There’s a classic poem by Wallace Stevens titled “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.” It is an austere, imagist poem, and highly influential in […]
Puffins!
Puffins! is a new (2026) nonfiction picture book. Written by Maria Gianferrari and illustrated by Maris Wicks, it is both fun and informative. In fact, […]
Lazlo Learns Recorder
Lazlo Learns Recorder is a 2019 picture book written by Vicky Weber and illustrated by Masha Klot. It has a good structure for a story […]
The Paper Boat
The Paper Boat: A Refugee Story is another picture book by Thao Lam, this one from 2020. A few days ago I reviewed The Line […]
When Creature Met Creature
I picked up the 2024 picture book When Creature Met Creature because the author (John Agard) recently won the CLiPPA (Centre for Literary in Primary […]
The Good, The Bad, and the Spooky
The title The Good, The Bad, and the Spooky may slightly confuse readers, at least unless they see the little circle in the corner that […]
Story Rug Reading
Story Rug is a new picture book written by Sophie Blackall and illustrated by Phoebe Wahl. I learned about it, and the collaboration between these […]
Little Blue Truck (board book)
Alice Schertle and Jill McElmurry’s picture book series featuring Little Blue Truck has sold, as the website says, more than “20 million books.” I decided […]
Pig the Pug
I recently read Pig the Stinker, and enjoyed it enough that I wanted to double back and read the first book in Aaron Blabey’s popular […]
Punch!
Michael Hall’s 2025 picture book Punch! A Story About Kindness is another title that could be classed as SEL (social-emotional learning), though it is also […]