When I read the back cover flap on Giselle Potter’s 2021 picture book Sister Wish, I learned that Potter’s parents had a puppet theater, and […]
Big Bear and Little Bear Go Fishing
Amy Hest’s 2024 picture book Big Bear and Little Bear Go Fishing posed a small question for me: why does this book seem timeless, but […]
My Pillow Keeps Moving!
I recently picked up Laura Gehl’s 2018 My Pillow Keeps Moving!…and I don’t know why. I don’t mean that dismissively: I enjoyed the book, and […]
Some of Us
Rajani LaRocca’s 2025 picture book Some of Us is very timely. This became obvious as soon as I saw the subtitle: “A Story of Citizenship […]
I swear I didn’t know…
Okay, I feel silly, but I swear I didn’t know that the Ladybug Girl appeared in more than one book, even, though I had read […]
Diggers, Dozers and Dumpers
Diggers, Dozers and Dumpers : Small Stories About Big Machines by Ole Konnecke is a new-in-English picture book. (It was published in English in 2025, […]
Steamboat School
Steamboat School is presented in a color scheme that suggests the sepia of old photos, or an older book that has faded with the passage […]
The Squirrels Who Squabbled
Sigh. I feel like I should like Rachel Bright’s 2017 picture book The Squirrels Who Squabbled more than I do. Jim Field’s illustrations are colorful […]
The Bill of Rights
Since today is the 4th of July, I thought I’d take a look at The Bill of Rights: A Kid’s Guide to Freedom in America […]
Bark Park!
I picked up Trudy Krisher’s 2018 picture book Bark Park! because I enjoyed the books that Brooke Boynton-Hughes had written and illustrated, and I was […]