Living With Your Monster
After writing about a whole slew of children’s books in my 12 Books For Christmas feature, I was burned out for awhile on Easy Picture Books, but the latest batch I brought home… Read More
After writing about a whole slew of children’s books in my 12 Books For Christmas feature, I was burned out for awhile on Easy Picture Books, but the latest batch I brought home… Read More
The powers that be are conspiring to prevent me from posting today. I spent over an hour on a long post about Herb Boyd’s We Shall Overcome and Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry… Read More
I don’t usually post about books that are not in English but this Spanish language children’s book I came across today is so unusual and a lot of fun even if you do… Read More
Today’s Christmas book is a bit unusual. It includes a history lesson. Christmas In The Trenches by John McCutcheon with illustrations by Henri Sorensen (who was also the illustrator for The Old Shepard’s… Read More
Last week I got called in to work a shift at Sumner Library. I had worked at that branch once before and they had been very nice to me so when they… Read More
This week’s Easy Picture Books all get a Highly Recommended! Books reviewed: Good Night Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann, Misery Moo by Jeanne Wallis and Tony Ross, and Alexander Who’s Not (Do you year me? I meant it!) Going to Move by Judith Viorst
The latest Easy Picture Books to catch my eye are a mixed bag. Tana Hoban’s 26 letters and 99 cents is exactly what the title specifies and nothing more. Open it from the… Read More
One of my duties at the library is to go around just before we close and gather up any stray books that have been left here, there or wherever. Just before closing time… Read More
For me, one of the great things about working at the library is getting to enjoy children’s books in the course of the day. As a non-parent, I would never have occasion to… Read More