My public library has a display that I’ve long admired of a picture book doll house. Each room represents a children’s book. Isn’t it wonderful? Three bedrooms, a bathroom, a kitchen, and living room. The Good Night Moon room was the most obvious to me; this is such an iconic book but Five Minutes’ Peace is…
Category: Reading Lists: Picture Books
Best picture books for kids including Caldecott and other award winning books for children.
Top 10 Undercover Super Hero Girls
I’m really excited to have author Lisa Yee guest posting today! She has a new middle-grade novel series showcasing the DC Super Hero Girls. This new series brings all-new stories to life beyond what was in cartoons and will let the Super Hero Girls have new adventures! In Yee’s middle grade series, these iconic DC Comics…
Jane Goodall: Women’s History Month
In July 1960, at the age of 26, Jane Goodall traveled from England to what is today Tanzania and bravely entered the little-known world of wild chimpanzees. Today, Jane’s work revolves around inspiring action on behalf of endangered species, particularly chimpanzees, and encouraging people to do their part to make the world a better place…
Pattern Block Creativity & Kid Lit Blog Hop
I have to say that I got my money’s worth out of the pattern blocks toy manipulative that I’ve had for ages. All my kids loved playing with them. I kept them in an old diaper wipes box, decorated with stickers and I found that my son, now 11 years old, will still occasionally pull…
This Little Light of Mine: 5 African Americans Who Excelled in the Arts
Please welcome my guest blogger today, Glenda Armand, the author of Ira’s Shakespeare Dream. If you agree about #OscarsSoWhite now in 2016, imagine how difficult it would be for people of color to succeed in the theater more than 100 years ago! #OscarsSoWhite analysis by Time Magazine: See the Entire History of the Oscars Diversity Problem…
11 Diversity Picture Books for 8th Grade
PickyKidPix is now in 8th grade but only less than halfway through. She tells me that her curriculum covers Colonial America, the Industrial Revolution in science, American Revolution, Civil War, the French and Indian War, Constitution, and Racism. I’m creating multicultural picture book lists for middle school in hopes of helping teachers cover their curriculum….
Winter Holiday Picture Books Giveaway & Kid Lit Blog Hop
The Kid Lit Blog Hop is now monthly! To celebrate the holidays in December, I’ve picked out five new picture books to share and I’m giving them away to five different winners. The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg Can you believe that it’s been thirty years since The Polar Express was published?! This story about…