The Great Migration: An American Story is another of those picture books that I’m not at all sure really is a picture book, or at […]
Grace Builds an <Almost-Perfect> Dog
Curtis Manley’s 2025 picture book Grace Builds an <Almost-Perfect> Dog surprised me. Even though Tracy Subisak’s cover image clearly shows a girl hugging a dog, […]
Big Machines
This is a well-made mediocre book. That sounds harsh, but hear me out. The full title of Big Machines is Big Machines: The Story of […]
Chicka Chicka Tricka Treat
I may have been taken in by marketing. Perhaps I should explain. Like any sensible person, I love Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. That book, technically, […]
The Tiger Who Came to Tea
I recently read Why You Should Read Children’s Books Even Though You Are So Old and Wise by Katherine Rundell. In this lovely little book […]
What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?
What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? is a 2003 picture book by Steven Jenkins and Robin Page, a husband and wife team […]
Little Boo
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 […]