Forest fires can seem terrifying, but what happens after they are gone can be beautiful.
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Simply 7 with Kristi Mahoney: OWLS MAKE TERRIBLE TEACHERS
What if the substitute teacher was a literal owl?
Continue readingSimply 7 with Charlotte Offsay & Abi Cushman: THE QUIET OCEAN
When a pufferfish is in a playful mood, chaos ensues!
Continue readingSimply 7 with Emily Barth Isler and Vesper Stamper: THREE PIECES OF BROKEN GLASS
Color and light, glass and memory. These all collide in this picture book in the most beautiful of ways and provide a tiny shard of hope in the darkness.
Continue readingSimply 7 with Maggie Edkins Willis: LITTLE GHOST’S SUMMERWEEN
What’s a ghost’s birthday party supposed to look like?
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When a love of nature combines with poetry and photographs in these picture books, what do you get? Beauty that must be seen and read to be believed!
Continue readingSimply 7 with Nuria Figueras & Giveaway: THE VISIT
The first time you are old enough to be left home alone can feel both exciting and terrifying at the same time. But what if you have an unexpected guest knocking at the door?
Continue readingSimply 7 with Candace Spizzirri: FINLEY: A MOOSE IN CHARTREUSE
Remember Finley, the Alaskan Moose who wanted to ride the train? He’s back with more traveling adentures!
Continue readingSimply 7 with Christy Mihaly & Giveaway: MUSIC & SILENCE
I adore stringed instruments and the music they create. Imagine being able to play the most beautiful music in the world and refusing to do so because of war. That’s the amazing basis of today’s true nonfiction picture book biography.
Continue readingSimply 7 with Ann Koffsky: BLAZING HUMOR & WHAT EMMA WROTE
What do Mel Brooks and Emma Lazarus have in common? Read on to find out!
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