Boy, Were We Wrong About the Weather! by Kathleen V. Kudlinski is a good picture book to introduce young readers and listeners to the history of meteorology. The premise of the book is to go back into history beginning with ancient times, present a misconception, and then explain what modern meteorologists understand today about the … [Read more…]
I am excited today to share these two new titles. I shared both of these with Benny, age four, and he was delighted by both. Plant the Tiny Seed by Christie Matheson is a delightful rhyming book that invites the listener’s participation. It opens like this: There’s magic in this tiny seed. Press it down … [Read more…]
I read Giant Squid by House of Hope favorite Candace Fleming over lunch last week to all of my children. To say that we were all mesmerized, from the forty-two year old down to the three year old, isn’t an exaggeration. The combination of the awesome and mysterious subject matter and Eric Rohmann’s amospheric illustrations makes … [Read more…]
On our family’s recent trip to Boston and its environs, high on our short-list of places to visit was The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. I knew that I wanted to commemorate my visit with a souvenir of a book (or two), and Melissa Sweet’s new book, Some Writer!: The Life of E.B. … [Read more…]
We have and enjoy several general poetry anthologies, but sometimes it’s really nice to have something different for poetry tea time. I borrowed three very different titles from the library and we have enjoyed them for a month’s worth of poetry tea times. Castles: Old Stone Poems is a collection by J. Patrick Lewis and … [Read more…]
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