Love Is All Around
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with your sweethearts by reading a Candlewick book!
Paul
Meets Bernadette
by Rosy Lamb
9780763661304 ∙ December 2013 ∙ Hardcover ∙ $14.00 ∙ 40 pages ∙ Ages 4-7
Paul is a fish who used to go around in circles.
What else was there to do? Until one day Bernadette drops in and shows
Paul that there is a whole world out there, right outside his bowl, with
so many things to see. Simple saturated paintings
play off this charming ode to an active imagination -- and the way that
life changes when a bewitching creature opens your eyes.
«“Lamb’s
delectable painting technique recalls that of confection-master Wayne
Thiebaud; her backdrops resemble buttercream frosting in turquoise, sky
blue, and lichen green, and
she lines the fishes’ domain with impasto brushstrokes of white,
yellow, and marine blue. Her sly approach to the way that love and
friendship can alter one’s very view of life welcomes repeat visits.” —
Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Dinosaur
Kisses by David Ezra Stein
9780763661045 ∙ August 2013 ∙ Hardcover ∙ $15.99 ∙ 32 pages ∙ Ages 2-5
For newly hatched dinosaur Dinah, the world is an
exciting place. There is so much to see and do. She tries this -- STOMP!
And she tries that --CHOMP! Then she sees a kiss and knows just what
she wants to try next. Who can she kiss? Young
children will chuckle and cheer when Dinah finds just the right
creature for her dinosaur kisses in this funny new picture book from
David Ezra Stein.
«“Kids
will plunge into the whomping and chomping with glee, and they’ll
understand a hero who means to be careful, but who ends up stomping all
over things anyway.” —
Publishers Weekly (starred review)
My Thoughts
Dinosaur kisses is a fun story about a newborn baby dinosaur. As soon as he emerges from his egg he goes off to explore and he stomps and chomps all over the place. When he sees two other animals kissing, he wants to do it too. But instead he just stomps and chomps on people, even accidentally eating one of the other animals. Eventually the other egg hatches and they are able to stomp, chomp and kiss together without anyone else getting hurt.
This story is cute and its beautifully illustrated, but I did find it somewhat lacking content wise. It was nice when the two baby dinosaurs had each other at the end, but my daughter actually got a little upset when he ate the lizard. If you have an oversensitive child, you might want to take that into consideration. It's still a fun book, just don't expect any educational value or life lessons to be learned from it.
Forever
by Emma Dodd
9780763671327 ∙ October 2013 ∙ Hardcover ∙ $12.99 ∙ 24 pages ∙ Ages 2-5 yrs
Love between parent and child lasts a lifetime;
this is the beautiful message in Emma Dodd’s Forever. Featuring
stunning, foil-embellished illustrations of a polar-bear family, this
book makes a handsome addition to any nursery bookshelf
and is the perfect read-aloud for parent-child bonding at bedtime.
«“Splashes
of bold color -- a vibrant blue sky, the northern lights -- punctuate
the wintry palette in this lovely bedtime read-aloud.” —
Publishers Weekly
©©©Hearts
by Thereza Rowe
9781935179597 ∙ January 2014 ∙ Hardcover ∙ $12.95 ∙ 32 pages ∙ Ages 4-8
When Penelope the Fox drops her heart into the sea,
she's swept off on a perilous journey. Young readers will fall in love
with Thereza Rowe's bold and playful designs. And as they follow
Penelope (and her heart!), they will learn what
is truly precious.
Never
Too Little To Love
by Jeanne Willis
9780763666569 ∙ December 2013 ∙ Hardcover ∙ $8.99 ∙ 32 pages ∙ 3 years and up
Tiny Too-Little loves someone who’s very, very
tall, and Tiny wants a kiss. What if he stands on his tiptoes on top of a
thimble? What if he stands on his tiptoes on top of a matchbox on top
of a thimble? Clever cut-away pages show Tiny’s
precarious pile growing higher and higher as this comical, cumulative
tale of a mouse in search of a kiss shows that you’re never too little
(or too big) to love.
«“As attractive as it is clever.” —
Booklist
One
or Two Things I Learned About Love
by Dyan Sheldon
9780763666651 ∙ December 2013 ∙ Hardcover ∙ $15.99 ∙ 304 pages ∙ 12 years and up
Hildy has only had two-and-a-half dates in her
whole life, and she isn’t counting the half. It’s starting to look as if
she’s never going to have a third date, or be kissed, or know a boy who
is more than just a friend. Then, on an ordinary
day, she meets Connor of the melt-that-ice-cap smile -- and a summer
that was going to be ordinary as toast turns into Hildy’s summer of
love. But love for Hildy is a little more complicated than the songs and
movies have led her to believe. It’s not so much
girl-meets-boy-and loses-her-heart as
boy-meets-girl-and-loses-his-mind. Part cautionary tale and part
romantic comedy, Dyan Sheldon’s wry, diary-style novel weighs in on all
ends of the relationship scale in a story of first love.
The
Crazy Things Girls Do For Love
by Dyan Sheldon
9780763664688 ∙ December 2013 ∙ Paperback ∙ $8.99 ∙ 352 pages ∙ 12 years and up
In a new comedy from the best-selling author of Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen,
three girls, two popular, one not, vie to out-green each other to snare
a boy. But could it be that Cody isn’t all he’s cracked up to be, and
that
saving the planet really is more important than impressing a boy? With
her trademark quick-fire wit, Dyan Sheldon shows just what girls will do
for love -- and what earth changing realizations they might have along
the way.
«“Falling
in love blends with saving the earth in Sheldon's latest novel, and
both dramas are passionate, urgent, transforming, and hilarious.” —
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