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Author: Mem Fox (on JOMB) Illustrator: Pamela Lofts (on JOMB) Published: 2005 Harcourt (on JOMB) ISBN: 9780152163181 Amidst mauve and pink Australian sunsets, this lyrically told and beautifully illustrated tale reminds us of the underrated pleasures of simply loving. Other books mentioned: Elizabeti’s Doll 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: Christine Ford (on JOMB) & Trish Holland (on JOMB) Illustrator: David Diaz (on JOMB) Published: 2009 Golden Books (on JOMB) ISBN: 978-0-375-84752-3 Warmth and well being radiate from stylized Inuit seascapes and gently lapping prose in this soothing bedtime confirmation of safety, connectedness and parental love. More bedtime reading on JOMB: I Need My Monster Go to Bed, Monster! Darkness Slipped In But If They Do… Pop over to Crossover 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: 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: Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen (on JOMB) Illustrator: Christy Hale (on JOMB) Published: 1998 Lee & Low Books (on JOMB) ISBN: 1584300817 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Earthy tones and textiles of Tanzania softly serve warm embraces and learned love in this beautiful tale of motherhood mimicry and the joy of nurturing. 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: Samantha Vamos (on JOMB) Illustrator: Santiago Cohen (on JOMB) Published: 2009 Viking (on JOMB) ISBN: 0670063010 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Generously speckled with spanish phrases and illustrated in homey hot oranges, pinks and golds, this intimate account of a family s industrious wait for a new baby radiates pure joy. HOTLINE VOICES: A young reviewer tells us about her favourite book, The Borrowers (by Mary Norton) 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: 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.

Author: Rafe Martin (on JOMB) Illustrator: Kimberly Bulcken Root (on JOMB) Published: 2001 Penguin (on JOMB) ISBN: 0142500852 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Zest for life, heaps of books and double twists that tingle time after time, this newfangled fairy tale serves a thrilling mix of stormy seas, storytelling, romance and strong-willed women. More Valentine s Day reading on JOMB The Frog Prince Continued Falling For Rapunzel Cinderella Skeleton Mummy Never Told Me Taj Mahal Such A Prince Yuck. A Love Story The Penderwicks On Gardam Street The Hound from the Pound Victor and Christabel The Twelve Dancing Princesses You can find more books about books, reading and language on JOMB here. HOTLINE VOICES: Author and New York Times columnist, Mike Winerip explains why Stargirl (by Jerry Spinelli) is one of his current favourite books. 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: Shirley Hughes (on JOMB) Illustrator: Shirley Hughes Published: 2003 Simon ll all be watching this weekend, understands that we really don t want everything we want. More from the Jazz Era on JOMB: When Louis Armstrong Taught Me Scat Piano Starts Here: The Young Art Tatum Ben’s Trumpet Jazz ABZ (An A to Z Collection of Jazz Portraits) HOTLINE VOICES: Thanks to Maddy Lau of Styling with Renee Michelle shares her memories of The Little Prince (by Antoine de Saint Exupéry). 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: Jon Scieszka (on JOMB) Illustrator: Steve Johnson (on JOMB) Published: 1991 Penguin (on JOMB) ISBN: 014054285X Chapters.ca Amazon.com Delightfully flippant dialogue and dark, stylized illustrations laced with familiar, fun-to-find details take us on a hilarious journey through the forest of fairy tales in this quest for missing marital bliss. More fairy tales gone wild and fun with the familiar on JOMB: And the DISH Ran Away with the SPOON Badness for Beginners Bantam of the Opera Bill in a China Shop Cinderella Skeleton Falling For Rapunzel Monster Goose Oops! Petite Rouge, A Cajun Red Riding Hood Rumplestilskin’s Daughter Science Verse Such A Prince Swine Lake The Crow The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza The Three Fishing Brothers Gruff The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig Wait! No Paint! HOTLINE VOICES: Paul Muller talks about passing along his enjoyment of Pickle Things (by Marc Brown), a book from his childhood, to his own son. 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: Leah Wilcox (on JOMB) Illustrator: Lydia Monks (on JOMB) Published: 2005 Penguin (on JOMB) ISBN: 0142403997 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Sweet, silly collage and guess-the-next-gag rhyme turn the traditional tale of tossed tresses into a merry carousel of misunderstanding and matchmaking. More romantic reading on JOMB: Cinderella Skeleton Taj Mahal Such A Prince Yuck. A Love Story The Penderwicks On Gardam Street The Hound from the Pound Victor and Christabel The Twelve Dancing Princesses You will find the soon to be launched Kid City NY blog here. HOTLINE VOICES: Julie Wilson is reunited with a childhood favourite, The Adventures of Super Pickle (no longer in print) after nearly thirty years. 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. Pop over to Adventures in Daily Living for today’s full menu of poetry offerings. Poetry Fridays are brought to us by Kelly Herold of Big A, Little A.

Author: Jeanne Birdsall (on JOMB) Published: 2008 Knopf Books (on JOMB) ISBN: 0375840907 Chapters.ca Amazon.com No wizards, no potty-talk, no cell phones, no cynicism just four smart sisters, their dad, their schemes, their dog, their neighbours, their ideas and interactions yet our girls squealed, shrieked, jumped up and jabbered after almost every sentence. I m not sure what it is, but The Penderwicks on Gardam Street has it. HOTLINE VOICES: A listener calls in to breath more magic into Tyrannosaurus Was a Beast (by Jack Prelutsky and Arnold Lobel). Related book, Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp (by Carol Diggory Shields and Scott Nash). 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: Cynthia Rylant (on JOMB) Illustrator: Lauren Stringer (on JOMB) Published: 2008 Harcourt (on JOMB) ISBN: 0152053034 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Welcoming snowscapes, glowing orange coziness and carefully, crafted verse capture our very personal yet wonderfully universal relationship with snow in this exquisite reflection on the fleeting sweetness of life. More wintry reading on JOMB: Snowsong Whistling The Snow Show — with Chef Kelvin Treasure for Lunch The Lamp, the Ice and the Boat Called Fish The Magic Hockey Stick Irving and Muktuk: Two Bad Bears Cuddly Dudley Wenceslas HOTLINE VOICES: Blogger and soon to be published children s book author Candace Ryan shares a creative review (with a Thanksgiving twist) of Blue Hat, Green Hat (by Sandra Boynton). 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. Welcome to Just One More Book!! If you’re a newcomer to our website or are unfamiliar with audio podcasts and how the Just One More Book!! audio programs promote children’s books, the people that create them and a general love of reading, you may find this video to be a helpful on-ramp to becoming part of the Just One More Book!! community. Click here to view the embedded video.

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.

Author: Dan Bar-el (on JOMB) Illustrator: John Manders (on JOMB) Published: 2007 Clarion Books (on JOMB) ISBN: 0618714685 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Tabloid-style coverage, Looney-Toonesque illustrations and the feisty narration of a bohemian godmother transform the traditional tending of a love-sick princess into a comical read-again caper. Other books mentioned: Stories at the Door The Three May Peaches