I’m excited to share with you this new thought-provoking title from debut author Stacy C. Jensen and illustrator Victo Ngai. Before I Lived Here takes readers on a journey backward in time, prompting them to wonder what came before. The book opens with a young boy looking out a window …
Hello, Picture Book Builder people. Many of you know that I have been dealing with a really big loss. Last November, my high school sweetheart/college boyfriend/husband of nearly 30 years/father of my two kids/grandpa of two baby boys he never had a chance to meet had a heart attack and …
When Auggie Learned to Play Chess, written by Meredith Rusu and Illustrated by Stephen Costanza. Auggie is not happy to have moved. He misses his old house by the sea and isn’t fitting into the countryside, or his new school. Then he finds his father’s old chessboard that was given …
Okay, whose heart wouldn’t go out to a tiny tiger, the sole survivor of her litter, rejected by her mother? When little Zoya, an Amur tiger born at the Philadelphia Zoo, is rejected, zoo staffers search the country for a foster mother to care for her. The only problem? That’s …
Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a total type A control freak (thank you for that, Anxiety), so there’s nothing I love more (other than my family and chcocolate-peanut-butter ice cream, of course) than checking things off my To-Do List! So, when I heard about this sweet book, I …
As a librarian at a school with wide-ranging educational programming and services for students with disabilities and a neurodiverse population, I am always looking for books that represent our inclusive community. This Is How We Talk: A Celebration of Disability and Connection written by Jessica Slice and Caroline Cupp and …
Hello, Picture Book Builders people! Today’s post is brought to you by my friend Janee Trasler. 🙂 I’ve always wondered what it would be like to collaborate with another author on a book. How would that work? Who would do what? How would you divide the work? Ben Clanton, Corey …
IF YOU FIND A LEAF, by Aimée Sicuro is the perfect book for Fall. Beautifully illustrated, Aimée Sicuro has incorporated a wide variety of real leaves into her mixed media illustrations. This book has appeal for a broad age-range of kids. Spare text and easy reading for young ones. But …
Hello, picture book people! This past spring, I was lucky enough to meet author Jyoti Gopal at a Highlights retreat, and when I learned she had TWO new books releasing this summer, Over in the Mangroves (illustrated by Dikshaa Pawaskar – Orchard Books) and The Power of Your Name (releasing …
The title of the new book by Martha Brockenbrough and illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal, A Gift of Dust, inspires one’s imagination. Is it about Star Dust and how it is in everything? Or the magic of Fairy Dust and the possibilities it brings? Maybe it is a picture book introducing …