Best picture books for kids including Caldecott and other award winning books for children.
Erica at What Do We Do All Day? blog introduced me to Great Science Books for Kids when she guest blogged for me. Our public library’s nonfiction section is a separate room from the fiction and graphic novels so my kids never spent much time there. Additionally, there was that issue of finding great nonfiction…
Help your children learn responsibility through chores. The following books help kids learn about taking care of a home and how they can do their part. 5 Amazing Children’s Books About Household Chores What Mess? by Tom Lichtenheld In the book “What Mess?”, you’ll follow one funny character through a rhyme-filled adventure cleaning up a…
Usually, I only make one Caldecott prediction list. First I research what the pundits think will win. Then, I make a mad dash to read every picture book that keeps coming up on the lists. This strategy has worked pretty well as the last few years, I’ve been pretty successful in picking Caldecott winners: 2018…
Please welcome my guest author today, Jody Jensen Shaffer, whose earth sciences book, A Chip Off The Old Block inspired this STEM book list. A Chip Off The Old Block by Jody Jensen Shaffer, illustrated by Daniel Miyares A pebble is on a quest to find out if he resembles any of his famous relatives. There’s Uncle Gibraltar,…
Josh Funk has had a slew of book launches lately! I missed his Albie Newton at Blue Bunny Books so I was determined to make How To Code a Sandcastle since it was right in my town at Newtonville Books. His event was well attended and I saw Jacqueline Davies again this week (last week…
Please welcome my guest author today, illustrator Suzanne Kaufman, who talks about her inspiration for All Are Welcome in response to President Trump’s travel ban. She wanted to do something positive, so she offered her skills as an illustrator to create a poster and the book was born of this effort. All Are Welcome by Alexandra…
Thank you to Nothing But the Truth for sponsoring this post. I’m trying something new today. This is my first sponsored post for a publisher. What I am promising is an honest review of their books. What they get by sponsoring is that I will read and review their books in a timely way. Typically,…
My daughter is going to art school and so today I dedicate this post to her and her future classmates celebrating strong, independent female artists! p.s. She won The Newton Art Association Scholarship and didn’t tell us she entered. Picture Books About Strong, Independent Female Artists Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines by Jeanne Walker…
Today is International Jazz Day! To celebrate, please welcome my guest author today, Matthew Gollub, with his list of jazz books for kids. We are giving away a signed copy of The Jazz Fly (hardcover book with CD and free download). Please fill out Rafflecopter at the bottom to enter. Matthew Gollub is the award-winning author…