Happy Christmas Eve! We’re celebrating with one of our favorite new holiday books of the season, the third in Tavares’s lovely Dasher series. Fans of the courageous and kindhearted young reindeer will adore her newest tale of friendship, in which she meets a loveably sweet polar bear named George, who only has one dream: to … Continue reading Holiday Book Countdown, Day 24: DASHER AND THE POLAR BEAR (Matt Tavares)
School’s out in a few days, and the winter festivities are reaching their crescendo, so what better way to spend quality time with little ones than a little holiday baking? My husband is an avid baker and swears by King Arthur Baking Co. flours, so we were really excited to get a copy of the … Continue reading SWEET & SALTY!: KING ARTHUR BAKING COMPANY’S COOKBOOK FOR YOUNG BAKERS (Jessica Battilana w/ Yekaterina Boytsova, photographed by Rick Holbrook, illus. by Jordan Sondler)
Everyone loves a winter wonderland, but when March arrives in London and the streets are still covered in snow, ten-year-old Blessing worries about her mom’s extended stay in the hospital due to the bleak weather. Her concerns escalate when she spies something in the park she could never have imagined: a walking, talking, centuries-old snowman. … Continue reading Happy book birthday: THE SNOWMAN CODE (Simon Stephenson, illus. by Reggie Brown)
On a move from Arizona to California in 1955, young Virginia spots a reindeer out the car window… a FLYING reindeer. While the adults in her life are dismissive (believing this to be an invention of Virginia, who is grieving the loss of her mother), her new neighbor, Benny, takes her at her word and … Continue reading Holiday Book Countdown, Day 13: NORTH FOR THE WINTER (Bobby Podesta)
The Queen of Pop is turning 36 today, and we’re celebrating with two adorable books for little ones featuring her and her fiancé, Travis Kelce. In Taylor Swift: A Who HQ Illustrated Biography by Kirsten Mayer and illustrated by Yenna Mariana, readers can learn all about Taylor’s rise from hopeful and hardworking dreamer to global … Continue reading Happy Birthday to Taylor Swift!
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