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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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