In my last post I gushed about how much I love Marla Frazee. Leslie Patricelli is another one of those illustrators that I LOVE!! Two years ago (man -was it really two years ago already?!) I was able to interview Leslie and honestly, being able to interview Leslie is one of the best highlights I’ve [...]
Me With You by Kristy Dempsey and illustrated by Christopher Denise is perhaps one of the most touching picture books that I’ve come across. The jacket cover tells me that the book is about a grandfather and a granddaughter but I read the book as a father and daughter. Either way it’s interpreted it’s a [...]
In Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problem by Mac Barnett and illustrated by Adam Rex, Billy’s troubles begin when his mom says: “Billy Twitters, clean up your room, or we’re buying you a blue whale.” But Billy’s not worried, after all, it’s not like you can just have one delivered to your house [...]
I love how The Hermit Crab by Carter Goodrich begins. And its beginning will give you a really good flavor for just how this story will unfold:
The hermit crab in this story didn’t set out to be a hero. And he wasn’t particularly brave. He was, actually, very shy. Whenever all his neighbors would get [...]
I pretty much love everything that Laurie Halse Anderson touches, and so it’s no surprise that her picture book, The Hair of Zoe Fleefenbacher Goes to School and illustrated by Ard Hoyt is a hit with me as well.
Zoe Fleefenbacher has one blue eye and one green eye, and bright red hair that went on [...]
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