Okay, I misread the cover of Nelly Buchet’s 2024 picture book Dog Vs. Strawberry. I focused on the dog’s snout extending across the page toward […]
Pirate’s Perfect Pet
While I like the idea behind Beth Ferry’s 2016 picture book Pirate’s Perfect Pet, I have to be honest: the real draw is the illustration […]
I Love You Like a Pig
Man, does Mac Barnett get kids. Barnett wrote I Love You Like a Pig, a 2017 picture book, and Greg Pizzoli did the clear, simple, […]
Max and Benedict
My library has an area where they set out free books and magazines. I skim through, looking for treasures, but also looking for random things […]
Independence…Cake?
Yep, that’s the title–but that’s also why I picked up Independence Cake. This 2017 picture book written by Deborah Hopkinson and illustrated by Giselle Porter […]
Heart String
I feel like I should seek out some gentle, looping font to write about Heart String by Brooke Boynton-Hughes (2022), because the title is made […]
Be a Maker
Be a Maker, a 2019 picture book written by Katey Howes and illustrated by Elizabeth Vukovic, is another I’ve picked up for the thinnest of […]
Courage Hats
This was a genuinely original book in many ways. It probably helped that I didn’t know anything about Kate Hoefler’s 2022 picture book when I […]
To Walk the Sky
To Walk the Sky: How Iroquois Steelworkers Helped Build Towering Cities by Patricia Morris Buckley is an essential addition to school libraries. The core story […]
Raj the Bookstore Tiger
Since I did a dog book yesterday, I read a cat book today: Raj the Bookstore Tiger, a 2011 picture book by Kathleen T. Pelley. […]