Stephen R. Swinburne’s 2023 picture book Giraffe Math includes good scientific facts for kids interested in giraffes (or nature/science more generally). Some of those facts […]
A Few Blocks
The first thing I noticed about Cybele Young’s 2011 picture book A Few Blocks is its design. It is laid out horizontally, like a landscape […]
Impossible
Isol’s picture book Impossible (2018, published 2021 in English) was a disappointment, because it was Isol. Perhaps I should explain. I recently learned of Isol, […]
The Great Dinosaur Sleepover
I’ve mentioned before that my public library puts stickers on some picture books to guide parents and readers. Some are standard, like labeling picture books […]
Fireworks
The 2025 picture book Fireworks is written by Matthew Burgess and illustrated by Catia Chien. Some picture books are primarily story, but this book draws […]
How Did That Get in my Lunchbox?
Chris Butterworth’s 2011 picture book How Did That Get in my Lunchbox? The Story of Food is a good and useful overview answer to that […]
The Couch in the Yard
2025 picture book The Couch in the Yard is rare in several ways. First, it focuses on a rural American setting. Not an idealized farm, […]
Our Lake
Angie Kang’s 2025 picture book Our Lake is rare, focused, and moving. The book’s action is simple: two brothers walk to a lake and jump […]
Loose Threads
I recently learned of Isol, and read Daytime Visions. I’m now working through all of her work I can find. If you don’t know Isol, […]
The Bear Who Wasn’t There and the Fabulous Forest
My library puts stickers on books to guide readers. They tagged Oren Lavie’s The Bear Who Wasn’t There and the Fabulous Forest with a sticker […]