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Loretta: Ace Pinky Scout – Keith Graves

Loretta was an absolutely perfect Pinky Scout, just like all the women in the family before her. A gallery of portraits hung in her home, each showing an ancestral perfect Pinky scout. Her Gran was the most perfect of them all, and Loretta wanted to be like her in every way. She worked extra hard to keep her uniform spotless, and her tea parties were exquisite. Her dental hygiene was beyond compare, and she had the Pinky Scout manual memorized. She could lift weights, and every single Thursday, she saved the world. She had every badge you could earn, except … Continue reading →

The Toughest Cowboy (or, How the Wild West was Tamed) – John Frank

A former Children’s Book-of-the-Month Club main selection, “The Toughest Cowboy” tells us the story of Grizz Brickbottom, the toughest cowboy to ever ride a range. He drank a bottle of Tabasco sauce every day and flossed his teeth with barbed wire, that’s how tough he was. One night after a long day on the trail, Grizz decided he was lonely, and would like a dog. He told his compadres it was time to get some new company. They took exception to that – did he really think a dog was better than them? Well, a dog wouldn’t pick his nose, … Continue reading →

Dear Bunny: a bunny love story – Michaela Morgan

There’s nothing in this world worse than unrequited love – unless it’s unrequited bunny love. That’s the saddest thing of all. Our main characters are Valentino and Valenteeny – called Tino and Teeny for short. They are bunny rabbits, and they live near each other, each in their own little burrow. Only a stream separates them. Every so often, they would look over at each other with lots of admiration, but they were too shy to actually go over and talk. One day Tino had the idea that he would write a letter to Teeny and put it in the … Continue reading →

That’s What You Get! — Rick Walton

This children’s picture book is a great combination of funny words and hysterical pictures. I laughed out loud as I reached the last page – I think it’s important that the parent enjoy reading the book as much as the child enjoys listening to it. Our main character is a rather accident-prone little boy who just keeps making mistakes. His mother has a sense of humor, thank goodness, otherwise he’d never survive childhood. We begin with the lad falling on his head when he got out of bed. His mother tells him that’s what he gets for sleeping in a … Continue reading →

Jennifer Jones Won’t Leave Me Alone – Frieda Wishinsky

Ah, unrequited love! The stuff of which songs, movies, plays, and now children’s picture books are made of! In “Jennifer Jones Won’t Leave Me Alone,” we hear the lament of our main character, a little boy who sits next to Jennifer in school. She’s totally obsessed! She’s constantly expressing her love, calls him “dear,” she writes him love poems that are decorated with red heart stickers, and what’s worse is that all the kids in school are teasing him about it. He’s completely embarrassed but she won’t cut it out. He starts to fantasize. What if Jennifer moved to the … Continue reading →