I enjoyed Bittersweet, Christy Mandin’s 2025 picture book. I also find it useful, and suggest it. I say all of this despite the reading experience […]
It’s Moving Day!
I recently stumbled across Pamela Hickman’s 2009 picture book It’s Moving Day! and I’m glad I did. This is simple picture book that does a […]
Where’s Jack?
I picked up Where’s Jack? (2025) out of genuine curiosity: what would a picture book built around Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas be like? […]
Two Artists, Grandad and Me
One nice thing that happens in children’s literature is family involvement. Since parents read picture books to kids, tell stories to their kids, and write […]
Negative Cat
Negative Cat is a 2021 picture book by Sophie Blackall. As I’ve previously mentioned, I saw and met Sophie Blackall at the Children’s Literature Conference. […]
Farmhouse
Recently I discussed If I Was a Horse, a book by Sophie Blackall. I met and was quite impressed by Sophie at the Children’s Literature […]
Who Nests Here?
Karen Jameson’s 2026 nonfiction picture book uses the question in the title to guide readers though her book. Who Nests Here? Twenty-four Extraordinary Animal Homes […]