Roaring Brook Press | 978-1250776136 A few weeks ago, I had the good fortune to attend and present at one of the largest book festivals in the country – the Tucson Festival of Books. There, I met the kind and wonderful Benson Shum, who is both an author/illustrator of picture books and an animator for… Read more »
Balzar + Bray | 978-0062865779 Before a grip on a branch and a fall to the ground and a scrape and a leap and a reach for the top, before anyone finds out how high they can climb, Nell picks up a seed. So begins Anne Wynter‘s beautiful story of the love, care,… Read more »
978-0762478781 | Running Press Kids Learning the names of familiar animals is a skill young kids develop over time. “This is a dog. That’s a cat. This is a lion. That’s a tiger.” Year by year, as children move from toddlerhood through preschool and beyond, they come to know more and more about the animal… Read more »
Beach Lane Books/S&S | 978-1665912488 There’s a truth about picture books that those who haven’t tried writing them have no experience with. It’s this: Picture books are mysterious, elusive things that settle somewhere in our hearts. They are both deeply felt, and are like wisps that are barely solid enough to find their way… Read more »
Chronicle Books | 978-1452178066 WOVEN OF THE WORLD by Katey Howes, illustrated by Dinara Mirtalipova is a masterpiece of art and text, woven together into a beautiful exploration of the ways that we, as humans, are threaded in and out of one another’s lives. “With clack and swish, with heart and hand, we layer row on row. Our loom… Read more »
HarperCollins | 978-0062741578 Hedgehog is frazzled. He’s running late and he doesn’t like it one bit. In mid-grumble, he spots something on the ground. It is not an acorn or anything else he’d expect to find on his way to meet his friends in the meadow. It’s a letter: “Friend, You are a joy,… Read more »
Candlewick Press | 978-1536228656 I’m currently teaching a class on picture books and one of the many things I love are the new books students bring to my attention. I’ve read and enjoyed other Chris Haughton books – Shhh! We Have a Plan and Oh, No George! – but I hadn’t seen his most recent – WELL… Read more »
