The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine by Mark Twain and Philip Stead was a Christmas gift from my family, received after hinting to anyone within earshot that I’d like a copy for my library. When I learned that my favorites, Phillip and Erin Stead, were collaborating together again, and this time on a book based on … [Read more…]
What I read: I try to keep a book going on my Kindle so I have something to read when I dry my hair or for that odd moment when I have a few moments to read and all I have is my iphone and Kindle app. I mostly purchase nonfiction books for my Kindle … [Read more…]
We’ve read a number of Christmas novels together as a family over the years. Some of them have been overt Christmas stories, while others of them have had Christmas as a backdrop to an unfolding plot. Both types of books have helped our family cultivate a rich Christmas tradition of reading aloud. These are our … [Read more…]
We’ve read a lot of Thanksgiving books over the years. On Monday I shared a quartet of longer Thanksgiving stories to read aloud. Today I’m sharing what I consider the best picture books–our favorites. Enjoy! Books that tell the story of the first Thanksgiving: Kate Waters’ books about the Mayflower, the Wampanaog, the Pilgrims, and … [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…]
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