Hello! Welcome to the May 2016 Kid Lit Blog Hop. This exciting,monthly hop, is where we develop an engaged group of people who love everything that has to do with children’s literature. Everyone is welcome to join us: bloggers, authors, publicist, and publishers! Simply make a post related to Children’s literature and add it to…
9 People Who Changed The World: Nobel Peace Prize Picture Books
It surprises me that only a few of the Nobel Peace Prize recipients are represented in picture books for children. I was able to find these nine people who changed the world and, in doing so, received the Nobel Peace Prize. Some the picture books are biographies, others are their own books reflecting their philosophies but…
My Teen Driver & Global Youth Safety Month
Grasshopper and Sensei turned 16 years old recently and had to be persuaded to learn to drive. She has no interest. Why would she? Her dad and I are her personal car service. She’s terrified being behind the wheel of a vehicle that can do serious damage. And she’s right. A few weeks ago, a car…
How Do Mirrors Work? How Are Mirrors Made?
PickyKidPix broke her full length mirror, not once but twice. I hope that’s not 14 years of bad luck. She hated the replacement mirror that my husband installed and wanted to replace it, yet again, herself. This mirror drama got my son thinking and asking about how mirrors work. I was hoping that he could…
Memorial Day Books & Art Projects for Kids
It wasn’t easy to find books in my library for Memorial Day. While there are a few picture books, none were on the shelves. Rather than give you a list of hard-to-find books, I’ve narrowed the list to just three and have added activities that I rounded up from Pinterest. First, here’s some background on…
Katie Woo and Pedro Early Chapter Book HUGE GIVEAWAY!
PickyKidPix loves Katie Woo even though she discovered this series in 5th grade while messing around in her school library. She encouraged me to continue with the Katie Woo book giveaways because she wants to spread the love, and copies come my way that land in her room. I told her that a spinoff series about Pedro…
Children’s Books About Fashion including the mysterious Coco Chanel
PickyKidPix who is now in 8th grade surprised me with this question: Is Coco Chanel a real person? First of all, how does she even know about Chanel? I think she watches too many YouTube beauty bloggers. And secondly, how strange that she only knows Chanel as a brand name because, in fact, she knew…