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It's NOT Little Red Riding Hood and Where's Our Library - Perfect Picture Book Friday #PPBF
A quick aside. The winner of the giveaway of Beth Anderson's "Smelly" Kelly and His Super Senses is: Patricia Tilton Now onto the #PPBF...
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The Picture Book Buzz - Interview with Josh Funk
Josh grew up in New England and studied Computer Science in school. Today, he still lives in New England and when not writing Java code
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The Picture Book Buzz - Special Interview with Edwardian Taylor
You may have heard some internet rumblings about a new picture book It's Not Jack and the Beanstalk. Well, I do think it is a really fun...
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It's Not Jack and the Beanstalk - Perfect Picture Book Friday #PPBF
How come fairy tale characters are so naive? But what if they weren't? Wouldn't it be more interesting if they were more realistic, even...