When my husband added “father” to his resume three years ago, I started the tradition of giving him a dad-related picture book each year on…
The two-year-old and I have been LOVING biographies these days. I don’t know if you realize this, but we live in a special time in…
Cluck-cluck! What luck! Today I have the privilege of giving you a sneak preview of Tammi Sauer’s latest punny picture book, A Little Chicken, which…
Happy Valentine’s Day! Do you remember when I told you about Susanna Leonard Hill‘s Halloweensie Challenge back in the Fall? Well, she’s at it again!…
Long, long ago in a faraway place, I used Cynthia Rylant’s If You’ll Be My Valentine with second graders. And then, I started teaching older…
Have you heard of Storystorm? If not, here’s the quick version. Each year, author Tara Lazar collaborates with other authors and illustrators to share a…
Happy New Year! Can you believe it’s 2019? Not long ago, a blizzard swept through Chicago, and in the morning, our front and back yards…
Oh this one is good! When Floyd’s kite gets stuck in a tree, he throws a variety of increasingly ridiculous items into the tree, trying…
Today’s post is a little out of the norm. For starters, the meat of the message isn’t about a picture book (or any book for…
I was first introduced to Animalia by Graeme Base during my teaching practicum. I was as enamored by the illustrations and the eccentric vocabulary as…