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Simply 7 with Vikram Madan: BEWARE THE DRAGON & THE NOZZLEWOCK

March 27, 2025March 22, 2025 / jenabenton / 3 Comments

I think today’s book may be the first poetry graphic novel that I’ve ever seen. Yay for poetry in more genres!

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Simply 7 with Brooke Hartman: CUTE ANIMALS THAT COULD KILL YOU DEAD

March 26, 2025March 22, 2025 / jenabenton / 4 Comments

You know when you see a book that’s a game changer for an author you’ve been following? Well, I’m convinced that THIS is that book for Brooke.

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Simply 7 with Jenna Beatrice: ANNABELLE & THE SPAGHETTI-CONFETTI SURPRISE

March 25, 2025March 22, 2025 / jenabenton / 5 Comments

I’m a great organizer and when things don’t go according to plan, it can sometimes throw me under the bus. However, I’ve never seen chaos like that in today’s picture book!

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Simply 7 with Drew Beckmeyer: STALACTITE & STALAGMITE

March 21, 2025March 5, 2025 / jenabenton / 3 Comments

If you are a fan of funny and irreverent stories that are also somehow deeply insightful, then today’s picture book is for you.

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Giveaway winner!

March 20, 2025March 19, 2025 / jenabenton / 4 Comments

It’s time to announce another giveaway winner!

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Simply 7 with Rebecca Gugger & Simon Rothlisberger: A CHEST FULL OF WORDS

March 19, 2025March 18, 2025 / jenabenton / 3 Comments

Today’s picture book was originally published in Switzerland!

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Simply 7 with Stacy McAnulty: ARE WE THERE YET?

March 18, 2025March 2, 2025 / jenabenton / 1 Comment

If you loved AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS, wait until you read today’s picture book based on the real first cross country road trip.

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Simply 7 with Sandra Salsbury: THE BABY WHO STAYED AWAKE FOREVER

March 11, 2025March 2, 2025 / jenabenton / 7 Comments

We all know someone with a newborn baby that doesn’t sleep. That’s what makes today’s picture book SO funny (and seriously, how has no one thought of this before??).

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Simply 7 with Terry Pierce & Nadja Sarell & Giveaway: WE LEAVE NO TRACE!

March 6, 2025March 2, 2025 / jenabenton / 2 Comments

Today’s interview comes with a giveaway that will have to run a tiny bit longer than usual (as I will be traveling next week).

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Simply 7 with Joyce Uglow: STUCK!

March 4, 2025March 2, 2025 / jenabenton / 14 Comments

Have you ever been minding your own business and suddenly realized you were stuck? You would if you were one of the many flora and fauna to fall into the La Brea Tar Pits!

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