Corinna Luyken‘s 2017 picture book The Book of Mistakes is great. It does something rare: it is directly didactic, teaching clear and specific lessons, but […]
102
102 is a 2026 picture book by Caldecott medalist Matthew Cordell. It is unified, ambitious, and, in a way, breaks one of the classic rules […]
The People’s Painter
Sometimes I realize just how much I don’t know. That was the case when I stumbled across a mention of Ben Shahn and looked him […]
Mice, Morals, & Monkey Business
I picked up Mice, Morals & Monkey Business : Lively Lessons From Aesop’s Fables because I saw a social media mention of Christopher Wormell’s illustrations. […]
C is for Country
C is for Country isn’t bad, but it isn’t that good either. I say this as someone who has really enjoyed the work of the […]
Un dia muy normal
My Spanish is rusty, but I picked up Un dia muy normal because it was the first book by Mark Jannsen my library had available–and […]
Ten Little Rabbits (revisited)
As part of my project reading all the Sendak that isn’t Where the Wild Things Are I picked up Ten Little Rabbits again. And I […]
Carrot & Pea
Carrot & Pea: An Unlikely Friendship (2016) is Morag Hood’s first picture book. I’ve enjoyed–and discussed– a more recent book by Hood, Seahorse is Furious […]
Crocodile Hungry
The premise of 2022 picture book Crocodile Hungry (written by Eija Sumner and illustrated by John Martz) is nicely simple, and summed up in the […]
ABC and you and me
Some alphabet books are pretty basic. They show words and/or pictures related to the letters. They do their job of helping kids learn the alphabet […]