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The Pout-Pout Fish Goes to School

July 7, 2014 by crayonsandcroissants

Our favorite little fish is ready for his first day of school in The Pout-Pout Fish Goes to School, the newest book in the Pout-Pout Fish series. Little M and I just love these books. We have followed pout-pout fish on his many adventures and have been eagerly awaiting this new title in the series from author Deborah Diesen. The book opens with Pout-Pout and his parents going to his new school. Mr. Fish is nervous about his first day, he doesn’t […]

Categories: Read • Tags: books, Children, Picture Book, School

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Picture Day Perfection – Book Review

October 8, 2013 by crayonsandcroissants

It’s picture day at school, but the day is anything but perfect in Picture Day Perfection, written by Deborah Diesen and illustrated by Dan Santat. This funny picture book, complete with vibrant images and hilarious “outtake photos” walks us through the narrator’s experience of picture day at his school. Despite his best intentions for a “perfect picture day” his plans are thwarted by everything from bedhead to a maple syrup incident to a paint splatter mess during art class! Of course, […]

Categories: Read • Tags: books, Children, Picture Book, School

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Gus, the Dinosaur Bus

August 23, 2013 by crayonsandcroissants

Children heading back to school will enjoy this lovely story about a dinosaur who serves as a city school bus! Gus, the Dinosaur Bus, written by Julia Liu and illustrated by Bei Lynn, is a sweet tale about a large, lumbering, green dinosaur with a very special job – as a school bus! Although the kids love having Gus as their bus (who wouldn’t love riding a dinosaur to school?), they quickly discover that a dinosaur might not be the […]

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