Day: October 4, 2019

Review: Jump! by Tatsuhide Matsuoka

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Jump! by Tatsuhide Matsuoka

Jump! by Tatsuhide Matsuoka (9781776572311)

Leap into this great board book for toddlers! On one page, the animal is sitting waiting to jump, then with the turn of the page the animal launches into the air. Each jump is accompanied with a merry and silly noise that is some version of “boing!” Sometimes there are additional syllables to create even more fun. The format turns the book lengthwise so that the animals can jump even higher. The illustrations are simple and joyous.

A delight of a board book sure to get everyone jumping. Appropriate for ages 1-3.

Reviewed from copy provided by Gecko Press.

News to Wake Your Brain Cells – Oct 4

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CHILDREN’S LITERATURE

9 children’s books about food and culture that are good enough to eat – Romper

2019 CBC Diversity Award Winners Announced – Publisher’s Weekly

David Baddiel: children’s fiction needs more wheelchair whizzkids – The Guardian

The Fallen Worlds of Philip Pullman – The New Yorker

Give kids good books and they’ll love reading forever – HuffPost

How Alex Rider Moved to the small screen as Sony Pictures Television takes out teen superspy drama to global buyers – Deadline

Kokila to publish ‘The Seed of Compassion,’ the first children’s book by The Dalai Lama – Forbes

Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad turns bullying experiences into new children’s book – WBUR

Parents who read to their child on a tablet end up having less interaction together, a new study finds – CNN

Pembrokeshire writer, Eloise Williams, is first Children’s Laureate Wales – Western Telegraph

Second Story Press Tackles Texts in Two Tongues – Publisher’s Weekly

Wonder author R.J. Palacio on making her graphic novel debut – Hollywood Reporter

Yes, I still read my 12-year-old children’s books – Yahoo! Lifestyle

LIBRARIES

Chicago to become largest U.S. public library system to go fine-free for overdue materials that get returned – Chicago Tribune

Why public libraries matter more than ever in the information age – Mercer Island Reporter

Why young learners don’t always go to libraries for books, and why that’s OK with librarians – WESA

READING

3 things parents should do to raise lifelong readers (besides bedtime stories) – Inc.

E-book or physical book? The answer may surprise you – CNBC

One-in-five Americans now listen to audiobooks – Pew Research Center Fact-Tank

Who doesn’t read books in America? – Pew Research Center Fact-Tank

YA LIT

5 Fall 2019 Bisexual Girl and Lesbian YA to Add to Your Queer TBR – Book Riot

The Best Young Adult Fantasy Novel of All Time – Forbes

Fall 2019 YA Books: 90+ October-December New Releases – Book Riot

Lev Grossman is adapting his short story “The Map of Tiny Perfect Things” into a movie – Tor.com

Rainbow Rowell’s ‘Wayward Son’ seeks peace on the road – NPR