Category: Modern Books
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Bear Has a Story to Tell
Before we leave Bear 🐻 Week behind for the weekend, we’ve got one last story to tell and it’s not really our story at all. It comes straight from the bear 🐻 himself in Bear Has a Story to Tell. This is a story about memory loss and friendships that can help get us back…
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A Visitor for Bear
What happens when a recluse is bombarded by someone who just won’t go away? In some ways, I think we’ve all become a little secluded since the pandemic began and we’ve forgotten how to communicate with people in person and we’ve forgotten the joy of a friend who can put up with us and teach…
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Ish
Ish was a favorite to read during my first grade teacher days. I remember being a kid and wondering why my pictures weren’t turning out as beautifully as the art I admired. I admit it stopped me from drawing or painting as much as I wanted. This is a story about a boy who loves…
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Baby’s First Eames
Welcome to Art 🎨 Week! I’m Lulu and this is my art book, Baby’s First Eames, The ABC’S of Modern Architecture and Design. I really love it. It makes me very contemplative. It’s like I’m ready to go to a museum and be quiet now. Some of the architecture reminds me of my house and…
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Chalk
We’re spending our #shelfcare Saturday with cousins and chalk, (the book and the art medium). Chalk by Bill Thomson is a wordless book that plays on the imagination and risk involved in being a child. The story line is clear and would be a great way to get your kid talking and telling stories. The…
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Tiny T. Rex
Are you a hugger? Our T Rex gives the best hugs and so we are excited to share an inside look at his brain with Tiny T. Rex and the Impossible Hug! 🦖 Whenever T hears me crying, he runs to me to give me a hug and say, “It’s okay, mom!” But what if…
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Grandpa Green
I went to see my dad’s headstone at the Military Cemetery this weekend. He is buried amongst some of our greatest heroes. I think he fits right in. My dad worked construction in Vietnam as the war was ending. He cleaned up from the damage. He did not die in combat, and today is a…
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Wave
The ocean 🌊 is in my blood. So my dad told me. It was in his and he gave that blood to me and now I give it to T Rex and Lulu. That is this book. An heirloom of playful passion for the ocean and life. It is written for the artist 🎨 Suzy…
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Journey
My pick of the week is also the pick of my life. If there ever was a book to describe me best, it’s this right here. Journey, by Aaron Becker Lonely and adventurous, the girl in this story discovers the secret to vibrant adventure. The illustrations are just that, vibrant and adventurous. There is nothing…
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Arlo and the Great Big Cover-Up
Arlo and the Great Big Cover-up has been a helpful little parable for us as our T Rex is starting to experience consequences for his various choices in life. It never feels good to have to live through a consequence, but when you simultaneously know the unconditional love of your parents, all fear is gone.…
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