From Vera Brosgol, the graphic novelist, comes this so adorable picture book about the strength of sharing.
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Showing posts with label picture books. Show all posts
Saturday, April 6, 2019
OH! So CUTE!!!
From Vera Brosgol, the graphic novelist, comes this so adorable picture book about the strength of sharing.
Friday, October 5, 2018
Book trailer - The Wall in the Middle of the Book
Can a wall keep you safe? Well, that all depends.
Jon Agee's The Wall in the Middle of the Book shows young readers that a wall can keep bad stuff OUT but it can also keep bad stuff IN.
Monday, April 2, 2018
A Year's Worth of Books - Jane Yolen
With the publication of A Bear Sat on My Porch Today, Jane Yolen reached the amazing goal of writing 365 books! That's a book for every day of the year.
Someone should attempt to read a Jane Yolen book each day for an entire year and then vlog about it. Some of the days will just be the vlogger reading a picture book. Other days can be book reports or cosplay - Yolen books offer lots of cosplay opportunities - or even "travelogues". Oooh, this is a great idea for someone with lots of energy. I want a cut if the idea goes viral. Just saying.
A YEAR OF YOLEN. You are welcome. Oh....wait....over on Jane Yolen's website, they already have plans for a year of Yolen. My ideas are almost as good.
With the huge success of the How Do Dinosaurs Say... franchise, Yolen cemented her place in picture book lore. The Dinosaur books are not my favorite Yolen picture books. I preferred the Piggins books with illustrations by Jane Dyer.
The poetry of Owl Moon earned a Caldecott Award for the paintings it inspired illustrator John Schoenherr to create.
Yolen's fantasy novels delight middle grade, YA and adult readers. Her poetry is contemplative, or funny, or sprightly, or inspiring. She writes biographies, collects and rewrites stories from the bible, and the spiritual traditions of other cultures. She even composes cookbooks!
Do you have a favorite Jane Yolen book? I have several and I read them so long ago, I can't remember the titles accurately. I do remember Boots and the Seven Leaguers: a Rock and Troll Novel and Wizard's Hall. I like Yolen's fantasy best of all.
Someone should attempt to read a Jane Yolen book each day for an entire year and then vlog about it. Some of the days will just be the vlogger reading a picture book. Other days can be book reports or cosplay - Yolen books offer lots of cosplay opportunities - or even "travelogues". Oooh, this is a great idea for someone with lots of energy. I want a cut if the idea goes viral. Just saying.
A YEAR OF YOLEN. You are welcome. Oh....wait....over on Jane Yolen's website, they already have plans for a year of Yolen. My ideas are almost as good.
With the huge success of the How Do Dinosaurs Say... franchise, Yolen cemented her place in picture book lore. The Dinosaur books are not my favorite Yolen picture books. I preferred the Piggins books with illustrations by Jane Dyer.
The poetry of Owl Moon earned a Caldecott Award for the paintings it inspired illustrator John Schoenherr to create.
Yolen's fantasy novels delight middle grade, YA and adult readers. Her poetry is contemplative, or funny, or sprightly, or inspiring. She writes biographies, collects and rewrites stories from the bible, and the spiritual traditions of other cultures. She even composes cookbooks!
Do you have a favorite Jane Yolen book? I have several and I read them so long ago, I can't remember the titles accurately. I do remember Boots and the Seven Leaguers: a Rock and Troll Novel and Wizard's Hall. I like Yolen's fantasy best of all.
Saturday, November 11, 2017
Let's Not Forget - Pat Hutchins, RIP
Pat Hutchins died this week. Her death is a HUGE loss to the picture book world.
Rosie's Walk - Who remembers the filmstrip - or the Weston Woods film? Hutchins' artwork was perfect for the simple animation that Weston Woods used.
Changes, Changes was one of my all time favorite wordless picture books. Still is. The block family reacts quickly and cleverly to a number of disasters. This picture book would be useful during community helpers week.
Pat Hutchins' books encompass so much. Think of Changes, Changes. In there we find the concepts of colors, shapes, sequencing, events and their consequences, action and reaction. There are SO MANY ways to view each book Hutchins wrote and illustrated.
In The Doorbell Rang, children meet the concept of division as two children must share their cookies with more and more friends. The welcome kitchen, the tension as the number of cookies shrink on the children's plates and the repetitive refrain set the reader up for the big ending.
Hutchins' illustrations give clues to what might happen next and give pre-readers so much to search for and find.
I COULD spend the rest of the post naming each of her books and how I might use them with a young listener or in storytime. But I don't need to. Go to the library and borrow her books. Read them; share them. You will find a character or a story that pleases you - whether you like monsters, parties, toys, farms or families.
The very saddest thing when a great artist or writer dies is that we will never know what comes next. Pat Hutchins left us with a treasure chest of reading fun. We will miss her but we should never forget her.
Here is Pat Hutchins' obituary from Publisher's Weekly.
Rosie's Walk - Who remembers the filmstrip - or the Weston Woods film? Hutchins' artwork was perfect for the simple animation that Weston Woods used.
Changes, Changes was one of my all time favorite wordless picture books. Still is. The block family reacts quickly and cleverly to a number of disasters. This picture book would be useful during community helpers week.
Pat Hutchins' books encompass so much. Think of Changes, Changes. In there we find the concepts of colors, shapes, sequencing, events and their consequences, action and reaction. There are SO MANY ways to view each book Hutchins wrote and illustrated.
In The Doorbell Rang, children meet the concept of division as two children must share their cookies with more and more friends. The welcome kitchen, the tension as the number of cookies shrink on the children's plates and the repetitive refrain set the reader up for the big ending.
Hutchins' illustrations give clues to what might happen next and give pre-readers so much to search for and find.
I COULD spend the rest of the post naming each of her books and how I might use them with a young listener or in storytime. But I don't need to. Go to the library and borrow her books. Read them; share them. You will find a character or a story that pleases you - whether you like monsters, parties, toys, farms or families.
The very saddest thing when a great artist or writer dies is that we will never know what comes next. Pat Hutchins left us with a treasure chest of reading fun. We will miss her but we should never forget her.
Here is Pat Hutchins' obituary from Publisher's Weekly.
Tuesday, August 8, 2017
Her Right Foot
I never stood at the base of the Statue of Library but millions of people have. One person noticed that her right foot is caught in the act of stepping. One person noticed. One person wondered. A book was born.
Saturday, November 5, 2016
Whew! Just in Time!
She's five now and tomorrow is her party. I went to the bookstore and I was appalled to realize that my obsession with middle grade fiction has left me unfamiliar with current picture books. I managed. I bought Mo Willems' The Thank You Book. We are big Mo Willems fans, she and I. And then, because she is my granddaughter and I don't have to care about protecting her from commercialism quite as much, I bought her an I Can Read book about one of her favorite TV shows.
You may be in a similar quandary as the frenzied gift-giving season arrives. All the FB posts and tweets are now counting down in days to You-Know-When.
Just in time!!! The New York Times Book Review has published the Best Illustrated Books of 2016 list. Hmm, it's not the best PICTURE books of the year, but, look, they all seem to be for children. Here's the list. I am baffled to admit that I recognize only one title on this entire list.
Anyway, these may not be the best picture books but the artwork in each one is superb. If you have the luxury of giving the children in your life books they want to read AND books you want them to experience, well, do it!
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| No, Mo, thank YOU!! |
You may be in a similar quandary as the frenzied gift-giving season arrives. All the FB posts and tweets are now counting down in days to You-Know-When.
Just in time!!! The New York Times Book Review has published the Best Illustrated Books of 2016 list. Hmm, it's not the best PICTURE books of the year, but, look, they all seem to be for children. Here's the list. I am baffled to admit that I recognize only one title on this entire list.
Anyway, these may not be the best picture books but the artwork in each one is superb. If you have the luxury of giving the children in your life books they want to read AND books you want them to experience, well, do it!
Saturday, October 15, 2016
Once, Twice, Thrice
A little girl "reads" to her father at bedtime. "One mouse, two mouses, three mouses."
So begins my friend's new picture book, "Once, Twice, Thrice" by Kim Chatel. Like parents everywhere in the English speaking world, the father explains that when you add one mouse to another mouse, you get two mice. Are two houses called hice, then?
The father daughter duo explore other irregular plurals in this cleverly written and charmingly illustrated book. Artist Kathleen Bullock picks just the right color palette for a night time tale.
Besides being a sweet bedtime story, this book will be a winner in primary language arts classes and with ESL teachers.
Click here to get your own copy.
So begins my friend's new picture book, "Once, Twice, Thrice" by Kim Chatel. Like parents everywhere in the English speaking world, the father explains that when you add one mouse to another mouse, you get two mice. Are two houses called hice, then?
Besides being a sweet bedtime story, this book will be a winner in primary language arts classes and with ESL teachers.
Click here to get your own copy.
Monday, August 31, 2015
Thursday, August 6, 2015
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Candlewick Believes!
Well, yeah! Who DOESN'T believe in picture books???!! They are so wonderful! Thanks, Candlewick.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Organization
This blog needs a little organization so I am declaring Tuesday to be Book Blog Day! (Fanfare, please.) And to celebrate the very first Book Blog day, I will introduce you to a Children's Book Blog that I truly enjoy!
Delightful Children's Books!!
I like this website so much, I list it in my links so you can always visit this clever and informative site when you visit my blog. The owner of Delightful Children's Books is a mother and educator and she produces annotated book lists of her family's favorite titles on a variety of subjects. Visit her "About" page to learn about this writer and reviewer. I have used her site in my storytelling business, searching for ideas for activity books and story inspiration. Librarians, caregivers and teachers will like this site a lot.
Good job, Delightful Children's Books
BTW, I recently presented to a local Kiwanis and gave them a list of 10 Great Children's Book Websites and Blogs. I posted the list on Scribd so click and enjoy. Um, I added this blog, too. So, please don't forget about ME!
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