Books by Devin Scillian and Complete Book Reviews
Devin Scillian, illus. by Marty Kelley. Sleeping Bear, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-58536-371-1
Puns and misheard Christmas carol lyrics abound in this goofy collection of a dozen holiday-themed poems from news anchor and children’s book author Scillian. Writing mostly in rhymed couplets, he contemplates the mysteries of what decking the halls
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Devin Scillian, Author, Gregory Roberts G., Author, Pam Carroll, Illustrator , illus. by Pam Carroll. Sleeping Bear $22.95 (56p) ISBN 978-1-58536-015-4
Tidbits of American history, geography and pop culture, as well as a sprinkling of commercial brand names, appear in this hodgepodge of an alphabet book. Scillian, a Detroit news anchor, delivers uninspired verse: "Kitty Hawk and Kansas, and...
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Devin Scillian, illus. by Tim Bowers. Sleeping Bear, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-58536-910-2
Scillian and Bowers return to the format they introduced in Memoirs of a Goldfish, delivering a tech-savvy elf’s by-the-minute chronicle of Santa’s Christmas Eve journey around the world, which involves texting with Santa (“Time to fly, big guy!”)...
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Devin Scillian, Author, Lee White, Illustrator Sleeping Bear Press $16.95 (28p) ISBN 978-1-58536-311-7
Brewster is crowing at strangely inappropriate times and it's driving everyone on the farm crazy. The cock-a-doodle-do that he lets loose when Grandma's flipping hotcakes ""sent the poor woman reeling./ She shrieked at the sound,/ started slipping...
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