kidscanpress Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Rover and Speck: This Planet Rocks!
Jonathan Roth
Today is day 9 of our #KCP12DaysOfHolidays! Head to instagram to enter to win a graphic novel prize pack! One winner will receive copies of ROVER AND SPECK: THIS PLANET ROCKS! by Jonathan Roth and LINTY: A POCKETFUL OF ADVENTURE by @Wandering88. https://t.co/Pe81pUwDIQ
Hardcover, 2022
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Old Man and the Penguin: A True Story of True Friendship
Julie Abery
Today is #PenguinAwarenessDay and we are celebrating by reading THE OLD MAN AND THE PENGUIN by @juliedawnabery and Pierre Pratt! 🐧 https://t.co/E7Y25GpBdV
Hardcover, 2020
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Granny Left Me a Rocket Ship
Heather Smith
Happy Book Birthday to these 4 amazing fiction titles! 🎉 🚀 GRANNY LEFT ME A ROCKET SHIP, written by Heather Smith, illustrated by Ashley Barron 👩🏾🚀 THE ONLY ASTRONAUT, written by @themahakjain, illustrated by @andreastegmaier https://t.co/6OjPQ01Sm8
Hardcover, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Canadian Women Now and Then: More Than 100 Stories of Fearless Trailblazers
Elizabeth MacLeod
Wednesday, Feb 17th is #IReadCanadianDay! Support Canadian authors and illustrators and celebrate Canadian culture by reading a Canadian book to kids for just 15 minutes. One great Canadian read is CANADIAN WOMEN NOW AND THEN by Elizabeth MacLeod & illustrated by Maïa Faddoul! https://t.co/1QwX0JLbd0
Hardcover, 2020
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Champion Chompers, Super Stinkers and Other Poems by Extraordinary Animals
Linda Ashman
Happy Book Birthday to these 5 awesome nonfiction reads! 🪲 BURT THE BEETLE LIVES HERE!, written and illustrated by @ashleyspires 🦒 CHAMPION CHOMPERS, SUPER STINKERS AND OTHER POEMS BY EXTRAORDINARY ANIMALS, written by Linda Ashman, illustrated by Aparna Varma https://t.co/QLGjvDASSV
Hardcover, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dark Cloud
Anna Lazowski
Happy Book Birthday to these amazing new fiction titles! 🎉 https://t.co/YfMSWZkRSM 📚 BINKY THE SPACE CAT: THE TOP SECRET COLLECTION, written and illustrated by @ashleyspires 📚 DARK CLOUD, written by @anna_lazowski and illustrated by @PennyNevilleLee https://t.co/mjCZyT4CjX
Hardcover, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Aaalligator!
Judith Henderson
Join author Judith Henderson on Instagram today at 10:30am ET for a reading of her new book, AAALLIGATOR! #kcpfallreadingrelay https://t.co/HXS8m4uw8d https://t.co/neDAPHX2dJ
Hardcover, 2020
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
One Wild Christmas
Nicholas Oldland
Merry Christmas from your friends at Kids Can Press! Illustration from ONE WILD CHRISTMAS by Nicholas Oldland. https://t.co/xFljBTBs2K
Board Book, 2024
$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
When the Wind Came
Jan Andrews
WHEN THE WIND CAME, written by Jan Andrews and illustrated by Dorothy Leung, is a finalist for the 2022 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award. https://t.co/OPUW9CT6AL @IBBYCanada https://t.co/RuBtkuO4WM
Hardcover, 2022
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Most Magnificent Idea
Ashley Spires
Congratulations to THE MOST MAGNIFICENT IDEA by Ashley Spires for being shortlisted for the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards! https://t.co/6NbLLfjjk8 @ashleyspires https://t.co/S4JEp1W69m
Hardcover, 2022
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book