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Tweet Bitsy Bat is excited when she sees snow for the first time. She goes to school prepared to have fun while keeping warm. And at first she does. She makes snow angels, tries sledding, and works on a snowman. … Continue reading
Category Archives: Reviews of Picture Books and Board Books
Tweet Drum majors with high-knee struts. A director, cymbals, tuba, trombones, trumpets, and more. It’s all part of the marching band pageantry that’s such a big tradition with Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The picture book Here Comes the Band … Continue reading
Tweet Spooky Scouts Troop 13 is a close group. Together they earn badges and sell cookies. For Luna the wolf pup, the best part is their annual camping trip. But when Luna finds out the moon will be full the … Continue reading
Tweet In a spider city in Africa, cloth-weavers stop making kente cloth in protest against machine-made fabric. Even Anansi, who gathers stories to share, struts around in the cheap cloth. Until he finds that without this traditional weaving, there is … Continue reading
Tweet Milton is a pug who lives on a farm with a lot of dogs and an array of other animals. He has a good life with lots of things to eat and sniff and plenty of critters to play … Continue reading
Tweet It’s hard to imagine sharks living in Kansas, which sits near the center geographically of the U.S. and far from an ocean. But if you go back far enough, like 85 million years ago, an interior seaway separated North … Continue reading
Tweet Oak trees are some of the most important sustainers of habitat. Its leaves and acorns provide shelter and food to so many animals. Maria Gianferrari’s picture book, Just One Oak, is a celebration of these majestic trees and the … Continue reading
Tweet Derek Taylor Kent knows how to write picture books that appeal to kids who love gross things. The Funniest Picture Book Ever, AKA, Fartnado! delivers plenty of humor along with the gross. The story starts off with two children … Continue reading
