Best picture books for kids including Caldecott and other award winning books for children.
Do you remember, long ago, when food trucks were considered “Roach Coaches” and no one in their right mind would eat at one? I think it all changed when Roy Choi created his Mexican-Korean mash-up with his fleet of Koji food trucks. His cookbook memoir is one of my favorites! Today, I’m celebrating food trucks…
‘Tis the season for Christmas children’s books! It’s time to pull out holiday books about snow, generosity, and Santa Claus! I love the idea of a Christmas Picture Book Advent celebration in which 25 picture books are wrapped individually. Starting December 1st, one book is unwrapped and read at bedtime … right up to Christmas!…
I met Lisa Rogers years ago at an author event where she interviewed Jerry Spinelli and Clare Vanderpool. That was in 2013, and now, in 2019, her first picture book is out! Her author’s journey has been a meteoric one, marked by winning a book manuscript competition and starred reviews. She’s also part of my…
Inside: Celebrate our heroes with these children’s books about firefighters! Perfect for preschoolers and kindergarten kids who love firefighters and fire trucks. Vendome Firefighters Memorial is on Commonwealth Avenue in Back Bay Boston near the intersection of Dartmouth Street. I have passed by it many times on my way to my office without knowing what…
This was my first time visiting the Auguste Rodin Museum, known as The Musée Rodin, in Paris. It was strangely in a highly policed neighborhood full of guards with automatic assault rifles and government buildings. It felt like there were important dignitaries such as royalty or heads of state there given the level of security….
This collection of poetry books represents a few of the 2019 newly published books meant to introduce children to poetry whether that is in the classroom or at home. Thus, there are quite a few anthologies in this book with collections of poems from luminaries both contemporary and from the distant past. I have to…
My kids and I love a good farmers’ market but it was during our vacation to Kauai and we really sought them out in search of fruit. It was here that we sampled many exotic fruits as well as unusual varieties of bananas, pineapples, and papayas. These almost daily excursions reminded us of how nice…