Just One More Book!!

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Author: Eva Ibbotson (on JOMB)
Published: 2002 Penguin (on JOMB)
ISBN: 033039715X

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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.

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Mark was in Philadelphia last weekend to attend a conference called PodCamp Philly. The sessions focused on social media and podcasting.

After delivering a session, Mark was approached by Melissa Thiessen who told him about an exhibit of art and children’s books by Maurice Sendak.

So, on the Sunday, Mark and his three new friends piled into a car and hustled out to the Rosenbach Museum and Library where they raced through the exhibit in thirty-minutes during a break before rushing back in time to participate in a panel discussion.

This episode features a discussion among four people, connected by a love of children’s books, sharing what they learned and what they love most about Maurice Sendak and his books. Which just goes to show that, like pop culture discussions, children’s book discussions can take place anywhere; even in cars.

Conversation participants:

• Melissa Thiessen
• Gloria Bell
• Bill Rowland

Also on this edition, our listener hotline takes a call from Knoxville, Tennessee about the book Monster Mama (written by Liz Rosenberg and illustrated by Stephen Gammell). Thanks for calling!

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.

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Author: Bill Richardson
Illustrator: Marc Mongeau (on JOMB)
Published: 2003 Annick Press (on JOMB)
ISBN: 1550377868

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Toasty tones, a hint of terror and boisterous, confident rhyme make this gleeful triumph over imagined dangers a rowdy and reassuring bedtime read.

Other books mentioned:

• There Were Monkeys in my Kitchen

More bedtime and frights on JOMB:

• Oh No, Not Ghosts!
• Is a Worry Worrying You?
• Go to Bed, Monster!

Stay tuned at the end of this review for a special treat:
Author/Illustrator extraordinaire, Mo Willems, shares his thoughts on Dinosaur vs. Bedtime, a new book written and illustrated by Bob Shea.

Pop over to Biblio File for today’s full menu of poetry offerings. Poetry Fridays are brought to us by Kelly Herold of Big A, Little A.

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On this edition, we play one listener submitted review:

• The Penderwicks (by Jeanne Birdsall) reviewed by Jennifer

Other books mentioned:

• Little House on the Prairie
• Anne of Green Gables

Check out our lively coverage of the launch of Before Green Gables and 100 Years of Anne Shirley.

We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Send your MP3 recorded or type-written review in email to justonemorebook@gmail.com, or phone it in to our JOMB listener hotline (206-350-6487).

Need some inspiration? Give a listen to our other listener submitted review episodes here.

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On this edition, we play a listener submitted review from New Zealand and two that we recorded in the Rogers Television green room in Ottawa.

• Kate Redmond, Librarian at Sue Thomson-Casey Memorial Library (Westport, New Zealand), reviews Blanche and Rocky (by Stephen Gulbis)
• Tuuli Hannula, a PR professional, reviews Where the Wild Things Are (by Maurice Sendak)
• Erin Lannan, Producer of Rogers Daytime (Rogers Television, Ottawa), reviews The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairly Stupid Tales (by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith)

We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Send your MP3 recorded or type-written review in email to justonemorebook@gmail.com, or phone it in to our JOMB listener hotline (206-350-6487).

Need some inspiration? Give a listen to 23 previous listener submitted review episodes here.

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This listener submitted review comes from Kevin Hodgson of Kevin’s Meandering Mind blog. As a gift to Kevin for this, his sixth listener submitted review, we have provided Kevin with his own theme music.

In this entertaining contribution, Kevin shares his thoughts about Traction Man is Here! (by Mini Grey).

We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Send your MP3 recorded or type-written review in email to justonemorebook@gmail.com, or phone it in to our JOMB listener hotline (206-350-6487).

Need some inspiration? Give a listen to 22 previous listener submitted review episodes here.

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We celebrate 400 episodes in two years by reflecting on what we’ve accomplished, what we’ve learned and what we’d like to see in children’s literature. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this episode.

Books, reviews, interviews and resources we mention:

• Bill in a China Shop
• Love of Reading Gallery
• Eva Ibbotson
• Henry Winkler
• Judy Sierra
• Simon James
• The Grandmother Doll
• When-I-Was-a-Little-Girl

Audio comments and book recommendations received:

• Terry Doherty (Interview with Terry on JOMB)
• Elizabeth Dulemba – The Beach Ball by David Steinberg and Liz Conrad
• Andy J. Smith – Happy Birthday to You! by Dr. Seuss
• Jen Robinson – Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright, Joe & Beth Krush
• Anna M. Lewis – 38 Ways to Entertain Your Parents on Summer Vacation by Dette Hunter and Kitty Macauley
• E. B. McHenry (Interview with E. B. on JOMB)
• Heidi Estrin – The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
• Andy Bilodeau, Vivian Vasquez and TJ – How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers
• Kevin Hodgson – Westlandia by Paul Fleischman and Kevin Hawkes

Thank you for being part of the Just One More Book!! children’s book podcast community.

Photo of Andrea and Mark at PAB2008 by John Meadows.

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This listener submitted review comes from Kevin Hodgson of Kevin’s Meandering Mind blog. This is Kevin’s fifth review for our show! He’ll soon need his own theme music.

This time, Kevin shares his thought about Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair by Patricia Polacco.

We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Send your MP3 recorded or type-written review in email to justonemorebook@gmail.com, or phone it in to our JOMB listener hotline (206-350-6487).

Need some inspiration? Give a listen to 21 previous listener submitted review episodes here.

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In this episode, we share two listener submitted favourites:

• Wild About books (by Judy Sierra, illustrated by Marc Brown) suggested by Marcelo Matalon

• La Diablesse and the Baby (by Richardo Keens-Douglas and Marie Lafrance) reviewed by Curtis Harnanan

We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Send your MP3 recorded or type-written review in email to justonemorebook@gmail.com, or phone it in to our listener hotline (206-350-6487).

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This listener submitted review comes from Kevin Hodgson of Kevin’s Meandering Mind blog. This is Kevin’s fourth review for our show (keep them coming!), and this time he reviews The Three Pigs (by David Wiesner).

We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Send your MP3 recorded or type-written review in email to justonemorebook@gmail.com, or phone it in to our listener feedback line (206-350-6487).

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On this edition we play an audio comment from John Meadows of the On the Log podcast (one of Mark’s favourite podcasts), Mark explains K7 days and announces the sketch of us by Bob Staake.

Relevant links:

• On the Log (podcast by John Meadows)
• Interview with Bob Staake
• “Andrea and Mark” immortalized by Bob Staake

Books mentioned:

• Tom Sawyer
• Lost in the Barrens
• The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be

We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Send your MP3 recorded or type-written review in email to justonemorebook@gmail.com, or phone it in to our listener feedback line (206-350-6487).

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One of the many things we enjoy about producing Just One More Book!! is receiving listener feedback and book reviews. We’ve heard from children, parents, and podcasters… and on a few occasions we’ve even accosted people to tell us about their favourite children’s books and fond memories of them — whether from their own childhood, with their own children or others. Everyone we’ve spoken to has had a great story to tell about children’s books.

It’s easy to share the stories about your favourite children’s books. We have voice feedback number and all you have to do is leave us a message and we’ll share your submission with the Just One More Book community. Call 206-350-6487 and record your review after the tone in the same way you’d leave a message on someone’s answering machine.

This listener submitted review comes from Kevin Hodgson from Kevin’s Meandering Mind blog. Kevin is a familiar name here. This is his third submission – proving just how easy it is to be a part of our show.

This time, Kevin reviews Mole Music (by David McPhail).

We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Send your MP3 recorded or type-written review in email to justonemorebook@gmail.com, or phone it in to our listener feedback line (206-350-6487).