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November 28, 2016
Picture Books At The Library 90
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.
Big Bob likes trucks and throwing balls, Little Bob prefers dolls and bracelets. Can they be friends?
Inspired by the true story of how the first international flight was in a balloon acros...
November 26, 2016
Picture Book Personals (11)
Picture Book Personals
Small house seeks hill covered with daisiesand apple trees.
What Classic Picture Book Am I?
Leave your best guess in the comments below. Find out the answer when the next Picture Book Personals is posted.
And the answer to last week’s Picture Book Personals is…
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Easy peasy!
November 25, 2016
Picture Books At The Library: Christmas Edition 2016
In my position as a technical processing assistant at the DeWitt Community Library, I catalog a lot of new picture books. Unfortunately, I cannot review them all, but I do try to read them all. Below are a few I’ve cataloged recently.
On Christmas Eve, Santa looks everywhere for his special Christmas underwear with no luck. Will he have to wear shamrock long johns instead?
Clark the Shark spends too much time trying to figure out who his Secret Santa is and not enough time being a good Secret...
November 21, 2016
Picture Books At The Library 89
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.
Emma is trying to go to sleep, but the animals in her wallpaper are making too much noise.
Gideon wants to be a hero and get his picture in the paper, but first he must figure out just what...
November 19, 2016
Kids Ask The Best Questions!
I love answering questions asked by kids about my book! Recently, I was interviewed by several enthusiastic second graders from Redwood Elementary School in Fort Bragg, California. The interview has been posted to Jeanette Stickel’s blog SpeakWell, ReadWell. Jeanette is alicensed speech-language pathologist who works closely with these students. SpeakWell, ReadWell is a speech therapy and kid-lit blog that explores language, literacy, and literature, and I’m honored to be featured there. Tha...
November 18, 2016
Picture Book Personals (10)
Picture Book Personals
Crayon wielding boy seeks directions to bedroom window.
What Classic Picture Book Am I?
Leave your best guess in the comments below. Find out the answer when the next Picture Book Personals is posted.
And the answer to last week’s Picture Book Personals is…
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Did you get it?
November 14, 2016
Picture Books At The Library 88
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.
In this retelling of the classic “Gingerbread Man” story, a ninjabread man with a cookie sword and cookie throwing stars escapes from the oven and runs loose.
A crew of dinosaur pirates sea...
November 11, 2016
Picture Book Personals (9)
Picture Book Personals
Boy seeks trip to Australia to escape worst day ever.
What Classic Picture Book Am I?
Leave your best guess in the comments below. Find out the answer when the next Picture Book Personals is posted.
And the answer to last week’s Picture Book Personals is…
Miss Rumphius
Did you know it?
November 9, 2016
Interview Alert: Kathryn Carr
It is my pleasure to welcome Kathryn Carr to Frog on a Blog. Kathryn is the illustrator of Lizbeth Lou Got a Rock in Her Shoe, a beautiful picture book written by Troy Howell and published by Ripple Grove Press. I was so intrigued by her incredible cut-paper art, I had to learn more about her and how she does it!
Kathryn, did you know from an early age that you wanted to be an artist?
I knew I had a special connection with art from a very early age. I remember when I was about 4 my mother wo...
November 7, 2016
Picture Books At The Library 87
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.
Count down to bedtime as sleepy animals tiptoe to bed, curl up tight, and whisper “nighty-night.”
Madeline Finn does not like to read, until she meets Bonnie, a library dog.
A penguin compl...
