This year to honor Dr. King’s birthday I’ve decided to highlight three excellent biographies that I’ve tremendously enjoyed. I’m also highlighting a number of titles focused on voting rights as our nation confronts once again, front and center, inequities in …
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picture books that’ll make you smile…a list of five
I’m slowly making my way through the superb picture books published in 2021 which is getting a bit easier with our libraries now returning to pre-Covid, regularly scheduled hours. This batch of five all made me smile with their cleverness, …
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idea-sparking, wonder-provoking picture books…a list of five
Today’s picture books function not so much as story-tellers as idea-generators. Each is meant to be taken at a bit of a slower pace. New ways of thinking and looking at the world offer themselves to those willing to pause, …
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unusual flavors in picture books…a list of five
Quite a lot of picture books feature familiar flavors — going to bed, making a new friend, celebrating the seasons, starting school, or any of a dozen other common storylines. There’s not a thing wrong with those flavors. But sometimes …
a world-ful of interesting folks!
Every March I enjoy the opportunity to read and share excellent biographies of women from around the world and across time who have been influential in an extraordinary variety of ways. And every February my Black History posts feature powerful …
the world at our fingertips…
Gathering titles for my culture-tour posts is one of my favorite blogging tasks! I especially love the increasing number of voices having the opportunity to tell their own stories, share their own perspectives. Today we are privileged to encounter another …
50 books, 100-ish pages and under…round three!
Over the years, some of my perennially favorite, top-read posts are my collections of 100-ish-pages-and under chapter books. These mighty-slim books range widely in their difficulty, style, and content making them appealing choices for a variety of readers — those …
the bird in me flies…a stunning portrait of an artist
The Bird in Me Flies, written and illustrated by Sara Lundberg, translated by B.J. Epstein first published in Sweden in 2017; English edition 2020 by Groundwood Books 120 pages This ravishingly beautiful, fictionalized biography of Swedish artist Berta Hansson has …
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in a world of sorrow shall I dish up green eggs and ham?
In a World of Sorrow, Shall I Dish Up Green Eggs and Ham? Lately I’ve been mulling the incongruity between the weight of human suffering in the world and the seeming inconsequence of children’s literature. The question rattles around in …
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orange marmalade 