Take It Apart is a 2026 picture book written by Katey Howes and illustrated by E. V. (Elizabet Vukovic). It is fun, and would both […]
Alligators All Around
I wonder what those alligators will do next? Let’s see! That’s the sequence that leads readers through Alligators All Around: An Alphabet (1962) This is […]
Father Bear Comes Home
I picked up Else Holmelund Minarik’s 1959 Father Bear Comes Home for one reason: Maurice Sendak illustrated it (and I’m working my way through the […]
Watercress
Andrea Wang’s 2021 picture book Watercress (illustrated by Jason Chin) is a book about family, tradition, and what it means to belong (and feel out […]
a kids book about THE TULSA RACE MASSACRE
Carlos Moreno’s 2025 a kids book about THE TULSA RACE MASSACRE is a serious book about a serious and under-discussed topic, the Tulsa Race Massacre […]
Pierre
I’m continuing my exploration of the Nutshell Library, of books illustrated by Maurice Sendak that aren’t Where the Wild Things Are, and, more generally, of […]
Chicken Soup With Rice
Today I’m continuing my exploration of the Nutshell Library, of books illustrated by Maurice Sendak that aren’t Where the Wild Things Are, and, more generally, […]
A Hole is to Dig
You can’t see me, but I’m smiling and sighing. I had not read A Hole is to Dig: A First Book of First Definitions for […]
Buddy and Earl go exploring
I am late to the Buddy and Earl series. In fact, I hadn’t known it existed until after I read Buddy and Earl go exploring, […]
One Was Johnny
Maurice Sendak’s 1962 One Was Johnny: A Counting Book is another of the tiny picture books from the period. Like Let’s Be Enemies and This […]