Karen Jameson’s 2026 nonfiction picture book uses the question in the title to guide readers though her book. Who Nests Here? Twenty-four Extraordinary Animal Homes […]
Keep On Moving
Strictly speaking, Keep On Moving: The Great Animal Migrations, Large and Small (2025) is more picture book-adjacent than a pure picture book. That is to […]
One Cosmic Rock
Karen Krossing’s 2026 nonfiction picture book One Cosmic Rock is a rare and ambitious book. The book’s subtitle points readers to both the rarity and […]
Forests
There’s are reasons why Nell Cross Beckerman’s books are widely praised and regularly honored, and those reasons are visible in the 2025 nonfiction picture book […]
Frog: A Story of Life on Earth
In Frog: A Story of Life on Earth (2025) by Isabel Thomas, the subtitle is critical. Sure, the cover shows a frog, and the first […]
This is Orange
Rachel Poliquin’s 2025 picture book This is Orange: A Field Trip Through Color is lovely and quietly ambitious. It has only a limited story: it […]
Tiny Floating Coral
Mary Auld’s 2024 picture book Tiny Floating Coral is part of her Start Small, Think Big series. These informational books educate young learners about the […]
A Rock is Lively
Last month I read Dianna Hutts Aston’s An Egg is Quiet. I enjoyed it, and have since learned that it is a series. There are […]
I’m Longer Than You!
I’m Longer Than You! An Epic Contest of Measurement is a new (2025) and pleasant picture book. It is also useful and educational. Author /illustrator […]
I’m Trying (two more times)
I have completist tendencies, and since I enjoyed Bethany Barton’s earlier books (I started my exploration of the series with I’m Trying to Love Farts), […]