Yum! ¡MmMm! ¡Qué Rico! Americas’ Sproutings is a fantastic collection of haiku by Pat Mora accompanied by illustrations from Rafael López. Have you ever thought about where some of your favorite foods come from? This Thanksgiving as you sit down to pumpkin or pecan pie, mashed potatoes, corn, or cranberry sauce, think about if you [...]
My father-in-law has often joked (but totally serious) that Spanish is the language that we speak in heaven. He loves the language. He’s fluent in Spanish and uses it on a daily basis in his work and my mother-in-law recently learned it as well while they attended an all Spanish speaking congregation for church. [...]
My boys LOVE LOVE LOVE this book. The Book That Eats People by John Perry and illustrated by Mark Fearing is the book that they have been picking out of my huge stack of picture books all week. We read it at least three times straight through the first time I brought it home and [...]
I really want to share A Penguin Story by Antoinette Portis with you. It’s so fun. Great story, great design, great color. It was so much fun to read. But how can I even begin to review it when Betsy at Fuse #8 has already written a review which would put my feeble attempt to [...]
I picked up Jeremy Draws a Monster by Peter McCarty at the library because I couldn’t resist that adorable cover. Brought it home to discover that it’s a Cybils nominee. Score! Poor shy Jeremy lives on the top floor of a three-story apartment building. Every day he looks down at the other boys and girls [...]