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Bolstered by Zorgamazoo: An unusual post
Today was a tough day. But spending the evening reading aloud Zorgamazoo, Robert Paul Weston‘s incredibly uplifting, completely rhyming adventure novel, has actually whisked me away from the torment of...
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2008-09 Cybils Winner: Nic Bishop’s Frogs
Author: Nic Bishop (on JOMB) Illustrator: Nic Bishop Published: 2008 Scholastic (on JOMB) ISBN: 0439877555 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Don’t judge this Cybils 2008-2009 NonFiction Picture Book category...
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Rhyme Is The New Prose: Zorgamazoo (A Novel in Rhyme)
Author: Robert Paul Weston (on JOMB) Illustrator: Victor Rivas (on JOMB) Published: 2008 RazorBill (on JOMB) ISBN: 1595141995 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Two hundred and eighty three pages of flawless rhyme...
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Get the Super-Sonic Scoop: Astronaut Handbook
Author: Meghan McCarthy (on JOMB) Illustrator: Meghan McCarthy Published: 2008 Knopf Books (on JOMB) ISBN: 0375844597 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Starring pop-eyed recruits and friendly second-person...
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Much More Than Meets the Eye: Perfect Man
Author: Troy Wilson (on JOMB) Illustrator: Dean Griffiths (on JOMB) Published: 2004 Orca Book Publishers (on JOMB) ISBN: 1551434350 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Mark and I clearly had a tough time packing...
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Trapped Air Trickiness: Bubble Homes and Fish Farts
Author: Fiona Bayrock (on JOMB) Illustrator: Carolyn Conahan (on JOMB) Published: 2009 Charlesbridge (on JOMB) ISBN: 1570916705 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Quick! What’s used for communication,...
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Traits, Stains & Self-Restraint: The Lime Green Secret
Author: Georgia Graham (on JOMB) Illustrator: Georgia Graham Published: 2009 Tundra Books (on JOMB) ISBN: 0887768415 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Offbeat chalk pastel illustrations and delicious defiance are...
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Of Comfort and Coping: Michael Rosen’s Sad Book
Author: Michael Rosen (on JOMB) Illustrator: Quentin Blake (on JOMB) Published: 2008 Candlewick Press (on JOMB) ISBN: 0763641049 Chapters.ca Amazon.com This beautifully honest confession of the ups,...
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Flow and Freedom: Journey to the River Sea
Author: Eva Ibbotson (on JOMB) Published: 2002 Penguin (on JOMB) ISBN: 033039715X Chapters.ca Amazon.com Today, our 9 year old daughter, Lucy, tells us why she absolutely adores this beautifully...
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Thinking Big, Beautifully: I Am Small
Author: Sheree Fitch (on JOMB) Illustrator: Kim LaFave (on JOMB) Published: 1994 Doubleday Canada (on JOMB) ISBN: 0385254555 “My eyes belong only to me, they tell me I’m me and nobody else. But if I...
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Cultivating Hope: Mr. Hiroshi’s Garden
Author: Maxine Trottier (on JOMB) Illustrator: Paul Morin (on JOMB) Published: 1999 Fitzhenry and Whiteside (on JOMB) ISBN: 1550051520 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Dazzling light glows against darkening...
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Swamps, Chainsaws & Solipsism: Fiendish Deeds (The Joy of Spooking)
Author: P.J. Bracegirdle (on JOMB) Published: 2008 McElderry Books (on JOMB) ISBN: 1416934162 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Hard-core horror meets sumptuous simile in this gripping exploration of siblinghood,...
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Noticing and Nurturing Each Other: How to Heal a Broken Wing
Author: Bob Graham (on JOMB) Illustrator: Bob Graham Published: 2008 Candlewick Press (on JOMB) ISBN: 0763639036 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Airy illustrations and sparse poetic prose paint a poignant...
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Our Love of Reading Gallery Grows
As we prepared to celebrate the second anniversary of the Just One More Book!! children’s book podcast, we invited illustrators to submit original artwork for our Love of Reading Gallery. This week,...
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BookCamp Toronto: Let the Wild Rumpus Begin!
If you’re participating at BookCamp Toronto this weekend, be sure to say “Hi!” to Just One More Book’s Mark Blevis… Just look for the tall, handsome guy in the Wild Rumpus shirt!
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Globe-Trotting Gastronomy: The King’s Taster
Author: Kenneth Oppel (on JOMB) Illustrators: Steve Johnson (on JOMB) & Lou Fancher (on JOMB) Published: 2009 Harper Collins (on JOMB) ISBN: 0060753722 Dexterous textile, text and recipe clipping...
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Let Your Hair Down: Max Said “Yes!” (The Woodstock Story)
Author: Abigail Yasgur & Joseph Lipner Illustrator: Barbara Mendes (on JOMB) Published: 2009 Change The Universe Press ISBN: 9780615211442 Exuberant, edge-to-edge illustrations and simple rhyme...
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True Love: Hunwick’s Egg
Author: Mem Fox (on JOMB) Illustrator: Pamela Lofts (on JOMB) Published: 2005 Harcourt (on JOMB) ISBN: 9780152163181 Amidst mauve and pink Australian sunsets, this lyrically told and beautifully...
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The Bliss of Forgiveness: New Year at the Pier (A Rosh Hashanah Story)
Author: April Halprin Wayland (on JOMB) Illustrator: Stéphane Jorisch (on JOMB) Published: 2009 Dial Books (on JOMB) ISBN: 9780803732797 Crisp salt air and sunshine breeze from airy, upbeat...
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Ruff Rhyme: Hairy Maclary’s Caterwaul Caper
Author: Lynley Dodd (on JOMB) Illustrator: Lynley Dodd Published: 1987 Tricycle Press (on JOMB) ISBN: 9781582463070 Six bark-along pooches, homey illustrations and spirited verse — what youngster could...
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Dimple-matic Immunity: I Always, Always Get My Way
Author: Thad Krasnesky (on JOMB) Illustrator: David Parkins (on JOMB) Published: 2009 Flashlight Press (on JOMB) ISBN: 9780979974649 Cute only gets you so far in the real world. Capturing the glee of...
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Big Ideas for Little Kids: We’re on the Dust Jacket
On February 5, 2007, we published episode 94 of Just One More Book!! It was a chat with Professor Thomas Wartenberg about the often overlooked philosophical concerns of young children, the deep...
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Are You Serious??? Flabby Cat and Slobby Dog
Author: Jeanne Willis (on JOMB) Illustrator: Tony Ross (on JOMB) Published: 2009 Andersen Press (on JOMB) ISBN: 9780761351511 Unrealistically scrawny pop culture ideals, issues of acceptance and fears...
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Worth A Thousand Words: It’s A Snap! George Eastman’s First Photograph
Author: Monica Kulling (on JOMB) Illustrator: Bill Slavin Published: 2009 Tundra Books (on JOMB) ISBN: 9780887768811 Rome wasn’t built in a day and neither was the compact camera. This sprightly tale...
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A Capital Lament: The End of an Era
It’s Poetry Friday and, since I’ve been pushed beyond my limits by members of the book industry’s dark side, we present a poem I wrote back in the spring of 2005 to lament the loss of CBC Ottawa’s much...
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