Tweet Who doesn’t love alpacas? The cute animals with big eyes, long necks, and fluffy bodies attract attention whether seen in fields or farms. And of course, their wool keeps people warm when used to make things like sweaters, ponchos, … Continue reading
Category Archives: Reviews of Picture Books and Board Books
Tweet It’s the day before Valentine’s day, and Kai is making cards for his friends and family. Paper and crayons and glue and scissors are spread across the table, and his mom and dad and baby sister help. He’s excited … Continue reading
Tweet In Still There Was Bread, a picture book written by Lisl H. Detlefsen and illustrated by David Soman, a young boy learns to bake bread from his grandma. The story is seemingly simple, yet it feels as warm and … Continue reading
Tweet Rubber is used to make many things we use every day, including balls, and bicycle wheels, and the soles of shoes. Rubber shows up in so many products it’s hard to imagine a time in history when it didn’t … Continue reading
Tweet During his life Edward Gorey was the artist for many children’s books written by other authors. He also wrote and illustrated his own. He won awards designing costumes for plays, but he preferred to spend most of his time … Continue reading
Tweet Else Bostelman was an artist who helped people understand what deep-sea creatures looked like by painting them underwater. The time was the 1930s, and world-renowned scientist William Beebe explored the waters off Bermuda, in the Atlantic Ocean. He hired … Continue reading
Tweet Did you know that if all the ants in the world were put on a scale they roughly would equal the weight of all the humans? Or that weaver ants can hang on to one another to build living … Continue reading
Tweet Lola Meets the Bees by Anna McQuinn is a cute picture book that teaches little ones about honeybees. It starts when Lola visits her mom’s friend Zora, who keeps bees on the rooftop of her home in the city. … Continue reading
