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Out Today! Trees: A Rooted History by Piotr Socha and Wojciech Grajkowski
In Trees: A Rooted History, the illustrations on each page are so carefully and delicately crafted that they give us a transcendent-like visual experience that evokes a sense of wonder and awe. I...
Seven Ways to Trick a Troll by Author Lise Lunge-Larsen and Artist Kari Vick
“To defeat a troll, you must draw on the very best of your humanity: you must have courage, patience, intelligence, kindness, the ability to work with others, and plenty of Moxie.” -Lise L...
Anna and Johanna: A Children’s Book Inspired by Jan Verme...n by Géraldine Elschner and Illustrated by Florence Kœnig
What if there was more to Vermeer’s paintings? What if there were stories that we didn’t know about the people he painted? What if there were secrets? Connections? Incredible events and coin...
Little Rabbit’s Questions – 小兔子的问题 – by Dayong Gan and translated by Helen Wang
Little Rabbit’s Questions — with its black-and-white ink illustrations and elegant touches of blues, reds, and yellows — is a stunning picture book with new takes on classic themes of g...
BRAVE by Stacy McAnulty and Illustrated by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff
“Brave kids can save the world. Just by being…brave.” Have you read Brave yet? If not, you need to. It’s an amazing picture book. With it’s powerful, direct text, and bold, bright i...
Who Was That? by Olivier Tallec
In Who Was That? readers learn that they are not as observant as they think they are, but that won’t stop them from laughing about it. In asking us questions about what we’ve just seen, this...
https://thepicturebookreview.com/2018/03/09/who-was-that-by-olivier-tallec/
Petra by Marianna Coppo
Is Petra a mountain? A pebble? An egg? An island? Or a child’s pet rock? Well, whatever Petra is, she knows that she is going to be amazing and that with each new day and each new phase in her...
https://thepicturebookreview.com/2018/02/21/petra-by-marianna-coppo/
Rot, the Cutest in the World! by Ben Clanton
Released out into the world yesterday – Rot, the Cutest in the World! is a picture book about a mutant potato entering a cuteness contest. It expertly touches on themes of beauty, high self-c...
https://thepicturebookreview.com/2017/12/20/rot-the-cutest-in-the-world-by-ben-clanton/
Small Walt – by Elizabeth Verdick and Marc Rosenthal
In this enchantingly illustrated and uplifting story, we cheer for a small snowplow as he goes out in a big snow storm and surmounts even bigger challenges. Expert storytelling combined with a p...
https://thepicturebookreview.com/2017/11/27/small-walt-by-elizabeth-verdick-and-marc-rosenthal/
Little Mouse Finds a Friend by Jeni Leidenfrost and Jessica Linn Evans
Here’s a sweet picture book about a small mouse that finds and adopts a caterpillar as a pet. Little Mouse Finds a Friend‘s characters are charming, it is beautifully illustrated, and the f...