Jan Brett’s picture book The Hat was published in 1997, but it could easily have been published 10, 20, even 50 years earlier. It has […]
Gifts From Crows
Gifts From Crows is a recent (2026) picture book written by Gideon Sterer and illustrated by Shadra Strickland. The book is nonfiction: it shares the […]
Little Bear and the Marco Polo
I recently started reading the Little Bear series written by Else Holmelund Minarik and illustrated by Dorothy Doubleday. Little Bear and the Marco Polo (1957) […]
Before They Were Authors
Not long ago I read and enjoyed Before They Were Artists, Elizabeth Haidle’s 2021 discussion of various visual artists in graphic novel form, aimed a […]
a bear, a man, and a donut van
The 2026 picture book a bear, a man, and a donut van is surprisingly good.I say surprisingly in part because I had not read the […]
Happy Birthday, Winnie!
The first Winnie the Pooh book was published October 14, 1926. That makes the silly ol’ bear 100 years old. (That’s 100 in print: Christopher […]
Little Bear
The cover to Else Holmelund Minarik’s Little Bear (1957) points out a fact that is crucial and new to me: this was the first book […]
Croco
Croco is a lovely and original book. I snorted with laughter, I sighed with emotion and surprise, and I lingered over the images. Croco, a […]
The Path
I really like the front cover of The Path. The front of this recent (2026) picture book reads “The Path” in large brown letters along […]
Toad on the Go
Toad on the Go is another book following Toad, the tow truck driver. It is in the same world as Towed by Toad, and shares […]