Read Up! 3 Nonfiction Picture Books for Animal Lovers

I've got three here to share either on the lap or in a storytime; see what you think!

Every Day Birds
Amy Ludwig VanDerwater & Dylan Metrano
Metrano's large, bold cut-paper illustrations really catch the eye, and VanDerwater's sparse, lightly-rhyming text leaves plenty of room for the listener & reader to discuss whether they've seen each bird.  At the end of the book, for those with a more advanced attention span, all of the illustrations reappear in thumbnail form, along with a full paragraph of detail about each bird.

Fabulous Frogs
Martin Jenkins & Tim Hopgood
Hopgood's mixed-media illustrations are attention-grabbers for sure, starting out with the Goliath frog, which is 2-pages huge!  We get to see an amazing (okay, "fabulous") variety of frogs from around the world, with simple text printed large & bold, and more detailed information in a smaller font down below.  I love books that can work at multiple levels like this.  At the end of the book, the creators provide a simple index, recommended resources for further information--and even more wonderful frog pictures!

Giant Pop-Out Ocean
(Chronicle Books, no author/photographer information provided)
Kids in preschool & above will love knowing the answers to the guessing-game questions in this book ("I have a hard shell, and you'll find me in tide ppols.  My pincers help protect me.  What am I?"), and everyone will love the big, colorful photographs that unfurl as the answers.  I'm not sure what "I can even balance a ball on my nose" is doing on a spread that is supposed to be about wild dolphins, though!

Check out these books, and let me know what you think!  Do you have any favorite nonfiction picture books about wildlife, or favorite books of any kind about anything else?  Let me know!  See more of my suggestions at Read Up!

Storyteller John Weaver



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Read Up! Dogs at Bedtime

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Goodnight, Good Dog
Mary Lyn Ray & Rebecca Malone
This is a quiet book, quiet like the night.  Bedtime has come, but the dog isn't sleepy.  He's still thinking about his wonderful day in the sun with his family.  He's not ready for bed; he's ready for a new day to begin.  This seems like a very calming bedtime book, to help the people sharing it reflect upon their day, and think a bit about the next one.

Time for Bed, Fred
Yasmeen Ismail
While the dog in Goodnight, Good Dog quietly roams the house for a bit while his family sleeps, Fred is actively, disruptively, joyfully fighting against bedtime.  He's trying to squeeze in as much remaining action from the day as he can, before he is forced to go to bed.  It is probably those 26 pages of activity that finally tired him out!  I love the funny situations and the beautiful, action-loaded watercolor illustrations.

Have you read these books?  What do you think?  If you have any other favorite books to share, I'd love to hear about them!

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-- Storyteller John Weaver



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READ UP!

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Say Hello!
Linda Davick
This book's official summary puts it very nicely: "...the world would be a lot more fun if hellos were shared." The rhyming text offers a wealth of different ways to give a friendly greeting: "With a hug.  With a shake.  With a Curtsy.  With a Cake."  I love the letter in the mail going to Uncle Wally on Sea Lion Drive in Pacifica!  The huge pictures of smiling faces, the abundance of white space surrounding them, the simple ideas offered one-per-page: all of these things pull in the adult reader & children, inviting them to take time to think & talk about each possibility, and to brainstorm a few other ways to offer hellos, and kindness.

Puddles
Jonathan London & G. Brian Karas
Here, a brother & sister take great joy in exploring the post-rainstorm world of their own yard & neighborhood, filled as it is with frogs, worms, mud, tiny rivers, and (of course) puddles!  Is Mom's order to not get wet one that is even possible to follow?  I love the sense of adventure here, and the opening to discuss that adventure, and the post-rain world, with young co-readers.

Have you read these books?  What do you think?  If you have any other favorite books to share, I'd love to hear about them!

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-- Storyteller John Weaver

Read Up! Charming Animal Edition

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Betty Goes Bananas
Steve Antony
Betty is a baby gorilla, and she loves bananas.  When she is unable to open one by herself, things get out of hand: she cries, sniffles, kicks & screams, until she finally calms down.  In fact, it seems as if Betty is always crying, sniffling, kicking & screaming. Toddlers & preschoolers with whom I've shared this amusing, colorful book always seem to think Betty is overreacting, and needs to calm down.

Froodle
Antoinette Portis
From the author of two of my favorite books (Not a Box & Not a Stick) comes this imaginative story of a little brown bird that would not say "peep."  "Froodle sproodle," "tiffle biffle," sure, but just no more "peep."  Such nonsense upsets the other birds--especially crow.  The children taking this story in, though, always find it hilarious.  Plenty of fun playing with sounds.

Big and Small
Elizabeth Bennett & Jane Chapman
Big is a bear and Small is a mouse, but that is neither here nor there.  Big is big, and Small is small.  Sometimes Small needs help.  But sometimes, Big needs help, too.  A sweet tale of friendship, empathy, and the power of all sizes.

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Read Up! A book with no pictures, and a story with no words

I like these two as a set: one with no pictures, the other with no words!

The Book with No Pictures

B.J. Novak
At a family storytime, when I announced that the book had no pictures, kids whined.  Once I'd finished reading it, those same children begged for me to read it again.  And that is all I have to say about that.

The Boy & the Book (A Wordless Story)
David Michael Slater & Bob Kolar
A boy walks into the library unsupervised (his mother was there; she just wasn't supervising him), and he gets down to business, terrorizing the books.  This is a book to talk about together (since there are no words to read), perhaps gasping and shaking heads together, commiserating over the way these poor books get treated.

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Read Up!

Two new books I think you may like--get out your library card & check them out!

Hiccupotamus

By Steve Smallman & Ada Grey

I started chanting & tapping to this book’s text nearly from the first line.  One by one, the jungle creatures gather to form a beautiful beat, with each animal making its own unique contribution.  The illustrations are colorful and simple, with beautiful textures, and before you've ventured very far into the book, you may already be feeling the urge to read it twice in a row!  Especially great for toddlers.

By Mouse and Frog

Deborah Freedman

Mouse wakes up early one day, eager to write a story.  When Mouse’s friend Frog shows up, though, Mouse’s plans go awry.  Having two authors really changes a story! The way these two create is in the style of Harold and the Purple Crayon, with the characters becoming immersed in a world of their own creation as they are creating it.  Somewhere in this busy little tale is a little lesson in cooperation, but never mind that!  Especially great for preschoolers & early elementary.

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Read Up: Four for fun

Pull out your library card & reserve these four new books from some favorite authors & illustrators of mine!

Sam & Dave Dig a Hole
Mac Barnett & Jon Klassen
It's a new book from the team who brought us Extra Yarn!
THIS yarn is about a pair of boys who dig a hole--a really deep hole.  They vow not to stop digging until they find something spectacular, and as the readers, we get to see how close they keep coming.  The end of this book kind of blew my mind.

Lola Plants a Garden
Anna McQuinn & Rosalind Beardshaw
I love Lola, and am always happy to see a new adventure with her.  This time, she's got some gardening to do--and of course, she wants to do some research with some library books, first!  Lola's is a family who loves to read.

If You Were a Dog
Jamie A. Swenson & Chris Raschka
What would you do if you were a dog...or a fish...or an insect...or a dinosaur?  The language of the book tickles the ears, while encouraging children to think about what makes them unique as people.

Where is the Rocket?
Harriet Ziefert & Borroux
This book is full of big words--well, big font--and a big space adventure! Borroux's bold collages grab the eye, while Ziefert explores concepts of place: over, under, around & through--and beyond!


Check these books out! Have fun with them, & let me know what you think. Do you have any favorite books about digging , or dogs, or gardening--or whatever? Please let me know!

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Read Up! Shh! We Have a Plan, by Chris Haughton

I love this new book.  It's gotten a lot of laughs every time I've shared it at storytime, and I think you may like it a lot, too!

Chris Haughton's whimsical, collage-style illustrations (actually rendered digitally) are what drew me into this book about four little friends who I think may be up way past their bedtimes. When they see a beautiful bird, the littlest one of them all seems to want to make friends with it--but judging by the nets, I think the others have something different in mind.  They have a plan.  Check this out, and have fun reading aloud in whatever silly little voice comes into your head!  

Check this book out! Have fun with it, & let me know what you think. Do you have any favorite books about friends, or birds, or the night--or whatever? Please let me know! 

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Read Up! A fun trio

I've just met these fun characters recently, and I want to make sure you don't miss out!  All feature fun illustrations, and quite a lot to talk about & explore when sharing with the children in your life.




A Monkey Among Us
Dave Horowitz
"Among us?" a child in the group asked the first time I shared this book.  "Yes," I said, "among us!  Here with us!  Somewhere between us--it's among us!"  The book does more than possibly introduce challenging new vocab; it also plays with sounds ("A monkey among a fungus. A monkey, HUMONGOUS"), and lets us get to know a trio of silly animal characters.  I like the collage-style drawings, and the many opportunities to laugh & discuss the increasingly-wacky proceedings.




Early Bird
Toni Yuly
Many parents may be able to recognize this early bird, who wakes up before the sun, raring to go.  Early Bird gets moving, too: across, through, under, up, around and over!  This all happens over the course of several pages, but it's fun to go back and retrace her movements, emphasizing those prepositions.  Of course, the real conversation-starter is when Early Bird meets the Early Worm!



I Can See Just Fine
Eric Barclay
Our first image of Paige shows her holding a book upside-down; the second catches her walking out of the boys' room.  You can imagine what animal she's holding when she announces to her dad that she's found a kitty.  The charm & humor of this book are shouldered almost entirely by Barclay's super-cool retro advertising-art style, which packs in treats on every page.  It may be a book to make kids feel better if they need glasses, but it's a cool sight for anyone.

Check out these books, and let me know what you think!  Do you have any favorite books about monkeys, birds, glasses--or anything else?  Let me know about it, so I can read up!

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Read Up: Moo!

Better mooo outta the way!

A cow spots a car in her grazing space, and just like that, everything is mooving at a fast pace!

What a book!  David LaRochelle and Mike Wohnoutka manage to tell an engaging, action-packed tale in just a few pages, and just about one word.  

Is "moo" a word?

We've had a lot of fun at storytimes discussing what is happening, so there is absolutely no lack of language and thought involved in processing this hilarious story.  Pick it up, share it, and talk about it--and be sure to moo along!

Check this book out! Have fun with it, & let me know what you think. Do you have any favorite books about cows, or cars--or whatever? Please let me know! 

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Time for another small handful of books for you to check out.  The only connecting thread here is that I happen to like them all!

The Princess and the Packet of Frozen Peas
Tony Wilson & Sue deGennaro

Princesses aren't all they're cracked up to be, but real girls--and frozen peas--sure are cool!  That's the premise of this twist on a "once upon a time" classic, and I sure agree!  The prince in this story: his brother married the "pea princess."  His sister-in-law helped him decide something very important: "...he didn't want to marry a real princess...he wanted to marry the exact opposite.  She didn't have to be beautiful or sensitive.  She just had to like hockey and camping and have a nice smile."  So, do you love this book yet?


Why?
Lila Prap

This is a nonfiction book about animals, and what I really like about it is the fact it can be read at two levels.  The first is the silly joke book that asks questions like, "Why do snakes have legs," and then responds to itself with silly answers like, "because they'd hate cutting their toenails."  The second level of this book is the more detailed, true, explanations to all of the questions.  They're more suited to one-on-one reading, or classroom sharing, than the large preschool storytime groups I often face during my book sharing--but this book is up to satisfy whatever group it can!




Not Me!
Nicola Killen

We're not talking about movies here, but whenever I hear anyone talking about a movie, and they call it "cute," I know that means it is not GOOD.  Well, here we have a very cute book--that I think also happens to be good.  My own rule of thumb has me questioning my judgement, though--so maybe you'd better have a look for yourself!  What I like is all of the clues that children can take in to decide whether the characters of the book are as innocent as they proclaim to be; also, the surprise ending wins me over.  Like I say, see for yourself & tell me what you think.  Maybe it's good, but not at all cute...

Check these books out! Have fun with them, & let me know what you think. Do you have any favorite books about princesses, or animals, or too-cute kids--or whatever? Please let me know! 

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Storyteller John Weaver

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Read Up! A pair of silly animal tales

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Ribbit!
Rodrigo Folgueira & Poly Bernatene

The frogs are quite surprised to find a pig on their lily pad--a pig that says, "ribbit!"  What is it doing there?  Is it making fun of them?  Pretty soon, all of the animals are trying to figure out the pig, and you can sense their disappointment when the object of their attention disappears. I love the ending of this book, wherein all things become clear.



Hippospotamus
Jeanne Willis & Tony Ross

"Hippopotamus had a spotamus... on her bottomus."  Oh, my--do we really want to read this?  We DO!  So many diagnoses: is it hippopox, or hippolumps, or potomumps--or something else entirely?  When the answer finally comes, you may not be sure whether you are relieved or about to retch. Better re-read the book until you finally figure it out!  I was kind of sick of all of the cutesy rhyming, but the ending makes it very much worth multiple readings.

Check these books out! Have fun with them, & let me know what you think. Do you have any favorite books about frogs, or pigs, or hippos, or mysterious red spots--or whatever? Please let me know! 

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Storyteller John Weaver

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Read Up! Four for Fun

From Except If, by Jim Averbeck

When it rains, it pours: my latest load of reading contained a bunch of keepers, and I thought I'd share a few right now!

Shoes for Me!

Sue Fliess & Mike Laughead

An adorable little girl (hippo) has outgrown her shoes, so it's time to go shopping for a new pair.  The store has all kinds of shoes, and this girl is ready to try on every single pair--even if it takes all week!  The art is charming, and the rhymes achieve a chant-like pattern that draws in the reader almost as much as all of the amazing shoes.






Except If
Jim Averbeck
"An egg is not a baby bird, but it it will become one.  EXCEPT IF..." it becomes something else!  We don't meet all of the creatures that hatch from eggs in this short & simple book, but we do meet a few--and we learn not to always assume the egg will hatch to reveal a bird!  The book is circular, meaning it ends where it begins--but not in such a way to make you groan, I promise.  Share this with your favorite dinosaur lover.





I Dare You Not to Yawn
Hélène Boudreau & Serge Bloch
When I saw this book laying on my desk, I couldn't not pick it up.  It wasn't just the audacious dare; it was the bold, colorful & sassy art, another throwback to the 1950s-era UPA cartoons whose style always pulled me in.  Just look at the profile views of yawning creatures inside, their heads gaping open as if hinged in the back!  The idea of the book is that a boy is warning the reader that if a grownup sees them yawning, the next step for them is going to be pajamas & bed.  The challenge of the book is getting through it without yawning; I am yawning repeatedly as 
I write this!


A Gold Star for Zog
Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler
The team who brought us The Gruffalo have another great one with this rhyming story for anyone who loves dragons, knights & princesses!  Zog the dragon tries to do well in Dragon School, but he does get a fair amount of help along the way. It seems things turn out best for everyone after they all learn to follow their hearts & their dreams.

Check these books out! Have fun with them, & let me know what you think. Do you have any favorite books about dragons, or bedtime, or shoes--or whatever? Please let me know! 

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Storyteller John Weaver

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Read Up! Five More, Full of Fun

One of Christian Robinson's wonderful collages from Rain.

I really love today's batch of books; they are fun-fun-fun, but each with valuable concepts to share & practice (in addition, I mean, to the most important one: READING IS FUN).  I've kept these around for a few weeks, sharing them at any storytime I could, and knowing they would be welcomed back during repeat readings. Check these out!

Chicken, Chicken, Duck!

Nadia Krilanovich

This is a sort of a chant, with (almost) nothing but animal animal names & sounds.  Try reading this slowly, letting the little ones help you name the animals & make the sounds--and then when you get to the quacker, yell out, "DUCK!"  So simple, so fun.

Up, Tall and High!

Ethan  Long

The moment I caught a glimpse of Long's colorful birds on the cover, I knew I had to read this book!  In three very short stories, with an economy of words, the feathered friends demonstrate how tall they are, & how high they can fly (or not)--with some flap-up-or-down pages along the way to add silly fun to the proceedings.  For younger kids, this is a chance to play with vocabulary & opposites; for all ages, this is a whole lot of smiles & surprises!

Rain

Linda Ashman & Christian Robinson

Herein lays the chronicle of a run-in between a happy young boy & a grumpy old man.  

Which mood will win out?  Christian Robinson's artwork, a mix of collage and paint, is beautiful, evoking in many ways the work of Ezra Jack Keats. As I do with Keats's work, I find myself staring at each image, studying the construction of the many wonderful layers.  When you read this book together, discuss the details--not just of the art, but of the attitudes of the characters, and how they change.

Stuck 

Oliver Jeffers

Hey, this is the second "Read Up" in a row featuring a book by Oliver Jeffers!  Stuck begins with a kite getting stuck in a tree, and doesn't end before there's just no room up there for more.  Floyd, the kite flyer, does have some good ideas for how to get the tree down: a ladder, for instance, seems just the right choice.  Too bad that instead of leaning the thing against the tree & climbing up, he throws the ladder up at the kite!  The story gives children (and adults) the opportunity to predict what may happen next, and talk about what Floyd should have done at each turn!

My Little Sister Ate One Hare

Bill Grossman & Kevin Hawkes

"Gross-man" is right, in this long-time favorite of mine--and one perhaps best left for ages 5 & up (school-ages absolutely love it; eat it up, you may say).  The first page of text will give you a pretty good idea of what's to come:

My little sister ate 1 hare.

We thought she'd throw up then and there.

But she didn't.

Plenty of delicious rhyming as we count all the way up to 10 peas:

But eating healthy foods like these

Makes my sister sick, I guess.

Much fun comes in chanting repeated phrases together, and in guessing what's, um, up next.

Check these books out! Have fun with them, & let me know what you think. Do you have any favorite books about animal sounds, or kite flying, or healthy eating--or whatever? Please let me know! 

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Author Spotlight: Dan Yaccarino

 

I've enjoyed the work of prolific author/illustrator Dan Yaccarino for many years now.  His colorful, painted art often captures the look of mid-20th-century advertising art, and is always fun & eye-catching.  The art is enough to draw me into not only his own books, but those he has illustrated for other authors (all of whom owe him a debt of gratitude).  From the simplest of picture books for the youngest children, to beginner chapter books for independent readers, Yaccarino has a lot of creativity to share.  Here are just a handful of my favorites to get you started:


 

An Octopus Followed Me Home
When a little girl comes home with a new eight-legged friend, her father has to remind her of the troubles visited upon him by the rest of her menagerie. The rhyming couplets & big paintings of a funny range of beasts make this a very fun read.





 
The Birthday Fish
Another book about a little girl & her potential new pet.  Cynthia really, really, really wants a pony. "Every year she put a pony on her Christmas list.  But no matter how good she was, she never got a pony."  When her birthday comes, Cynthia thinks surely the box from her parents must contain "a very small pony!"  Can she learn to accept her birthday fish?



Deep in the Jungle
"The lion was the king of this jungle and he made sure everyone knew it... The animals couldn't stand him one bit."  When a man found wandering through the jungle offers the lion a job in show business, the offer is snapped right up.  Unfortunately, the lion finds itself, caged, whipped & humiliated in a circus--and worse yet, the other jungle animals are being rounded up, as well!  Will the lion be able to win the animals their freedom--and itself their friendship?  Comeuppance can be hard to swallow--or not!

 

Boy + Bot
Written by Ame Dyckman, & illustrated by Yaccarino, this simple, fun story of a new friendship always has children & adults in storytime groups smiling.  Did you know that robots read to each other, too?  Of course, they read instruction manuals...






Doug Unplugged
Freshly-published (February 2013), this book shows a happy little robot boy who is plugged in for downloading each day so his parents can go about their business.  When something outside the window catches his eye, Doug unplugs and ends up discovering an amazing world!  I've enjoyed reading this to storytime audiences in which the adults are too plugged in to enjoy the events along with their children.  For a few moments, at least, this grabs the attention of some of them.



If you'd like to get a look at more of Dan Yaccarino's books, visit his website.  There are even movie-trailer style book preview films! Do YOU have any favorite books by Dan Yaccarino--or anyone else, for that matter?  Please tell me about them!  Also, please spread the word about these great books, check them out, and read up!

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Read Up! And be Yourself.

In my most recent "Read Up" entry, I shared a fun book with a them of individuality, and said I'd be sharing my ideas of other books that would go well together for a "same" theme.  Well, here they are, starting with the book a repeat of what I wrote about that jumping-off book from the last-time around!




The Hueys in The New Sweater Oliver Jeffers
 "The thing about the Hueys...was that they were all the same."  All the same until one of them--Rupert--knitted himself a sweater; now he was different.  Before long, everyone would be different--in the exact same way!  It's fun to see the lightbulbs go on over many kids' heads as I share this one. At a recent storytime, I paired this book with Extra Yarn, due to the link of new sweaters popping up everywhere. 

 

The Sneetches and Other Stories
Dr. Seuss The Sneetches have a VERY class-conscious society.  The Star-Bellied Sneetches, of course, think they are the best--leaving the non-starred as easy victims to a new huckster in town.  Before long, though, everyone's out a lot of money!  They eventually do learn a lesson, though, and there's plenty of Seuss rhyme along the way!













The Big Orange Splot by Daniel Pinkwater
and 
The Araboolies of Liberty Street by Sam Swope & Barry Root
I love to read these two together whenever I can!  Both begin in neighborhoods where the houses all look all the same--and when the bland uniformity is threatened, H.O.A. behavior is launched!  I love the dreaminess of Pinkwater's version, and the many opportunities to yell out "I'll call in the army" from the Swope & Root work!

 It's Okay to Be Different
Todd Parr
In a world where people are singled out for ridicule for their differences, we need more creators like Todd Parr.  The wide range of cheerful, colorful differences illustrated here can launch a parent/teacher & child off in all of the other, wonderful ways people can be different.

I'm not sure about the whole "eating macaroni & cheese in the bathtub," though.

 A Penguin's Story
Antoinette Portis
Edna the penguins world is nothing but black, white, & blue--and she knows there must be something different out there.  Edna eventually finds a little color, and it brings excitement to the entire community!  One reaches the end of the book sensing that the penguins' adventure is only just starting.

Yoko
Rosemary Wells
It's a widely-held belief that children are afraid to taste new foods.  Well, their parents are horribly fearful, too!  When Yoko is teased for bringing sushi to school, grown-ups in the storytime audience will often smile & say, "sushi is so good!  I love sushi!"  Okay, smugsters--but would you try natto?  Two things: 1) don't be afraid to try new things, and never say "yuck" about something you've never even tried; 2) if you don't like it, try it again sometime!  But in the meantime, be respectful toward people who do like it.  For instance, I hate macaroni & cheese mixes, but I try not to make a face around people who seem to love the stuff.  I do need to work harder at my poker face, but I do try.  Usually.



Check these books out! Have fun with them, & let me know what you think. Do you have any favorite books about individuality, or trying new things--or whatever? Please let me know!

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