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Author: Abigail Yasgur s Alphabet Soup for today’s full menu of poetry offerings. Poetry Fridays are brought to us by Kelly Herold of Big A, Little A. We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487, so we can include your audio in our show.

Author: Idries Shah (on JOMB) Illustrator: Natasha Delmar (on JOMB) Published: 2006 Hoopoe Books (on JOMB) ISBN: 1883536421 This delicately illustrated tale of travel and tragedy reminds us that today s disaster just might be a necessary step towards the ultimate attainment of our heart s desire. Other books mentioned: The Farmer s Wife The Clever Boy and the Terrible, Dangerous Animal More middle eastern reading on JOMB: Silent Music (A Story of Baghdad) Night of the Moon: A Muslim Holiday Story 52 Days by Camel My Friend Jamal The Butter Man Lugalbanda: The Boy Who Got Caught Up In The War The Rich Man and the Parrot Sanji and the Baker Interview with Suzan Nadimi We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487, so we can include your audio in our show

Author: Paul Fleischman (on JOMB) Illustrator: David Roberts (on JOMB) Published: 2009 Candlewick Press (on JOMB) ISBN: 0763624985 Clean lines, comical details and snappy, generous first person narration sweep us into this suspenseful tale of strategy, solidarity and overlooked superpowers. Other books mentioned: Iggy Peck, Architect The Mysterious Benedict Society Miss Nelson is Missing More independent thinkers on JOMB: Willow Odd Velvet Suki’s Kimono Ruby’s Wish Getting to Know Ruben Plotnick Silly Tilly more here. We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487, so we can include your audio in our show.

Author: Bob Graham (on JOMB) Illustrator: Bob Graham Published: 2008 Candlewick Press (on JOMB) ISBN: 0763639036 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Airy illustrations and sparse poetic prose paint a poignant picture of hope, help and healing in this unspoken invitation to dare to care. Other books mentioned: “Let’s Get a Pup!” said Kate Michael Rosen’s Sad Book Dreams of flying on JOMB: Fly, Eagle, Fly I Can Hear the Sun Falling Angels Tudley Didn’t Know Six weeks ago yesterday, in Woodstock, Ontario, eight year old Victoria Stafford  finished her school day then disappeared.  As the days turned to weeks, Canadians coast to coast came to know Victoria and her family as we watched mother Tara McDonald s daily efforts to keep the search for her daughter fresh in our minds.  This despite mounting public criticism and suspicion of Tara herself. Yesterday, we learned of Tori s tragic fate and of her mother s innocence. This episode of Just One More Book! is dedicated to little Tori Stafford, with heartfelt hopes for the healing of those she left behind.

Author: Caren McCormack (on JOMB) Illustrator: Martha Avilés (on JOMB) Published: 2009 Marshall Cavendish (on JOMB) ISBN: 0761454675 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Earth toned preparations and pastel pomp treat us to a slightly slighted little sibling s view of what seems like a very cool coming of age tradition. Other books mentioned: The Lime Green Secret Jamela’s Dress The Fisherman and the Turtle We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487, so we can include your audio in our show.

Author: P.J. Bracegirdle (on JOMB) Published: 2008 McElderry Books (on JOMB) ISBN: 1416934162 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Hard-core horror meets sumptuous simile in this gripping exploration of siblinghood, self-destruction and sanitized sameness. We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487.

Author: Laura Langston (on JOMB) Illustrator: Lindsey Gardiner (on JOMB) Published: 2004 Random House (on JOMB) ISBN: 0099443880 Chapters.ca bn.com Happily sloppy artwork and perfectly picked words and pace present the first-person ponderings of a young girl as her once spunky grandmother slips into forgetfulness in this sweet, sad tale of coping and compassion. More grandmothers on JOMB: The Grandmother Doll Getting to Know Ruben Plotnick When-I-Was-a-Little-Girl The Gardener The Lotus Seed Snow Sourpuss and Sweetie Pie Treasure For Lunch Falling Angels The Clay Ladies Healing the Wounds of World War II A Gift For Gita Carmine, A Little More Red Petite Rouge, A Cajun Red Riding Hood Grandma’s Feather Bed Bintou’s Braids Seven Brave Women Suki’s Kimono The Not-So-Only Child A Very Unusual Dog Aunt Claire’s Yellow Beehive Hair Mama’s Saris Mr. Hiroshi’s Garden I Am Small Before You Were Here, Mi Amor The Party We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487.

Author: Maxine Trottier (on JOMB) Illustrator: Paul Morin (on JOMB) Published: 1999 Fitzhenry and Whiteside (on JOMB) ISBN: 1550051520 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Dazzling light glows against darkening shadow as this warmly told memory of friendship and fortitude peeks into a dim chapter in Canadian history. Other books mentioned: Gleam and Glow Naomi s Tree Naomi s Road Baseball Saved Us For more information about the Japanese Internment of 1942-1945, visit Vanishing British Columbia, Canada: A People s History, and Canadian Nikkei. You can read about more of our favourite Canadian, Asian-themed children’s books in this essay by Andrea at Paper Tigers. We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487.

Author: Eva Ibbotson (on JOMB) Published: 2002 Penguin (on JOMB) ISBN: 033039715X Chapters.ca Amazon.com Today, our 9 year old daughter, Lucy, tells us why she absolutely adores this beautifully written and inspiring Amazon adventure. Click here to listen to our chat with Eva Ibbotson on her 83rd birthday. Other beloved books by Eva Ibbotson: Which Witch? The Great Ghost Rescue The Secret of Platform 13 The Star of Kazan The Beasts of Clawstone Castle Dial-a-Ghost Island of the Aunts (a.k.a. Monster Mission) Click here for other Eva Ibbotson book reviews by Lucy and click here to see the postcard Eva sent to Lucy and Bayla earlier this year in response to their 84th birthday cards. LISTENER HOTLINE: Chuck Stanley enjoys sharing his childhood love of Fox in Socks (by Dr. Seuss) with his own children. We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487.

Author: Amanda Noll (on JOMB) Illustrator: Howard McWilliam (on JOMB) Published: 2009 Flashlight Press (on JOMB) ISBN: 0979974623 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Masterfully lit fisheyed views, fur, fangs, claws and interesting perspectives make seven monsters just scary enough to spotlight the spunk of the picky, pajamaed lad who screens them. More bedtime emboldening on JOMB: Go to Bed, Monster! Darkness Slipped In But If They Do… HOTLINE VOICES: Joe, a bartender at Northern Bowl in Philadelphia, escapes doing an encore dramatic reading of his childhood favourite, Greeen Eggs and Ham (by Dr. Seuss). We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline,

Author: Troy Wilson (on JOMB) Illustrator: Dean Griffiths (on JOMB) Published: 2004 Orca Book Publishers (on JOMB) ISBN: 1551434350 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Mark and I clearly had a tough time packing all our love for this fabulously inspiring and entertaining book into a coherent chat, so I definitely can t pack it into one sentence. How about this? If you are a parent or a teacher or a writer or a child, if you ve had the gift of an extraordinary educator, if you ve ever felt small, if you re prepared to have your heart swell with hope or you d just enjoy a good laugh, get your hands on a copy of this unpredictable, heart-warming super-hero tale and then rise to its challenges to live life, exercise your strengths and recognize greatness in yourself and others. Looking for more inspiring teachers in children s books? Check out 100 Cool Teachers in Children s Literature on A Year of Reading (thanks to Franki, Mary Lee and to Tricia for the reminder). HOTLINE VOICES: Mark corners April Harkinson at the PodCamp Philly Bowling Event and learns that her favourite children s books are the Berenstain Bears Series (by Stan and Jan Berenstain). We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487.

Author: Jane Goodall (on JOMB) Illustrator: Julie Litty (on JOMB) Published: 1999 North-South Books (on JOMB) ISBN: 0735818681 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Gentle, realistic illustrations and intriguing text tell the true tale of an adorable stray dog that restored health to critically ill children in a London hospital and hope to those who cared for them. You can take a closer look at our long awaited (and long resisted) new family member, Phaedra, here. Working dogs on JOMB: How Smudge Came Rosie: A Visiting Dog’s Story Heroes of Isle aux Morts More dogs on JOMB: Doggie in the Window Owney the Mail-Pouch Pooch Night Running: How James Escaped with the Help of His Faithful Dog Stella, Unleashed! Little Lions, Bull Baiters s books here. HOTLINE VOICES: Katrina Morse of FamilyReading.com explains how one of her favourite books, the 1948 classic Blueberries for Sal (by Robert McCloskey), shows that children can have more common sense than grown-ups. We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487.

Author: Rosalind Allchin (on JOMB) Illustrator: Rosalind Allchin Published: 2001 KidsCan Press (on JOMB) ISBN: 1553375262 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Happy Valentine s Day! Even the most wonderful romance can come with the challenge of fitting in with in-laws. This fabulously illustrated twist on The Frog Prince treats us to an entertaining string of slip-ups and scandals as a starry-eyed frog samples life in the Royal Family. More frogs on JOMB: The Frog Prince Continued Two Frogs HOTLINE VOICES: Karen Alonge s Valentines contribution is about a mysterious love letter with a twist in Somebody Loves You Mr. Hatch (by Eileen Spinelli and Paul Yalowitz). We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487. So, what are your favourite renditions of The Frog Prince? Leave us a message in the comments, below.

Authors: Jonathan Baillie (on JOMB) and Marilyn Baillie (on JOMB) Published: 2008 Maple Tree Press (on JOMB) ISBN: 1897349335 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Fabulous photos of scarce, strange and, often, sweet-looking animals and intimate glimpses of the young scientists who are working to save them make this exciting look at work of the Zoological Society of London s EDGE of Existence Program an engaging introduction to the science of conservation. HOTLINE VOICES: Mrs. Incredible talks about the poetic devotion she and her three year-old son share for A Light in the Attic (by Shel Silverstein). We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487.

Author: Jeanne Willis (on JOMB) Illustrator: Tony Ross (on JOMB) Published: 2008 Andersen Press (on JOMB) ISBN: 1842706594 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Comedic visual details and snappy, cumulative verse remind us that cunning and co-operation can t compensate for a grossly underestimated opponent in this hilarious account of six scrawny cavemen and their quest for Ice Age tourtière. Other books mentioned: Dr. Xargle’s Book of Earth Hounds The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza And, what do you know, it s the exact same story as our Just One More Book! theme song Woolly Mammoth , compliments of Robert Farrell.

Author: Amy Krouse Rosenthal (on JOMB) Illustrator: Jane Dyer (on JOMB) Published: 2006 Harper Collins (on JOMB) ISBN: 006058081X Chapters.ca Amazon.com Sweet, silly, scrumptious little scenarios sneakily cement understanding of twenty-two slippery social concepts in this clever and captivating conversation-starter. More recipes for happiness on JOMB: Some Helpful Tips for a Better World and a Happier Life Do Unto Otters Lady Lupin’s Book of Etiquette HOTLINE VOICES: Baked goods are mightier than the sword in Jonny Goldstein s favourite, The Apple Strudel Soldier (by Tom McGowen and John E. Johnson). We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave us a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487.

Author: Oliver Jeffers (on JOMB) Illustrator: Oliver Jeffers Published: 2007 Harper Collins (on JOMB) ISBN: 0007182325 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Cheery, matter-of-fact narration and gorgeous fridge-door worthy art give us a mind s eye view of one whopping lunar adventure in this beautiful tale of space travel, spunk and solidarity. HOTLINE VOICES: Victoria Long fondly remembers her mother reading If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (by Laura Joffe Numeroff and Felicia Bond) to her. We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave us a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487.

Author: Jan West-Schrock (on JOMB) Illustrator: Aileen Darragh (on JOMB) Published: 2008 Tilbury House Publishers (on JOMB) ISBN: 0884483010 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Friendly, conversational narrative and breezy humour-splashed illustrations take us from the book-triggered birth of the goat-giving idea, through brainstorming, planning, implementation, bookkeeping and celebration in this inspiring, true tale of fifth graders who decided to make a difference. Other books mentioned: Beatrice s Goat The Goat Lady Ordinary Mary’s Extraordinary Deed Organizations mentioned: Heifer International Project Tembo (Tanzania Education and Micro-Business Opportunity) You can learn more about books that help children see the power and possibility of relatively small, tangible gestures, by listening to (or reading) Andrea s contribution to Vivian Vasquez s CLIP Podcast, here. HOTLINE VOICES: Daniel Johnson Jr. (blog and podcast) and his daughter, Keisha, help make it a great day by sharing one of their favourite books, Judy Blume s Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great. We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave us a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487.

Author: Harriet Ziefert (on JOMB) Illustrator: Anita Lobel (on JOMB) Published: 1986 Dragonfly Books (on JOMB) ISBN: 0394898613 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Soothing images and clear, generous text allow us to follow the year-long creation of an overdue winter coat in this true tale of patience, resourcefulness and the quiet optimism of a community emerging from war. Other books mentioned: The Cello of Mr. O Looking for a lighter look at lamb-based clothing? Read Amos’s Sweater. HOTMAIL VOICES: Author, illustrator, designer Peggy Collins shares her enthusiasm for Too Many Toys by David Shannon. We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave us a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487.

Author: Marianna Mayer (on JOMB) Illustrator: K. Y. Craft (on JOMB) Published: 1994 Harper Collins (on JOMB) ISBN: 0688085008 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Dark, detailed and delightfully distasteful, this splendid version of the gruesome Russian Cinderella folktale has thrilled and enthralled our girls for years. More Hallowe’en and October reading on JOMB: Rattlebone Rock Oh No, Not Ghosts Cinderella Skeleton The Ghost of Nicholas Greebe One Witch Cat Magic Halloween Hoots and Howls Snowsong Whistling Pumpkin Soup Have a Happy Hallowe en!! HOTLINE VOICES: Thanks to author Valerie Hobbs for telling us about one of her childhood favourites, The Owl and the Pussycat. We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave us a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487.