Review of the Day: Going Down Home with Daddy by Kelly Starling Lyons and Daniel Minter

Going Down Home With Daddy By Kelly Starling LyonsIllustrated by Daniel MinterPeachtree Press$16.95ISBN: 978-1-56145-938-4Ages 4-7On shelves now

I pick the books I review based on a complicated set of criteria that only makes sense to me. Often it has to do with a number of different factors, one of which is whether or not the children’s book in question relates to my own life at all. As I type this, I am gearing up for a trip to New Orleans. My mother and father-in-law will be celebrating t...