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March 3, 2017
Picture Book Personals (25)
February 27, 2017
Picture Books At The Library 98
I catalog hundreds of new picture books each year, and I read as many of them as I can. Unfortunately, I can’t review them all. But I can share them! Below are a few recent titles. (Summaries have been taken directly from the books whenever possible.) Check your local library or bookstore for availability.
Learn your alphabet and your pasta as you follow along with an ABC circus that’s good enough to eat.
A baby, misplaced by the stork charged with delivering him to his new home, embarks upon...
February 25, 2017
My View Book Review: The Santa Corner by Jakie Rodriguez + Supporting Worthy Causes
Title: The Santa Corner
Author: Jakie Rodriguez
Illustrator: Bee L. Hannah
Publisher/Year: Mascot Books/2016
Back Cover Blurb: Santa is afraid he will not have enough presents to deliver to all the boys and girls, so he is asking for help. He is sending out letters asking children to collect toys they no longer play with. Gracie and Meghyn are ready to help, are you?
When Meghyn visits her friend Gracie’s house, she wonders why there’s a pile of toys in the corner and why she can’t play with...
February 24, 2017
Picture Book Personals (24)
February 20, 2017
Picture Books At The Library 97
I catalog hundreds of new picture books each year, and I read as many of them as I can. Unfortunately, I can’t review them all. But I can share them! Below are a few recent titles. (Summaries have been taken directly from the books whenever possible.) Check your local library or bookstore for availability.
Note: All of these titles have very different, yet very lovely illustrations.
Chick finds himself on a madcap chase through the barnyard as he attempts to protect his unhatched little broth...
February 18, 2017
Interview Alert: Piotr Parda
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As much as I adore picture books, I’m don’t often become misty-eyed while reading them. But there are always exceptions, and author/illustrator Piotr Parda’s brand new book Graduation Day is one of them. Graduation Day is an incredibly moving wordless picture book about a young girl who takes something negative and turns it into something beautifully positive. It’s a must see!
Graduation Day is Piotr’s second book. Before that, he illustrated The Gentleman Bat, another lovely...
February 17, 2017
Picture Book Personals (23)
February 13, 2017
Picture Books At The Library 96
I catalog hundreds of new picture books each year, and I read as many of them as I can. Unfortunately, I can’t review them all. But I can share them! Below are a few recent titles. (Summaries have been taken directly from the books whenever possible.) Check your local library or bookstore for availability.
A trio of stories in one book–Big Duck, Little Duck, and Porcupine lose their kite in a tree, make new friends, and build a lemonade stand.
For one young boy, visiting the zoo for the very...
February 11, 2017
Why are Picture Books in Prison? 2.7 Million Reasons…
Looking for an opportunity to help kids? Read on!
The number of kids with incarcerated parents has increased nearly 80% in the last 20 years, according to data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics. More than 2.7 million children have a parent who is incarcerated, and parents of another 10 million children have been incarcerated at some point. The experience can be profoundly difficult for children, increasing their risk of living in poverty and housing instability, a...
