Today I’ve got five stunners from this year’s crop of new picture books. Books I think you’ll love, too. They Say Blue, written and illustrated by Jillian Tamaki published in 2018 by Abrams Books for Young Readers Jillian Tamaki’s ravishing …
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soak up the green
It is finally, finally spring summer? sprummer? here in Minnesota. We rocketed from blizzards to strong sunshine, from snowbanks to buds bursting into fresh green leaves, in just a matter of days. Today’s books revel in raindrops and green toads, trees …
highly original and plum full of smiles…a list of five
I know all the harried preparations for Christmas are on the minds of so many of us. Maybe it will help to focus on something more mainstream? These great books should all go on your list for reading after that …
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six wintery stories celebrating cold weather!
Here in the Great North we’re looking forward to wearing our woolies, sipping our chai, and watching candlelight flicker in windows as December approaches. I love winter! What about you? Today’s books will warm your heart towards cold weather, even …
ten-word reviews
You’re busy. I get that. Holidays approach. Voila! 10-word teasers to tempt you towards books I adore! Guaranteed to make your day better. Fort-building Time, written by Megan Wagner Lloyd, illustrated by Abigail Halpin published in 2017 by Alfred A. …
terrific for toddlers…books just right for little squirts
Looking for some great reads for those little shavers, say 15 months and up? Bold, jolly books, short in length but long in painstakingly-crafted ideas and artwork, coming right up! Truck, Truck, Goose, written by Tammi Sauer, illustrated by Zoe …
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lost words…and why they matter
I just received my copy of The Lost Words and it is much larger, just as handsome, and quite as magical as I suspected it would be. The Lost Words: A Spell Book, written by Robert Macfarlane, illustrated by Jackie …
a batch of goodies…picture books I’ve loved lately
Looking for a new gem for your stack of bedtime reading? Check out these titles that have risen to the tiptop of a towering stack of books I’ve read recently. (And that takes some doing!) Want something wildly imaginative, slightly …
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the silver lining…five positive spins on rain
Rain has perhaps a tarnished reputation of late with the devastating hurricanes and floods across the globe. Images of rainfall have been connected with misery. Today’s rain-soaked books are saturated with jubilation, imagination, humor, tenderness. I think they’ll put a …
elegant imports…picture books with an air of elsewhere
I love imported picture books. I’m drawn to them like a moth to a lantern. Stylistically they are often marked by a je ne sais quoi air, something artistically, something conceptually, that is clearly not American…but what is it? Like …
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