I have a love / dislike relationship with cats. If someone had handed me this book after that first incident walking home from school … well, I think I would have understood cats better.
The invention of film and movies? This book captures that very early “how do we record movement and play it back so people can watch who aren’t anywhere near what’s taking place” fervor.
The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota, stretching for 150 miles along the Canadian border, is the setting for John Owens’ newest wordless picture book.
There is so much to like about Growing an Artist, a picture book about a young boy working alongside his father. It shines on our bookshelf!
I was so excited when this book crossed my desk. This book was made for the kid in me … and kids like me!
Written as a guidebook, this picture book is at once cheeky and heartwarming, frank and encouraging, encompassing and specific. How can we have our best success at being human?
It works well to read poems here and there from The Voice of My Heart … but I often find myself caught up in the expressions of love and longing, moving from one poem to the next, contemplating, learning, feeling.
The cookbook shelves at our house are stuffed with books we treasure. Steve and I both started our cookbook habit as children. They’re enlightening and mouth-wateringly fun to read!
I have discovered a new-to-me nonfiction author and illustrator and I am a fan girl! This folio-sized book is inspiring, absorbing, and a call-out to think and dream with innovation and confidence.
With her usual positive and hopeful storytelling, Nikki Grimes reminds us that lives changed during the Covid pandemic, affecting many people in many different ways. Garvey’s story will resonate deeply with readers of all ages.