Paul Schmid

Jun 10, 2024 | eastbayri.com | Ted Hayes |Paul Schmid

Posted Monday, June 10, 2024 1:03 pm Without the help of many volunteers, “we would not be standing here in these beautiful homes, about to make two families’ dreams come true."” We really need affordable housing in Westport — our average housing costs have really jumped and it’s gotten so that it’s really hard for folks to imagine their sons and daughters being able to live in Westport. That’s a terrible thing to imagine and that’s pretty typical around the state.” Average home prices in...

May 17, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Sherri Duskey Rinker |AG Ford |Tom Percival |Paul Schmid

This series keeps rolling along, delivering just what fans want. This time Bulldozer, Dump Truck, and company are confronted with a job that’s not quite in their wheelhouse. Instead of demolishing and building afresh, they’re going to renovate a suburban neighborhood that’s fallen into disrepair. What to do with the “heaps of rubbish” and “junk piles everywhere”?

May 4, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Karol Hernandez |Tom Percival |Paul Schmid

A delightful journey; readers will be eager for repeat trips. La Chiva, a bus that drives through the Andes, narrates this peppy tale. Painted with vibrant hues and patterns, this open-air bus rises early—“before Señor Sun”—and picks up farmers and their products, from Doña Ines and her arepas and huevos to Don Ernesto and his pig. La Chiva and the passengers sing as they roll past a verdant countryside. But soon La Chiva gets a flat tire and must pull over.

Jan 9, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Tom Percival |Paul Schmid

Adult Bee Gees fans are the best (and only) audience for this one. Aquatic bunnies take center stage in this picture-book adaptation of the Saturday Night Fever hit. Two rabbits with mermaid-esque tails perch on a rock in the middle of the water, gazing at each other. One gives the other a flower before diving into the water. Under the water, the two encounter a variety of threats. Unseen foes try to separate them using fishhooks, nets, and cages, but they continue to break free.

May 24, 2023 | kirkusreviews.com | Candace Fleming |Eric Rohmann |Tom Percival |Paul Schmid

Prepare to savor this title’s original yet familiar feel. This rhythmic read features a slew of greedy animals, all with their eyes on a prize. A single red apple hangs at the “tip-tippy top” of a tree, poised to fall at any moment. Its precarious position isn’t missed by the hungry animals below, each determined to make the fruit their own. One by one, a different animal expresses their covetous desires in rhyme (“Mmm-mmm, how divine. / When it tumbles to the ground, / it’ll be all mine”).