I’m exploring our world today through eight beautifully illustrated nonfiction books. I’m always on the lookout for books that teach my kids geography; they never seem to know where countries are located and often get even the continent wrong. Until they can world travel — my oldest is planning on taking a gap year after…
Category: Reading Lists: Picture Books
Best picture books for kids including Caldecott and other award winning books for children.
14 Picture Books to Teach Gratitude
Inside: Read this amazing collection of picture books about gratitude! Perfect for showing gratitude and encouraging kids to be thankful. We all want our kids to be grow up to be happy. It turns out that gratitude is the surest path to happiness. These 14 picture books about gratitude all have a different take on…
Two Truths and a Lie: 3 BOOK GIVEAWAY
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t. Mark Twain Before I talk about this new nonfiction book coming out at the end of June, I have a “small world” story. I run the social media for two restaurants that the father of my son’s…
12 Environmental Nonfiction Picture Books That Call Kids to Action
Please welcome my guest author, Patricia Newman! She has a list of nonfiction books that get kids involved in environmental issues. I added two books to her list: Rainbow Weavers/Tejedora del Arcoiris which pairs nicely with One Plastic Bag, and Follow the Moon Home which pairs with Mission: Sea Turtle Rescue. Her book, Sea Otter Heroes: The Predators That…
11 Classic Children’s Books about Bunnies
My husband ordered 6 cubic yards of mulch for our yard and we went to town for three days. While he was raking off the dead leaves to prepare for the mulch in our front yard, he happened upon a bunny nest with four baby bunnies inside! He showed me the bunny nest and one…
Secret Things to Spot in 14 Famous Picture Books
It’s fun to discover hidden things to spot or personal references in beloved picture books. My husband and I delighted in searching for the mouse in Goodnight Moon with our kids. I think it was my husband who pointed out the red balloon hidden in Goodnight, Gorilla to me. After that, the hunt was on….
11 Great Father’s Day Books for Kids
Need a children’s book idea to gift to the dads in your life? Here are 11 ideas. You can also just check it out of the library and read at bedtime on Sunday, June 18th. I’m giving away three picture books perfect for Father’s Day. Please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom to enter. …