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 »
Holiday House | 978-0823451579 The night is dark, the moon is high, and everyone in the fire station is sound asleep until… “…jingly-jang, the telephone rang. “ “Hello? Hello? It’s Firefighter Flo.” In seconds the crew is up! STOMP! STOMP! On go the turnout suits and heavy boots. CLANG! CLANG! goes the bell. WOOOOOOOO! The… Read more »
Princeton Architectural Press | 978-1616897239 Mrs. Badger has seen many things in her life. She knows which mushrooms are delicious in ragout, and which are poisonous. And when she happens upon a friend in need, she “helps the best she can…” Each Sunday Mrs. Badger travels up the mountain. Along the way, she stops… Read more »
Zonderkidz | 978-0310771241 In the tender story, WALKING GRANDMA HOME by Nancy Bo Flood, a young boy named Lee learns that his elderly grandmother is dying. “Little Lee,” she says, “I’m going away soon, going home.” Lee wonders – Isn’t Grandma already home? Just last summer at a family wedding, he had helped her “walk down the… Read more »
978-0884488675 | Tilbury House Publishers Once a year, during the month of December, librarian and School Library Journal blogger Betsy Bird publishes a set of posts she calls, “31 Days, 31 Lists: 2022”. Many books on the list are picture books, both fiction and nonfiction, but she also devotes a post to favorite board books, middle… Read more »
Beach Lane Books/S&S | 978-1534487895 It’s here! My newest book, DARK on LIGHT is out in the world! A companion to the other “color on color” books I’ve published with Beach Lane/S&S (BLUE on BLUE and GREEN on GREEN), DARK on LIGHT is a picture book about that gorgeous space of time between dusk and dawn. … Read more »
Chronicle Books | 978-1797212944 Days before school is to begin, 12 year old Millie Donally’s neighbors – the Acostas – ask Millie to babysit their 4 1/2 month-old daughter, Lolo. This is a first, a milestone that is both exciting and daunting. Millie’s older sister, Tess, is the one who usually watches Lolo. But Tess… Read more »
