A Tale of Two Trees

By Lizs Book Snuggery | February 1, 2016 |

Little Tree By Loren Long     Loren Long’s Little Tree gave me a great idea for a “two fer” for young readers; back to back readings of two “tree” themed books. The first is Hans Christian Andersen’s classic, called The Fir Tree, and the second, is Loren Long’s Little Tree. Both are stories with…

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A True Friend Indeed

By Lizs Book Snuggery | October 3, 2014 |

Otis and the Scarecrow by Loren Long   What do we expect from our friends? It can lead to the question of what exactly IS friendship? It certainly does seem to involve expectations on both sides, right? But what if a small red and cream tractor could model to kids that it doesn’t ALWAYS have…

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Confronting One’s Fears with a Pal by Your Side!

By Lizs Book Snuggery | May 6, 2013

Otis and the Puppy By Loren Long   If your young readers are fans of the small red and beige tractor named Otis, you’re in for a treat with this newly released picture book called “Otis and the Puppy”. Loren Long, #1 New York Times Best Selling author of the Otis series that includes both…

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Celebrating the Art of the Picture Book

By Lizs Book Snuggery | November 14, 2011

Penguin Portfolio A Spotlight on Picture Books With recent articles causing a bit of a firestorm in the Young Readers’ world with the genre of picture books being touted as almost obsolete, unnecessary and about to be supplanted by chapter books, Penguin Young Readers Group has chosen to react to this perception in a very…

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