Hello friends and Happy Valentine’s Day! We’ve got a special book for today to mark the occasion: This Is NOT A Valentine, written by Carter Higgins and illustrated by Lucy Ruth Cummins. After his friend gives him a valentine, the hero of our story wants to show his gratitude with a gift of his own. … Continue reading This Is NOT A Valentine (Carter Higgins)
Hello, friends! Our book today is Love, Mama by Jeanette Bradley, a darling tribute to the unconditional love between mother and child. Little Kipling the penguin is feeling pretty down. His Mama is on a long sea voyage, and he misses her terribly. He even tries to make substitutes, but it’s just not the same; … Continue reading Love, Mama (Jeanette Bradley)
Hello, friends! Our book today is The Boo-Boos That Changed The World: A True Story About An Accidental Invention (Really!), written by Barry Wittenstein and illustrated by Chris Hsu, a story of how Band-Aids came to be. Once upon a time, there was a couple named Earle Dickson and his beloved Josephine. Earle worked for … Continue reading The Boo-Boos That Changed The World: A True Story About An Accidental Invention (Really!) (Barry Wittenstein)
Hello, friends! Our book today is Ellington Was Not A Street, written by Ntozake Shange and illustrated by Kadir Nelson, a beautiful look through a child’s eyes at the men who make history in the time before they do, when they are simply men. Using flowing free verse without punctuation or capitalization, the spare text … Continue reading Ellington Was Not A Street (Ntozake Shange)
Hello, friends! Our book today is Bruce’s Big Move by Ryan T. Higgins, the fourth entry in the hilarious Mother Bruce series. Bruce and his geese children are back, now living with the three pesky mice from Hotel Bruce and Be Quiet!. Bruce has grown to love being mother to the geese, but the mice … Continue reading Bruce’s Big Move (Ryan T. Higgins)
