Today I’ve got one last whack of any time, any day books for 2019. If your time and reading stacks are overfull now, be sure to check out these gems after the holidays. Saturday, written and illustrated by Oge Mora …
Tag: sculpture
nice for November
As the cold creeps in and the evenings start earlier and earlier, November is a nice time for longer and more leisurely story hours. This collection is full of gems for a wide age range. Hope you find something here …
especially for September
September is a time of returning. Returning to routines, to school, returning home from travels and vacations. Migratory creatures begin returning to warmer spaces, and daylight and nightfall return to more familiar cadences after the sun’s wild excesses of summertime. …
cool reads for warm days… ten oustanding new picture books
This summer, again, I’m planning to create lists all-a-jumble with goodies from this year’s crop of picture books. Each one holds powerful seeds of ideas, wonder, imagination, creativity to germinate in our minds and hearts. I’m getting a head start …
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six gorgeous books about six spectacular artists
A feast for the eyes today! Learn about a few great artists while soaking in the masterful work of these authors and illustrators. Jake Makes a World: Jacob Lawrence, a Young Artist in Harlem, by Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, illustrated by Christopher …
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first mothers, first ladies, first daughters…hail to them on Presidents Day!
I’ve covered a number of titles on U.S. presidents over the years. You can find them in the Subject Index if you wish. This year, I felt weary of New Angles on Abe and Words about Washington. I decided to go spelunking for …
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guitar strumming and whimsical sculpture
These two terrific books acquaint us with two unusual talents: In Mary’s Garden, by Tina and Carson Kügler published in 2015 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt First — Mary Nohl, a multi-talented artist from Wisconsin who gradually transformed her Lake Michigan …
