Maddie Frost’s 2025 picture book Little Boo is fun but uneven. The drawings all kinds of fun: distorted and impossible in entertaining ways. There are […]
Why You Should Read Children’s Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise
Now there’s a title? Why You Should Read Children’s Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise is a very short book/longish essay from […]
Christina’s Carol
Christina’s Carol is an odd but beautiful book. Published in 2021, the text of the book is Christina Rossetti’s Christmas carol “In the Bleak Midwinter,” […]
Murray’s Howl-o-ween
Murray’s Howl-o-ween, E. G. Keller’s 2025 picture book, takes advantage of the similarity of sounds between “howl” like a dog and the first part of […]
nearly exactly almost like me
nearly exactly almost like me is a 2025 picture book, written by Jennifer Bradbury and illustrated by Pearl Auyeung. It is an accessible story about […]
Trouble Dog
Trouble Dog: From Shelter Dog to Conservation Hero is a 2025 picture book written by Carol A. Foote and illustrated by Larry Day. It tells […]
Andrew Henry’s Meadow
Ah! A true joy. And…how did I not read this earlier? Let me start again. Andrew Henry’s Meadow is a picture book by Doris Burn, […]
Toes, Teeth, and Tentacles
Now there’s a title! Actually, to be fair, I need to include the subtitle. Toes, Teeth, and Tentacles: A Curious Counting Book is a 2025 […]
Not a Stick
Almost all of the reviews to date have been of new works, that is, works or adaptations that were new to me. Today I’m trying […]
The Treasure of the Dinosaurs
I love dinosaurs, though I’m currently having an argument with a three-year-old in my neighborhood over which prehistoric creatures count as dinosaurs and which do […]