Archives
- November
- What Does Thanksgiving Mean to Picture Book Readers and Their Families? Here’s a Great Answer!
- Veterans Day 2018
- Why Do We Celebrate Veterans on November 11th? A Picture Book and a Chat with Children Can Begin the Discussion.
- Today All Souls Day and the Day of the Dead Intertwine Through the Remembrance of Our Dead.
- October
- What Has Happened to the Innocence of My Childhood Halloweens?
- Happy All Hallows Eve!
- A Halloween Tradition! “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” by Charles M. Schulz
- “Pumpkin Jack” – Written and Illustrated by Will Hubbell
- “The Worst Witch” written and illustrated” by Jill Murphy
- October 12th is Farmer Appreciation Day! Please Do Say Hello and Thanks, If You See One!
- “Old Black Witch” by Wende And Harry Devlin; It’s a Classic Halloween Hoot!
- September
- Nature Teaches Us to Store Up for the Tough Times. But What to Store?
- “Apple Picking Time” by Michele Slawson; art by Deborah Kogan Ray
- More Than Mere Memory, Acts of Kindness Continue a Much Needed Ripple Effect in Today’s World.
- Fireboat by Maira Kalman and the Story of the Heroic “John J. Harvey” on 9/11
- We are Awash in Apples! And Here are Two Perfect Pictures Books to Celebrate Them!
- This School Year, Let it Be the Year of the Perfect Effort!
- August
- Here is a Very Famous Elephant and its Author’s Son Who Never Falls Far From the Legacy Tree!
- Try Navigating the Start of A New School Year With a Read Aloud Picture Book for Pure Pleasure!
- Do You Remember Some Trepidation at the Beginning of the First Day of School? “Follow the Line To School” is a Reassuring Picture Book for Young Readers…and Parents, Readying for a New School Year!
- Hey! Wanna Be Friends? Katherine Battersby’s “Squish Rabbit” Can Help Young Readers Navigate and Nurture the Fits and Starts of First Friendships.
- Here is a Perfect Picture Book for a Young Reader That Howls at Haircuts or Any Attempt at a Summer Snip of the Scissors Towards His Generous Mane Of Hair!
- July
- What Happens If A.A. Milne’s Christopher Robin Lost His Way As An Adult? Could Pooh and His Pals Help Him Find His Way Back To What is Essential?
- What Happens If A.A. Milne’s Christopher Robin Lost His Way As An Adult? Could Pooh Help Him Regain His Way Back?
- Racehorse Work Ethic or a Dreamy Poet? What DOES Sustain Us in a Meaningful Life When Tough Times Come? Leo Lionni Gently Suggests Young Readers Ask the Question.
- You and Your Young Reader Will Get Along Swimmingly with Eric Carle’s “Mister Seahorse” This Summer!
- Books and Summer Vacations: A Match Made in Heaven!
- Happy July 4th! Happy Independence Day! Celebrate with a Book and a Barbecue, Too!
- Observing the 155th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg with “The Last Brother : A Civil War Tale” by Trinka Hakes Noble with Illustrations by Robert Papp
- Tell Your Young Readers the Real Reason for The Big Celebration on July 4th by Reading a Great Picture Book about Courage!
- June
- In The Wake of the PC Hammer Falling On the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, Please Give Some Thought To This Past Review of Two Books.
- Laura Ingalls Wilder and Her Literary Legacy’s Clash With the PC Police. Parents, Please Take Note!!
- Please Begin Your Summer Picture Book Reads With the Classic Caldecott Picture Book Read, “Time of Wonder.”
- Happy Father’s Day to All the Men Who Have Earned, By Many Roads, That Most Special of Names…and Continue to Earn It Every Day!
- Long May Old Glory Wave On Flag Day… and Everyday in the Picture Book Called “F is For Flag””
- Please Meet an Endearing Badger Named Frances…and Parents Who Are Very Wise in the Art of Child Rearing. It’s A Classic Picture Book Read!!
- “What Was D-Day?” by Patricia Brennan Demuth
- Please Remember To Share the Story of D-Day On This 74th Anniversary With Your Children and Its Impact On the Freedoms They Enjoy Today!
- “Amos and Boris”: It’s a Great Story of the Unlikely Friendship and Tale of A Whale and His Friend…a Mote of a Mouse.
- May
- If You Do Nothing Else This Summer, Please Introduce Your Young Readers To Grandma Dowdel…..and Richard Peck!
- Memorial Day Is Here! The Poppy is the Flower of the Hour and Here is the Story of the Lady That Made it So!
- Norman Rockwell; Storyteller With a Brush by Beverly Gherman
- Armed Forces Day: It Too Is A Classic Love Story Well Worth The Telling….To Children!
- A Prayer for Farmers and For the Renewal of Interest in Classic Picture Books!
- Happy Mother’s Day to All the Moms and to All Those Who Deserve the Title!
- It’s Teacher Appreciation Week! Seek and Find One… or a Bunch To Thank!
- May is for Remembering!
- It’s May 5th and Cinco De Mayo! Do You Know How to Celebrate with Your Young Reader and Why?
- National Day of Prayer: A Plea and Prayer Echoes in A Picture Book from 1945 to 2018!
- April
- Celebrate Children’s Book Week! It Recognizes the Wealth of Children’s Literature Since 1919!
- Celebrate Earth Day and Respect the Balance She Requires in the Use of Her Resources.
- “World Make Way: New Poems Inspired by Art from the Metropolitan Museum of Art” – Edited by Lee Bennett Hopkins
- Find the Universal in Life in the Particulars of Poems Picked By Jack Prelutsky in “The 20th Century Children’s Poetry Treasury”
- Celebrate National Siblings Day With A Trip To “Fog Island.” It’s A Small Gem Not To Be Missed!
- A Great Picture Book Born of Following One’s Conscience…Even Years Later!
- Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr. On the 50th Anniversary of His Death.
- Helping Young Readers Discover Their Poetic Side During National Poetry Month
- March
- The Easter Bunny That Overslept – Priscilla Friedrich, Otto Friedrich; illus. by Donald Saaf
- A Personal Passover
- Compassion Over Competition on Easter Sunday
- Major Praise for this Holy Week Easter Title
- Way Back Wednesday Essential Classic for SPRING!
- Way Back Wednesday: The Canon of Picture Books
- Irish Stories for St. Patrick’s Day
- “St. Patrick’s Day” by Anne Rockwell; pictures by Lizzy Rockwell
- Teach Your Children Well; How to Negotiate Feelings.
- February
- Celebrate Black History Month with Music!
- Celebrate Wilhelm Grimm’s Birthday AND the Chinese New Year with a Chinese Picture Book Version of “Little Red Riding Hood” Times Three!
- African American History Month: 1940’s America
- Let’s Honor Mr. Washington!
- Celebrate Presidents Day with a Terrific Picture Book for Young Readers!
- Happy Valentine’s Day from Cat and Liz’s Book Snuggery!
- Here’s Another Great Picture Book to Celebrate the Chinese New Year; Did You Know 2018 is the Year of the Dog?
- National Take Your Child To a Library Day!
- Punxsutawney Phil! It’s Your Day To Shine in the Sun….Or Not. It Depends on the Weather!!