If you’re longing to be swept away on the adventure of a lifetime, then SEBASTIAN AND THE BALLOON (2014) and JONATHAN AND THE BIG BLUE BOAT (2011) by Philip C. Stead (A Neal Porter Book/Roaring Brook Press) are just what you’re looking for. Whether it be Sebastian – who gathers “all the things he would ever need,” before… Read more »
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Once Upon An Alphabet
Letters make words. Words form sentences. Sentences become stories. But what if each letter were able to have its own story? A story made especially FOR each of the 26 letters of the alphabet? ONCE UPON AN ALPHABET, by Oliver Jeffers, is just such a book. Readers will learn about Edmund the Astronaut, who, in spite of his fear… Read more »
Attack! Boss! Cheat Code!: A Gamer’s Alphabet
P is for power up, and that is just what you’ll want to do after reading author Chris Barton’s latest picture book, Attack! Boss! Cheat Code!: A Gamer’s Alphabet. Illustrated by Joey Spiotto in a cleverly pixilated style, kids and parents alike will delight in discovering the cool backstories behind video gamer lingo. On their… Read more »
Author in Residence: Part 2 of White on BLUE
ReaderKidZ co-founder and elementary-school teacher Dianne White’s spectacular picture book BLUE ON BLUE will be released on December 9th. We’re thrilled at the chance to interview one of our own! Today we pick up where we left off on Wednesday. ReaderKidZ: You were a teacher in grades 1, 2 and 3 for more than 25… Read more »
Author in Residence: ReaderKidZ’ Own Dianne White on her Debut, BLUE ON BLUE
ReaderKidZ co-founder and veteran elementary-school teacher Dianne White, wrote a spectacular picture book called BLUE ON BLUE, that will be released on December 9th. It’s beautifully illustrated by Caldecott Medal–winning illustrator, Beth Krommes. We’re thrilled and wanted to learn more, so Dianne is answering Stephanie’s and Ann’s questions this week. (Incidently, check out Dianne’s website… Read more »
Pumpkin Time!
Growing up on the Canadian plains, I have fond memories of gardening alongside my mother and grandmother and reveling in the sheer magic of seeing vegetables sprout from once tiny seeds. My brother and I used to hide behind towering corn stalks and pluck pea pods off vines and author Erzsi Deàk and illustrator Doug… Read more »
On The Wing by David Elliott, illustrated by Becca Stadtlander
David Elliott takes us soaring with On the Wing, illustrated by Becca Stadtlander, the latest in the award-winning series On the Farm/In the Wild/In the Sea by Candlewick. His witty verses feel like velvet as they roll off the tongue. “Music lovers fast await the first duet of summer. Oriole is vocalist. Woodpecker is drummer.”… Read more »
