I’m excited to announce an Asian culture series with author Andrea Wang. You might know her for her picture book The Nian Monster. I have her book on my Lunar New Year book list. She has a new picture book biography coming up about Cup of Noodles founder Momofuku Ando. I have my debut picture book, Sumo…
Category: Reading Lists: Picture Books
Best picture books for kids including Caldecott and other award winning books for children.
Cover Reveal for Babymoon!
I’m thrilled to reveal the cover for a new picture book by Hayley Barrett and illustrated by Pura Belpré Award-winning illustrator Juana Martinez-Neal! Babymoon by Hayley Barrett, illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal Babymoon is a gentle story that pays tribute to the wonder and emotion of a family’s first quiet days with a newborn: The house…
12 Nonfiction Picture Books About Nature
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 for children’s graphic novels so my kids never spent much time there. Additionally, there was that issue of finding great nonfiction books that…
5 Amazing Children’s Books About Household Chores
Encourage good habits by reading these children’s books about chores and helping at home. A great tie in to instilling household chores! 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 Chores What…
My Midyear Caldecott & Geisel Predictions
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…
5 Earth Sciences STEM Picture Books
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,…
HOW TO CODE A SANDCASTLE book launch
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…







