Recently I read a bear, a man, and a donut van. Since I both enjoyed the book and found it well done, I sought out […]
a bear, a man, and a donut van
The 2026 picture book a bear, a man, and a donut van is surprisingly good.I say surprisingly in part because I had not read the […]
Awesome Earth
I enjoyed the 2025 picture book Awesome Earth: Concrete Poems Celebrate Caves, Canyons, and other Fascinating Landforms. Written by Joan Bransfield Graham and illustrated by […]
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I had mentioned going back to read early/lesser Sendak, and to look at some smaller format books from that period. Today I’m returning to another […]
Take It Apart
Take It Apart is a 2026 picture book written by Katey Howes and illustrated by E. V. (Elizabet Vukovic). It is fun, and would both […]
Pierre
I’m continuing my exploration of the Nutshell Library, of books illustrated by Maurice Sendak that aren’t Where the Wild Things Are, and, more generally, of […]
One Was Johnny
Maurice Sendak’s 1962 One Was Johnny: A Counting Book is another of the tiny picture books from the period. Like Let’s Be Enemies and This […]
Chester Van Chime Who Forgot How to Rhyme
Chester Van Chime Who Forgot How to Rhyme is a 2022 picture book written by Avery Monsen and illustrated by Abby Hanlon. Chester Van Chime […]
Cityscape
Someone recently recommended April Pulley Sayre to me, and so I picked up her 2020 picture book Cityscape: Where Science and Art Meet. I’m glad […]
When Creature Met Creature
I picked up the 2024 picture book When Creature Met Creature because the author (John Agard) recently won the CLiPPA (Centre for Literary in Primary […]