Who says being a princess is so great? Not Cora, the heroine of the silly, delightful book PRINCESS CORA AND THE CROCODILE (Candlewick Press), written by Laura Amy Schlitz and illustrated by Brian Floca. Cora’s tired of being good. Her nanny makes her take three baths a day and her mother makes her read… Read more »
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Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets
ReaderKidZ welcomes Karen Jameson with today’s guest post: “Poems come out of wonder, not out of knowing.” This quote, by children’s author and poet Lucille Clifton, inspired the title of Kwame Alexander’s latest poetry offering, Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets (Candlewick, March 2017). Published just in time to welcome Poetry Month, this gorgeous picture… Read more »
CREEK FINDING: A TRUE STORY (about buried treasure)
Who doesn’t want to read a good book about buried treasure? This marvelous picture book, CREEK FINDING: A TRUE STORY, written by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and illustrated by Claudia McGehee is about a different kind of treasure. Not gold. Not jewels. This treasure is a disappeared creek. How can a creek disappear? Even more mysterious, how… Read more »
FEATHERS FOR PEACOCK, a tale of caring and generosity
FEATHERS FOR PEACOCK Friendship and caring is the heart of this picture book, FEATHERS FOR PEACOCK. Jacqueline Jules has created a pourquois tale in the engaging folklore style of “ long ago, when the world was new, Peacock did not have the beautiful feathers he has now. Peacock was naked.” All the birds were naked!… Read more »
STRANGE FRUIT, BILLIE HOLIDAY and the POWER of a PROTEST SONG
Here is a WOW picture story book and so timely: STRANGE FRUIT, BILLIE HOLIDAY AND THE POWER OF A PROTEST SONG a book for all ages written by Gary Golio and illustrated by Charlotte Riley-Webb. What a woman, Billie Holiday. And now, what a book about Billie and the song she dared to sing about… Read more »
“Everybody, sing it!”
Pete Seeger was born with music in his bones. So begins this inspirational picture book biography about one of America’s most famous, beloved folk singers, Pete Seeger, Stand Up and Sing! Folk Music, and the Path to Justice, (Bloomsbury 2017), written by Susannah Reich and illustrated by Adam Gustavson. Seeger came of age during… Read more »
Princess Posey and the First Grade Play
The first graders in Posey’s class are reading about bees and plan a play to share what they’ve learned with the other first grade classes. Caitlyn certainly knows a lot about bees. Her mother’s even given her a small yellow eraser in the shape of a bee. “Who cares about an old eraser?” Posey says… Read more »
