Hello, friends! Our book today is Blooming Beneath The Sun, a picture book featuring the work of 19th century poet Christina Rossetti and illustrations by Ashley Bryan. Who has seen the wind? What is pink? Including 13 poems by Rossetti (plus a bonus poem that accompanies an informational paragraph about the poet), these are the … Continue reading Blooming Beneath The Sun (Christina Rossetti & Ashley Bryan)
Hello, friends! Our book today is Greetings!: A Poetic Romp Through The Seasons, written by Raven Howell and illustrated by Ann Pilicer. A little girl and her younger brother play, eat, and adventure their way through a year of seasons, enjoying all the activities and fun each has to offer. They begin spring by saying … Continue reading Greetings!: A Poetic Romp Through The Seasons (Raven Howell)
Hello, friends! Our book today is Nelly Takes New York: A Little Girl's Adventures In The Big Apple, written by Allison Patacki and Marya Myers, and illustrated by Kristi Valiant. Nelly wakes up in her West Village apartment bedroom to the familiar sounds of New York: the rumble of the subway, the beat of a … Continue reading Nelly Takes New York: A Little Girl’s Adventures In The Big Apple (Allison Pataki & Marya Myers)
Hello, friends! Our book today is If I Was The Sunshine by Julie Fogliano and Loren Long, a uniquely beautiful meditation on how love connects us. “If I was the sunshine, and you were the day / I’d call you hello, and you’d call me to stay”, begins the beguiling rhyming text, the first of … Continue reading If I Was The Sunshine (Julie Fogliano & Loren Long)
Hello, friends! Our book today is Nobody Hugs A Cactus by Carter Goodrich, a delightful and gorgeous tale of a very cranky little cactus. Hank the cactus lives alone in his pot in the windowsill, just the way he likes it. His view never changes: it’s dry and hot and dusty and quiet, just the … Continue reading Nobody Hugs A Cactus (Carter Goodrich)
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