the wrong beat. Claudia says they just need more practice, but she worries that they will make fools of themselves in front of everyone at the dance show. Should they look for a magical short-cut, or just put in the work and practice more?

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Book Review: Unicornia- A Magical Birthday

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Unicornia by Ana Punset

Unicornia: A Magical Birthday: (A Magical Chapter Book for Kids Ages 5-7 about Friendship, Surprises, and Enchanted Birthday Fun)
by Ana Punset, Diana Vicedo (illustrator)

On her birthday, Pippa’s parents are stranded, and can’t get a flight home because of the weather. Claudia and Sara are determined to give Pippa the best birthday ever, even if her parents can’t make it to the birthday party. They go to a magical amusement park in Unicornia, and get stuck on the ferris wheel and are rescued by emergency unicorns! They try out every ride and attraction, including a balloon ride in the clouds, and a boat ride on a magical lake. They are surprised with a special birthday picnic, complete with magical birthday cake!

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Book Review: Unicornia- Learning to Fly

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Unicornia: Learning to Fly: (A Magical Chapter Book for Kids Ages 5-7 about Friendship, Courage, and Learning Something New)
by Ana Punset, Diana Vicedo (illustrator)

Claudia moves to Unicornia and discovers that unicorns are real! She has to attend a new school where she learns potions and magical history and how to ride a unicorn. Her Unicorn Flying class is too difficult though, and Claudia worries that she will never learn to ride properly. What if she falls off the unicorn and fails the class? Her new friends Pippa and Sara encourage her to try new things and be confident.

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Book Review: The Cloud Kingdom

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The Cloud Kingdom by Máire Zepf

The Cloud Kingdom
by Máire Zepf (Goodreads Author)

5 out of 5 stars

This circular collection of fairy stories is set in the framework of a girl who makes a deal with the fairies after they kidnap her cat. If they return her cat, she agrees to read them a story every week. Each story leads into the next, as the characters in the current story begin to tell another story which leads us into the next chapter, similar to the story structure of The Thousand and One Nights.

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Picture Book: Peg’s Egg

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Peg's Egg by Jo Renfro

Peg’s Egg (Peg’s Adventures, 3)
by Jo Renfro

5 out of 5 stars

Peg finds an egg in the field and decides to help it to hatch. She warns off a dog. She keeps the egg warm and dry. She waits and waits for the egg to hatch. Becoming impatient, she gives the edge a little nudge and discovers that the egg is not all that it seems. She has made a very silly mistake!

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Picture Book Review: The Most Wonderful Gift in the World

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The Most Wonderful Gift in the World by Mireia Olilvé Obradors

The Most Wonderful Gift in the World
by Mireia Olilvé Obradors, Angus Yuen-Killick (translator), Anastasia Wessex (illustrator)

5 out of 5 stars

A little mouse tries to find the perfect gift for their mother. They roll a pine cone to their home, but all the pine nuts fall out. They pick a beautiful flower, but the petals fall off. They bring a lovely bird’s feather, but the wind blows it away. Finally, the little mouse thinks they have found the perfect gift, but their mother reminds them that the best gift of all is the family love that they share.

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