Hello, friends! Our book today is Hope And Freckles: Fleeing To A Better Forest, written by Bill Kiley and illustrated by Mary Manning. Mother deer Hope and her fawn Freckles have lived in the Olden Forest all their life, but the time has come for them to leave; food is growing scarce and the number … Continue reading Hope And Freckles: Fleeing To A Better Forest (Bill Kiley)
Hello, friends! Our book today is Alice Across America: The Story of the First Women's Cross-Country Road Trip, written by Sarah Glenn Marsh and illustrated by Gilbert Ford. From when Alice Ramsey was a little girl, she loved to go fast. Graduating from horses to the relatively-new invention of automobiles in her adulthood, she surprised … Continue reading Alice Across America: The Story of the First Women’s Cross-Country Road Trip (Sarah Glenn Marsh)
Hello, friends! Our book today is Juno Valentine and the Fantastic Fashion Adventure, written by Eva Chen and illustrated by Derek Desierto, second in the pair’s series of girl-power fashion fantasies. Picking up where Juno Valentine and the Magical Shoes left off, we meet precocious fashionista Juno. In school, she learns that the next day … Continue reading Juno Valentine and the Fantastic Fashion Adventure (Eva Chen)
Hello, friends! After a week of adjusting to our new homeschooling schedule, we’re back with a new review: My Best Friend by Julie Fogliano and Jillian Tamaki, a lovely ode to childhood friendship. “I have a new friend,” begins a preschool girl with curly red hair, as she laughs on the tire swing with another … Continue reading My Best Friend (Julie Fogliano & Jillian Tamaki)
Hello, friends! Our book today is World So Wide, written by Alison McGhee and illustrated by Kate Alizadeh, a tender ode to new families and the joy of welcoming a baby. Somewhere in the world so wide, there is a person who is the youngest person alive - and once upon a time, it was … Continue reading World So Wide (Alison McGhee)
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