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Board Book Reviews: Count on Me 123, and A Caravan of Camels

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Count On Me 123 by J.B. Frank

Count On Me 123
by J.B. Frank (Goodreads Author)
5 out of 5 stars

This board book explores the different types of people that you can always count on. Firefighters, doctors, teachers, grandparents, friends: all these people will be there to help you when you need them. We count down from 10 as the book shows us people working, teaching, and healing.

What a sweet book!!! It’s just so adorable and meaningful to hear about the sweet siblings helping each other, and the moms and dads taking care of their children. I think it’s cool that the book ends by saying that you can also count on yourself, and there is a little mirror on the last page.

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Board Book Review: Farm Train

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Farm Train by Susanna Covelli

Farm Train
by Susanna Covelli 
5 out of 5 stars

This board book folds out to be 56″ long! The reader learns the sounds for each animal on the train. There are sheep, bees, horses, cats, frogs, bunnies, and mice, and a bunch more! And of course, the farmer’s tractor pulls the train along and “goes vroom vroom.”

This is such a cute book! I just love the adorable illustrations and sweet animal characters. It’s colorful and full of interesting little details in the background of each scene.

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Spanish Books Giveaway!

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Don’t forget to enter the Spanish Candlewick Book Giveaway at Rafflecopter!
There are two different prize packs for board books and for picture books in Spanish!
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Picture Book Series Review: Giraffe and Bird

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Giraffe and Bird
by Rebecca Bender 
5 out of 5 stars

Giraffe can’t stand Bird, and Bird completely detests Giraffe. These two pester and annoy each other all day long! But when a big storm comes rolling in, they begin to miss the companionship they had in teasing each other. These frenemies might hassle each other, but deep down, they are truly good friends.

These picture books are all so cute! It’s funny to see how Giraffe and Bird play pranks on each other and annoy one another, but always in a good-natured way. The stories are silly, and I love the hilarious characters! It reminds me of the way that siblings will sometimes tease each other, but they really love each other underneath it all.

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Picture Book Review: Zee Grows A Tree

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Zee Grows a Tree by Elizabeth Rusch

Zee Grows a Tree
by Elizabeth Rusch (Goodreads Author), Will Hillenbrand (Illustrations)
5 out of 5 stars

Zee and her fir tree grow up at the same time. When Zee is born, her seedling tree is in a greenhouse nursery. When Zee goes to kindergarten, her fir tree is planted outdoors. As Zee grows up, she measures her height and the height of her little tree. When there is a drought, Zee does everything she can to help her tree survive. She waters it and builds a shelter around it, and even camps outside in a tent to be near her tree in the night. With special love and care, Zee’s tree recovers from the drought.

I loved that this book has the main story about Zee, and includes little side text on each page about Douglas fir trees and how they grow. I like that it doesn’t slow down the pace of the main story, but also gives such good information about trees and tree farming.

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Children’s Book Review: Bruno the Beekeeper

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Bruno the Beekeeper by Aneta Františka Holasová

Bruno the Beekeeper: A Honey Primer
by Aneta Františka Holasová
3 out of 5 stars

This book gives detailed information about how to care for your own beehive. It includes the lifecycles of worker bees, drones, and the queens. We learn how to harvest honey, how to use the wax to make candles, and how to keep bees happy and healthy all year round.

The book is very text-heavy in some places. It does not read like a children’s picture book, but more like a textbook. It’s very interesting and thorough, and I enjoyed learning all about beekeeping. However, I don’t think you could really use this book to start beekeeping on your own. It doesn’t always explain the exact details of how to do things.

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Picture Book Review: La Selva de Zonia

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La selva de Zonia by Juana Martinez-Neal

La selva de Zonia
by Juana Martinez-Neal (Goodreads Author)
4 out of 5 stars

Zonia oye que la selva amazónica la llama y ella responde. Ella explora la selva cada mañana. Visita a sus amigos animales favoritos, y dice -Bienvenidos- a todos los bebés animales nuevos. Pero un día ve árboles en la jungla que han sido talados. La selva la está llamando otra vez, y Zonia decide responder y hacer todo lo posible para proteger su hogar en la jungla.

Me encantaron las hermosas ilustraciones de este libro. Las escenas de la jungla son atractivos. El arte es suave y de colores brillantes, mostrando las sombras bajo los árboles y el pelaje y las plumas de los animales. Hay una escena en la que la madre de Zonia está amamantando a un bebé, y el arte es apropiado y encantador con toda la belleza de la vida familiar.

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Picture Book Review: Ventanas

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Ventanas by Julia Denos

Ventanas
by Julia Denos (Goodreads Author), E.B. Goodale (Goodreads Author) (illustrator)
5 out of 5 stars

Mientras caminas por la calle al anochecer, las ventanas son como pequeños dibujos de la vida. Las luces brillan desde algunas ventanas y otras son oscuras. Algunas ventanas muestran un abrazo, un piano, una fiesta o alguien comiendo su cena. Cada uno tiene una historia que contar. Pero la mejor ventana de todas es tu propia ventana cuando llegas a tu hogar.

Este libro me hizo sentir tanta curiosidad acerca de cada pequeña ventana. La gente ordinaria que hacen cosas ordinarias se volvieron interesantes y asombrosos. El texto tiene un encanto que realmente te atrae y hace que las cosas básicas parezcan espléndidas.

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