Earlier this week I wrote about the peculiar kindness of a hand-written letter. Today, I’ve got some picture books starring snail mail and links to some great titles featured in previous posts over the years. Most of these books include …
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Going Postal…a post on the special kindness of letter-writing
A mailbox is not a particularly friendly sort of place these days, is it? Flyers, advertisements and marketers telling me I may have already won $10,000 keep company with bills, tax statements, and the odd catalog. Rarely does a hand-addressed …
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The 2020 Orange Marmalade Juicy Book Awards
It’s time once again to award the Juicies! Each year I look back on the hundreds of books I’ve read and highlight titles that outstandingly reflect six core values of Orange Marmalade. An extra List of Ten gives me wiggle …
The 2019 Orange Marmalade Juicy Book Awards
Awarding my annual Juicies provides me with the great pleasure of looking back at all the books I’ve loved over the past year — such fascinating, beautiful, expansive places I’ve traveled via their pages! Yet whittling down the list to …
love, loss, and one little donkey
Saving Winslow, by Sharon Creech published in 2018 by Joanna Cotler Books, Harper Collins 165 pages Louie knelt beside the basket. A small gray head with black eyes and feathery eyelashes and sticking-up ears emerged. Attached to the head was …
powerful & poignant…new recommended reads on refugees/immigrants
A while back I shared some excellent middle-grade reads illuminating the immensely difficult sagas of refugees and asylum seekers. Today I’ve got another stack of powerful, poignant, hopeful stories of both immigrants and refugees. Some are ideal for young children; …
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you’ve got a friend…
This world is so full of sharp edges, sorrows like anvils sitting on our chests, worries, feelings of inadequacy. That’s true for adults, and it’s true for children as well. One of the sweetest gifts on the planet is the …
sweet as pie in July
Pie is for Sharing, written by Stephanie Parsley Ledyard, illustrated by Jason Chin published in 2018, a Neal Porter Book, Roaring Brook Press My grandmother made the best blueberry pie imaginable, exploding with the tiny, wild blueberries she picked, and …
new gems for young and old
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 …
enduring, glittery, always, goofy… love
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. Perhaps you’d like to tuck in a book with those chocolates for a child, grandchild, or friend. Here are five grand choices with decidedly different personalities: For a poignant valentine: Love, written by …
