As a lifelong theater lover and a HUGE fan (bordering on stalker) of Renée LaTulippe’s, I knew from the moment I heard about LIMELIGHT that I had to not only get my hands on a copy but I HAD to secure an interview with Renée for this blog. As anyone …
As the weather chills, let’s take a look at a great picture book for winter: COME CATCH A DREAM by Brittany J. Thurman and Islenia Mil. In this story, a boy walks home every day with his mother, always passing the ice skating rink. Most of the year the rink …
No tricks! Just treats! This Halloween, the only thing better than full-size candy bars are these 10 books! Some are classics. Some are favorites. Some are new. All are SPOOKTACULAR.
What a beautiful cover, yes? Author Gary Metivier has been a friend for years … I know how hard he’s worked at his craft. So when I learned that he self published this book –– which dovetails beautifully with his amazing That’s Wild YouTube nature video series –– I had …
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 …