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Wooly and the Good Shepherd by Elizabeth Fust

victor November 28, 2020 November 28, 2020Children / Fiction Christmas, Elizabeth Fust 0

Christ Child Helps Calm an Anxious Lamb Review by Deborah K. Frontiera There are thousands, maybe millions, of “Christmas” books out there—but most of them focus on the secular aspects of the holiday, rather than Christmas as the birth of Jesus. Among the books with Jesus as the center, it’s…

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The Hungry Kitten’s Tale by Elizabeth Fust

victor April 1, 2020 October 8, 2020Children / Fiction Bible Stories, Elizabeth Fust 0

Lively Retelling of a Biblical Standard Review by Victor R. Volkman The Hungry Kitten’s Tale (Rivershore Books), written by Elizabeth Fust and illustrated by Mary MacArthur, is an imaginative fresh take on the old biblical story of the “loaves and the fishes” from the Gospel of Matthew.  In case you…

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Bim, Bam, Bop, and Oona by Briggs Martin

victor November 3, 2019 October 18, 2020Children / Fiction Briggs Martin, UMN Press 0

Children Can Appreciate Their Own Unique Talents Reviewed by Victor R. Volkman Jacqueline Briggs Martin’s Bim, Bam, Bop, and Oona (University of Minnesota Press, 2019) is a large-format, hardcover book lavishly illustrated by Larry Day. The seemingly nonsense words of the title are the character names of Indian Runner ducks…

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Great Odyssey with Louis and Louise by Stephen T. Schram

victor November 1, 2019 December 10, 2020Children / Fiction, Children / Science & Nature Stephen T. Schram 0

A Fish Story as Big as the Great Lakes Itself Review by Victor R. Volkman Parents and youth with a love for nature should check out A Great Lakes Odyssey with Louis and Louise by Stephen T. Schram (Orange Hat Publishing, 2018). Although this book is technically the second in…

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