Every Day is Worth Celebrating!
Every Day's a Holiday, Winnie's Birthday Countdown written by Stef Wade and illustrated by Husna Aghniya, published by Running Press...
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Jan 12, 20232 min read
Inspiration and Song
Debbie's Song: The Debbie Friedman Story written by Ellen Leventhal and illustrated by Natalia Grebtsova, published by Kar-Ben. I love...
Dec 1, 20222 min read
The Gift of Music
The Greatest Song of All, How Isaac Stern United the World to Save Carnegie Hall written by Megan Hoyt and illustrated by Katie Hickey,...
Nov 17, 20223 min read
The Importance of Perspective
Keepunumuk written by Danielle Greendeer, Anthony Perry, and Alexis Bunten, illustrated by Gary Meeches Sr., published by Charlesbridge....
Nov 10, 20222 min read
A Toy Streetcar was only the Start...
Railroad Engineer Olive Dennis written by Kaye Baillie and illustrated by Tanja Stephani, published by The Innovation Press. The rhythm...
Nov 3, 20222 min read
Perseverance in Picture Books
Mr. McCloskey’s Marvelous Mallards: The Making of MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS written by Emma Bland Smith, illustrated by Becca Stadtlander,...
Oct 20, 20221 min read
Underwater Elegance & Delight
The Crab Ballet written by Renée LaTulippe and illustrated by Cécile Metzger, published by Cameron Kids. Whether you have a budding...
Oct 6, 20222 min read
A Big Friendship Story
Big Bear and Little Fish written by Sandra Nickel and illustrated by Il Sung Na, published by Carolrhoda Books. Children will relate and...
Sep 29, 20222 min read
Letting Our Seeds Sprout
A Poem Grows Inside You written by Katey Howes and illustrated by Heather Brockman Lee, published by The Innovation Press. This beautiful...
Sep 22, 20222 min read
Hattie Harmony to the Rescue
Hattie Harmony Worry Detective written by Elizabeth Olsen and Robbie Arnette, illustrated by Marissa Valdez, and published by Viking....
Sep 15, 20222 min read
Friends under the Same Moon
The Moon from Dehradun, A Story of Partition written by Shirin Shamsi and illustrated by Tarun Lar, published by Atheneum Books for Young...
Sep 1, 20222 min read
A Story for Everyone
Abdul's Story written by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow and illustrated by Tiffany Rose, published by Salaam Reads (an imprint of Simon &...
Aug 26, 20222 min read
Our Hearts Sit in Many Places
All the Places We Call Home written by Patrice Gopo and illustrated by Jenin Mohammed, published by Worthy Kids, Hachette Book Group. The...
Jul 14, 20222 min read
No Eiffel Tower?
How Science Saved the Eiffel Tower written by Emma Bland Smith and illustrated by Lia Visirin, published by Capstone Editions. I have...
Jun 2, 20222 min read
Happy 100th Birthday, Charlie!
Charlie Takes His Shot, written by Nancy Churnin and illustrated by John Joven, published by Albert Whitman & Company. You may all know...
May 27, 20222 min read
Expat Summer Travel
Amah Faraway written by Margaret Chiu Greanias and illustrated by Tracy Subisak, published by Bloomsbury Children's Books. Summer travel...
May 20, 20222 min read
A Matter of Listening to Hear
When We Say Black Lives Matter written and illustrated by Maxine Beneba Clarke, published by Candlewick Press. It's no secret to anyone...
May 13, 20222 min read
Get Your Head INTO the Clouds
Breaking Through the Clouds written by Sandra Nickel and illustrated by Helena Perez Garcia, published by Abrams Books for Young Readers....
May 6, 20222 min read
Family and Friends Welcome!
In My Mosque written by M. O. Yuksel and illustrated by Hatem Aly, published by HarperCollins Publishing. In opening this colorful...
Apr 29, 20222 min read
For the Love of Legacy
Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance by Nikki Grimes with artwork from a plethora of talent, published by Bloomsbury Children's...
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