Best picture books for kids including Caldecott and other award winning books for children.
I’m part of the Goodnight, Ark blog tour and I’m giving away a copy of this fun rhyming bedtime picture book. Author Laura Sassi also answers 5 short questions for me. Rhyming Bedtime Picture Book Goodnight, Ark by Laura Sassi, illustrated by Jane Chapman In rollicking rhyme, this bedtime story will have kids howling…
PickyKidPix went to Italy this summer to play soccer with her indoor team and we were able to watch her play during the last few weeks of the World Cup. What a great time to be in Europe with soccer fans! Because of our great love for Lionel Messi, we root for Argentina and that…
I wanted to highlight some great picture books and chapter books with diverse themes that have come my way. What multicultural books are you and your kids enjoying? Please share! Multicultural Books for Kids King for a Day by Rukhsana Khan I love this book for covering so much territory with just one story. Malik is…
Marilyn Singer’s charming Tallulah series reminds me of Fancy Nancy but with a ballet twist. My daughters never took to dance though I had enrolled Grasshopper and Sensei in Boston Ballet’s Preschool Ballet program when she turned four. Grasshopper and Sensei’s first ballet class at the Boston Ballet. They got tutus for the photo! She…
Do you have an incoming Kindergarten? Do you need ideas for getting your child ready for Kindergarten? I have six ideas for you! What will you do with your son or daughter to get ready for Kindergarten? Please share! 1) Free Kindergarten Readiness Printable Book I made this book for my son’s preschool both as a…
PickyKidPix‘s assistant soccer coach has a two-year-old son and he asked me for truck books because he is a little tired of reading Thomas the Train and Mater from Cars books. We both live in Newton, Massachusetts. One of our very favorite authors, Virginia Lee Burton, also lived here so I’ve added two of her books to this…
Being Asian means that you are all about food. Did you know that the greeting in Chinese, 你吃了吗？ {Ni (third tone) Chi (first tone) Le (first tone) Ma(third tone), means have you eaten yet?! The family-style serving platters set the tone; meals are meant to be eaten together! It’s no surprise that there are quite…