Full disclosure: I'm an utter Mies van Hout groupie! When I see her name on a cover, I barely need to open the book to know that I'll be getting some giddy glee. Uh-Oh Octopus! authors Elle van Lieshout & Erik van Os provide van Hout just...
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The son woke up blasting Pharrell Williams' "Happy" this morning which prompted me to exuberantly sing praises for this splendiferous book of the same title. Having only recently discovered Mies van Hout's newest Surprise, I'm quickly catching up with her earlier titles and goofily, gleefully adoring them all....
A baker's dozen of perfect active verbs, measured out sparingly just one at the time, culminating in a final two words together. Twelve dazzlingly expressive illustrations of different birds in various stages of anticipation (the adults) and growth (the chicks) on stark black backgrounds that make the...
