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Giant Squid by Candace Fleming

January 16, 2017 by Amy Leave a Comment

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…]

Posted in: Books, Uncategorized Tagged: 2016 Cybils, Cybils, Nonfiction Picture Books, Picture Books, Read Aloud Thursday, Recommended Picture Books, Science

Amherst for Christmas

December 22, 2016 by Amy 4 Comments

Amherst was at the top of my list for our trip to the Boston area.  In fact, I suspect it’s the reason Steady Eddie had Boston on his radar when we began thinking about a Christmas trip.  After all, I had only mentioned The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art a time or two … [Read more…]

Posted in: Education Tagged: Amherst, Boston, Field Trips, literary trips, Picture Books, The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art

Two new books by the Steads that I LOVE

October 20, 2016 by Amy 1 Comment

Picking my favorite author and illustrator of picture books would not be easy for me, but I could make a fairly short list.  Included on this list would be the dynamic duo of Philip C. and Erin E. Stead, husband-wife author-illustrator team.  Imagine, then, my absolute delight when I realized that they had published not … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books Tagged: Best Books, Picture Books, Read Aloud Thursday, Read-Aloud, Recommended Picture Books

Last Stop on Market Street by Matt De La Peña

October 6, 2016 by Amy 1 Comment

See those three seals on this book cover?  That’s some heavy metal.  🙂  Last Stop on Market Street won the 2016 Newbery Medal, a 2016 Caldecott honor, and a 2016 Coretta Scott King honor for illustration.  Wow! Last Stop on Market Street by Matt De La Peña and illustrated by Christian Robinson is a sweet, sweet … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Picture Books Tagged: Newbery Award, Newbery Through the Decades, Picture Books

Burt Dow, Deep-Water Man by Robert McCloskey

September 23, 2016 by Amy 3 Comments

Today I read a wonderful little story to my boys, and in a flash I was transported back to my blogging days of yore when I obviously had more time on my hands than I do now.  And in that same flash, I decided to bring back the Friday’s Vintage Finds feature here at Hope … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books Tagged: Picture Books, Read Aloud Thursday, Vintage Finds Fridays
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