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
Category Archives: Reviews of Picture Books and Board Books
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
Tweet I’m familiar with Emma Lazarus, the poet who wrote “The New Colossus” for the Statue of Liberty. The poem includes the well known lines: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” But I … Continue reading
Tweet The birthday note from Uncle Larry to the boy was unusual. I know you appreciate underwear, he wrote, so I sent you the coolest ones I could find. That sets the stage for The Underwearwolf, a picture book written … Continue reading
Tweet Miles is bored, with nothing to do on a nice summer day. His mom encourages him to help their neighbor, who has a broken ankle, by pulling weeds from her garden. Weeding sounds even more boring to Miles, but … Continue reading
