S&S/Paula Wiseman Books | 978-1665951104 Each month, I read stacks of picture books. Not just because I want to stay on top of what’s new from week to week and month to month, but also because, when I teach classes about writing picture books, I like to share new favorites with students. Those of us… Read more »
It’s been busy times around here. Last week I attended the annual National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) conference in Columbus, Ohio and being there among so many passionate educators, librarians, authors, editors, publishers, publicists, and booksellers is one of the reasons I’m feeling especially grateful this season. Rather than sharing about one book… Read more »
S&S/Paula Wiseman Books | 978-1534469273 Today is a BIG day. It will be the first time little Juanito gets to help his papi at work! Juanito’s father is a landscape contractor. Today Juanito will learn to “shape and trim bushes”, and “mow perfect lines in the grass” at Mrs. Tarbe’s house. There, Juanito sees his… Read more »
Boynton Bookworks | 978-0761193005 I generally don’t post about board books on ReaderKidZ, but I do very much admire the variety and skill of the authors who “own” the genre. And when it comes to humorous board books, there’s really no one quite like Sandra Boynton. It takes a certain kind of skill to write… Read more »
Little Bee | 978-1499813944 “Georgia Ann Thomspon weighed only three pounds at birth on April 8th, 1893. Everyone called her Tiny, and the nickname stuck.” At the age of six Tiny had to begin working in order to help her family. The work was hard, the days long. Her young life had become an endless… Read more »
Neal Porter Books /Holiday House | 978-0823449866 “In the night garden, fireflies look like fallen stars. Moonflowers unfurl and release their intoxicating perfume…. bats swoop and glide in the bluing sky.” There’s something magical about gardens, and when that garden becomes the nighttime setting of a picture book, mystery and magic combine to create a… Read more »
Candlewick | 978-1536203950 “On Fridays, there’s Assembly.” Mr. Ross makes announcements. Sometimes there’s a guest, sometimes not. And if the kids are good, one of them “gets to do something for the whole school. A performance… called ‘Sharing Gifts.’” One week a student plays the tuba. Another week, there are magic tricks. Another jokes…. Read more »
