Please welcome my guest author, Valerie Bolling, with her picture book list on learning on to swim. Her newest picture book, Together We Swim, celebrates overcoming fear and learning a new skill. What are your favorite picture books about swimming? Thanks for sharing! Together We Swim by Valerie Bolling, illustrated by Kaylani Juanita Celebrate…
Category: Reading Lists: Picture Books
Best picture books for kids including Caldecott and other award winning books for children.
7 Picture Books Set in Southeast Asia
Please welcome my guest author today, Patricia Tanumihardja, with her list of picture books set in Southeast Asia. Her newest picture book is about shoe designer, Jimmy Choo! He is from Penang, Malaysia, where Patricia also hails from. Jimmy’s Shoes: The Story of Jimmy Choo, Shoemaker to a Princess by Patricia Tanumihardja, illustrated by Derrick…
Cover Reveal: Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime!
I’m thrilled to reveal the cover of my newest picture book, Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime! I wanted to introduce Kai Gietzen, the illustrator for Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime. Kai is a recent graduate of the Illustration program at the Rhode Island School of Design! This is his debut picture book as an illustrator. …
Multicultural Children’s Book Club for August: Yellow Butterfly A Story From Ukraine
Please join us for our Multicultural Children’s Book Club. We host a FREE multicultural children’s picture book virtual book club on the first Thursday of every month from 7 pm to 8 pm EST. August’s event will be held on August 3rd and we are learning about the Russia-Ukraine war using Yellow Butterfly: A Story…
Welcome to New England, Nosy Crow!
I was thrilled to meet the team at Nosy Crow. They just set up their U.S. operations in Lincoln, Massachusetts, near me! They held a lovely open house: I have been reading and reviewing Nosy Crow books for some time. Jannie Ho, who I met at a Newton Community Education class on writing picture books…
Multicultural Children’s Book Club for July: That Flag by Tameka Fryer Brown
Please join us for our Multicultural Children’s Book Club. We host a FREE multicultural children’s picture book virtual book club on the first Thursday of every month from 7 pm to 8 pm EST. July’s event will be held on July 6th and we are celebrating the 4th of July using That Flag by Tameka…
Children’s Books about Sustainable Farms + 25 Book GIVEAWAY!
Today’s list is all about sustainable farms, to find friends for my newest picture book, Food for the Future. What are your favorite books on sustainability and/or farms? Thanks for sharing! I’m giving away 25 copies of Food for the Future. Please fill out this form to get a copy. Children’s Books…