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Surf Princess
by Chelsea eberly
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Cute story

Noir Is The New Black
by Various
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Wonderfully illustrated and the stories are poignant and captivating.

You Can't Win Them All, Rainbow Fish
by Marcus Pfister
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We just read this book for the first time! The art style is gorgeous and the fairness lesson was great for Lura to listen to. Our little fishy baby loves ocean books!

The Very Hungry Caterpillar's First 100 Words / Primeras 100 Palabras
by Eric Carle
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LOVE THIS for little babies. This will be reread a couple times before we return it.

Brown bear brown bear
by Bill Martin
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Always a go to read

Batman Will Save the Day!
by A.E.Dingee
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My three year old is trying to read this with daddy every night.

Where Black Stars Rise
by Nadia Shammas
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On one hand, the art style and the colors of this book do a magical job of mirroring the fractured nature of the characters and their experiences, including with mental illness and separation. I also loved the characters and the concept. On the other hand...the pacing felt a bit all over the place, with some early sections feeling incredibly slow-paced, and much of the second half feeling rushed. I wish it had been longer, with more development of the journey at the center of the book, or else with more focus on that journey rather than on the build-up. It also has to be mentioned that the coloring of the print was a serious issue for me. Graphic novels can strain my eyes at the best of times, but there were a lot of choices here that made it worse than usual--yellowish-orange print on top of yellow background, black print on ink that's so dark it would stand in for black in another book (super-dark violet/blue), and dark grayish-lavender print on top of that same super-dark shading. This isn't to mention the sections of dialogue that were glossed over in a way that made them look somewhat faded (clearly a design choice and not a printing issue). All told, there were just far too many pages where I was struggling to read, even in good light, to the extent that I was taken completely out of the story. If I could figure out who made that choice, exactly, I'd probably avoid future works by them, though I don't think there's any way of telling in this case. All told, I'm not sure where to end up with it or whether to recommend it, much as I loved aspects of it. I think I'd certainly look into the writer's future works, but I'd probably glance through a print copy in the store before bringing it home. I think I'll do the same with future GNs from the publisher also, in case that's where the design issue stemmed from.

The Thank You Book
by Mo Willems Books
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Its the best book ever.

I Love You as BIG as FLORIDA
by Rose Rossner
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Super cute

Soft Targets
by Carson Winter
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This is unquestionably one of the darker books I've read, in mindset as well as action, and Winter's talent for bringing scenes and psychology to life makes it feel all the darker. Short as it is, I got a few chapters in and had to put it aside for a while, which rarely happens for me, but drifting into the mind of someone who'd commit gun violence of any sort--let alone like this--is a tough thing, and Winter does it horrifying justice. This read won't be for everyone, and I hazard to say that it would be dangerous in some people's hands, if they were in a particular mental state already--which I don't say lightly--but it's a reminder of the power of art to bring every facet of thought and reality to vivid life through the written word, and I applaud the publisher and writer for donating some of the proceeds of the book to Sandy Hook Promise. I'm not entirely sure this is a book I'm comfortable recommending to others, it's so dark, but it is the best I've read from Tenebrous Press, without a doubt.
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