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One Winter Up North by John Owen

victor September 10, 2022 July 19, 2022Children / Fiction Sharon Brunner 0

Review by Sharon Brunner John Owens shared an enchanting story One Winter Up North about a family’s winter adventure in northern Minnesota at the Boundary Waters area. The story is told by captivating illustrations. The family first travels to the location where they set up camp. A father, mother, and…

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A Mouse Tail on Mackinac Island by Summer Porter and Maggie Chambers

victor June 5, 2022 November 12, 2022Children / Fiction Mackinac Island, Maggie Chambers, Summer Porter 0

Review by Sharon Brunner In the book  A Mouse Tail on Mackinac Island written by Summer Porter a family of mice travels to Mackinac Island in search of a new home. Father Mouse is known for his love of cheese. Mother Mouse wore a white apron and sings lullabies. Max…

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Dance Your Dance, Sing Your Song, a True Story By Dorothy Paad

victor April 15, 2022 March 25, 2022Children / Fiction Donna Winters, Dorothy Paad 0

Review by Donna Winters Dance Your Dance, Sing Your Song, a True Story By Dorothy Paad with Heather Picotte, illustrated by Matthew Forgrave. It was the first day of orientation at Northern Michigan University and it was a total zoo. With those words, Dorothy Paad opens Dance Your Dance, Sing…

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A Halloween Scare in Michigan By Eric James, illustrated by Marina Le Ray

victor March 20, 2022 February 2, 2022Children / Fiction Deborah K. Frontiera 0

Review by Deborah K. Frontiera On the first read, A Halloween Scare in Michigan is a cute, rhymed with good rhythm children’s picture book aimed at the four-to-eight-year-old set. It has that sing-song type rhyme that kids love and rolls off the tongue with ease. Not all rhymed books achieve…

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Nils by By Ingri and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire

victor May 10, 2021 February 9, 2021Children / Fiction Deborah K. Frontiera, UMN Press 0

Review by Deborah K. Frontiera Even though this children’s picture book was originally published in 1946, this new edition of the original still has a great message for children today. Nils, a first generation American whose parents immigrated from Norway, receives a handmade pair of socks from his grandmother who…

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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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