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Simon and the Better Bone

Corey R. Tabor

Start date: September 1, 2023

Finish date: September 30, 2023

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Dec 19, 2023 Guilherme Semionato rated it liked it

Pretty good, but it lacks the absolute JOY and PANACHE and BOUNCINESS from MEL FELL.

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Jun 29, 2023 Richie Partington rated it it was amazing

Shelves: picturebooks

Richie’s Picks: SIMON AND THE BETTER BONE by Corey R. Tabor, HarperCollins/Balzer+Bray, May 2023, 40p., ISBN: 978-0-06-327555-3

“I see my face on the surface
I look a lot like Narcissus
A dark abyss of an emptiness
Standing on the edge of a drowning blue”
– Indigo Girls, “Hammer and a Nail” (1990)

SIMON AND THE BETTER BONE is crafted like a wall calendar, in that you turn the pages from bottom to top. This is an innovatively logical format for a picture book in which each 2-page spread is divided into ...more

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Oct 05, 2023 June rated it really liked it

Shelves: dog, picture-book, aesop, retellings, capchoices-24-up-to-5

Rounded up.

I liked the gutter being the line between Simon and the reflection. However, not as great as Mel Fell ...more

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Sep 20, 2023 Shari (Shira) rated it really liked it

Shelves: childrensbooks

Love it! A charming, wonderfully illustrated story (borrowed from Aesop) with an important lesson without hitting you over the head.

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Jun 17, 2023 Cathy rated it did not like it

Shelves: picture-books, mock-caldecott-2023, 2023-read

I really dislike this book. First - I hate the format (difficult to hold and read at story time.; Difficult to turn page one-handed; defies learning script and books move from left to right-it is probably supposed to be creative but doesn't work for me) If the message is supposed to combat selfishness and greed it falls apart when they are talking to one another and don't drop the bone. If the author/illustrator is going to bend the realism then have the dog set the bone down and put his paw on ...more

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