Foote Was First! How One Curious Woman Connected Carbon Dioxide and Climate Change is a recent (2026) nonfiction picture book written by Jen Bryant and […]
Books About Books (and authors), How To, Perspectives on Children's Literature, Picture Book Adjacent, Review
Making It Up As You Go Along
I recently discussed Look at my Book, a picture book about writing picture books. It was surprisingly good, and made me curious how strong other […]
Afterward, Everything Was Different
This 2023 picture book is ambitious and intriguing, but not fully successful. The ambition comes from two sources. First, author Jairo Buitrago and illustrator Rafael […]
Puffins!
Puffins! is a new (2026) nonfiction picture book. Written by Maria Gianferrari and illustrated by Maris Wicks, it is both fun and informative. In fact, […]
Anne and her Tower of Giraffes
Now that’s a book title! Okay, let me start again, more formally. Karlin Gray’s 2022 nonfiction picture book Anne and her Tower of Giraffes: The […]
The Tower of Life
Chana Stiefal’s 2022 picture book The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt her Town in Stories and Photographs is brave and ambitious. It tells […]
Look at my Book
The subtitle of Loreen Leedy’s 2004 picture book Look at my Book: How Kids Can Write and Illustrate Terrific Books makes it sound like it […]
More Thoughts on Make Believe
A few days ago I posted my first thoughts on Mac Barnett‘s book Make Believe: On Telling Stories to Children, which came out this week. […]
It’s Moving Day!
I recently stumbled across Pamela Hickman’s 2009 picture book It’s Moving Day! and I’m glad I did. This is simple picture book that does a […]
The Science of Baking
To be honest, I’m actually not sure what the title of this book is. My library lists it as “The Science of Baking,” but the […]