#365PictureBooks Hello 2015! Let's get ready to review!

Hellllooooo 2015!  It's a New Year and time to kick off my #365PictureBook review challenge.  I'm still a bit unsure about the best way to do my reviews, so they may be a bit stilted to start.  I'm sure by the end of the year they will have a lot more personality (mine supposedly!) and will surely be a lot easier to write.  

Please note that these are only MY opinions on the books I'm reviewing.  Many of you may not agree with my thoughts, but that's the great thing about being able to have our own opinions and ideas about things - we can make up our own minds :-)

I'm going to try and source these from all the new books I get through the Taradale Primary School library where I work.  It'll be interesting to see if I purchase 365 pictures books in a year!  This first batch are ones I processed in December.

I'm looking forward to sharing my journey through the next 365 days worth of picture books with you.  Happy reading :-)

Book info on my posts

I'm going to be including full bibliographic details at the start of my reviews in APA format ('cause that's what's required for my OP paper).  I'm also going to be including other information I think is relevant to viewers like the ISBN or ASIN #, book length, and intended reading age, rating (out of 5), along with an image or two whenever possible.

Reviews will be separated into four categories (at this stage): Fiction Reviews, Non-fiction Reviews, New Zealand Literature Reviews, and my #365PictureBooks challenge reviews.  Of course some of them may very well cross-contaminate :-) and a few adult books my slip in there sometimes.

Reading levels will be:

• 0-6 years: Early Childhood / Babies & Toddlers
• 7-12 years: Middle Childhood
• 12-18 years: Young Adults (YA) / Adolescence

For those of you unsure what an ISBN or AISN is:

• An ISBN is the International Standard Book Number, which is a unique commercial book identifier barcode, either 10 or 13 digits, generally printed on the back cover of a book.
• An ASIN is Amazon's Standard Identification Number, in unique blocks of 10 letters and/or numbers, that identifies the item.  I'll likely be using this number for the majority of eBooks.

Oh Yeah..... I love books in whatever format they come in, so I will be reviewing any and all kinds of books.  I love the tactility and scent of a physical book, but eBooks are so much more accessible after hours, and they don't need a suitcase of their own whenever I go on holiday like they used to.

2015s #365PictureBooks challenge

I have accepted a challenge to read and review a Picture Book a day during 2015 … That’s 365 Picture Books!  Thanks @lucylibs & @megingle for the challenge.  We can rock this @StephEllisNZ & @alidevnz!!!!!

The inspiration for this challenge came from myfriendlucy.

I'm sure by the end of the challenge I will have reviewing books down to a fine art.

Let operation #365PictureBooks commence!!!