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September 11, 2019

REVIEW: Llamas With Lemonade by Ariana Koultourides

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsanimals / children's fiction / childrens-books / learning / picture books / reading2 Comments

Recommended Read

Get ready to jump rope with jaguars and sip lemonade with llamas. Introducing a delightful animal-themed ABC book that will have toddlers and parents grinning from A to Z. In addition to helping with letter recognition, Llamas With Lemonade introduces toddlers to uppercase and lowercase letters, and to alliteration. The ... more >

September 11, 2019

REVIEW: Little Concepts: A is for Apricat by Mauro Gatti

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsanimals / children's fiction / childrens-books / learning / picture books3 Comments

Recommended Read

Learn the ABCs through cute, quirky mash-ups of animals and food, from Apricat to Zebrussels Sprout! A is for Apricat is a fun, creative way for kids to learn their ABCs. Combining photos of fresh fruits and vegetables with cute illustrations of animals, illustrator Mauro Gatti has created a whole ... more >

August 28, 2015

Friday News: new words, benefits of bedtime reading, book babies, and the “Lord of the Books”

JanetPublishing Newsauthors / Books / Columbia / dictionary / learning / Libraries / OED / reading / science of reading2 Comments

From mic drops to manspreading: an Oxford Dictionaries update -Well, it’s that time again – new words have been added to the Oxford Dictionaries, including the OED. There are some pretty good ones this year, depending on your definition of good. Manspreading might be my favorite, although butt-dial is pretty ... more >

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November 3, 2014

Monday News: Digital books and learning, reading strategies, Pew’s online harassment research, and advertising at Dear Author

JanetPublishing NewsAdvertising / Ebooks / formatting / harassment / interpretation / learning / Literary Criticism / poetry / reading / social media11 Comments

Ebooks suck for learning – Baldur Bjarnason has written a relatively short but pithy post that brought to mind those articles claiming that digital books are making us stupid, blah blah blah. Bjarnason focuses on the way physical books are formatted to cue us in directions that allow us to ... more >

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