There’s a classic poem by Wallace Stevens titled “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.” It is an austere, imagist poem, and highly influential in […]
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 […]
Giraffe Math
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 […]
Who Nests Here?
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 […]