Hello, friends! Our book today is When Grandma Gives You A Lemon Tree, written by Jamie L.B. Deenihan and illustrated by Lorraine Rocha, a delightful lesson in appreciating our gifts. Despite providing a birthday wish list of high-tech toys, the unnamed girl who serves as narrator instead receives a lemon tree from Grandma. Speaking to … Continue reading When Grandma Gives You A Lemon Tree (Jamie L.B. Deenihan)
Hello, friends! Our book today is Everybody Wake Up! by Daniel Jude Miller, a tale of a precocious little girl keeping sleepers on their toes. Sunny is a cheerful little girl who greets every morning with a smile; she loves being awake, and rises at the first rays of sunlight. Everyone else in her family … Continue reading Everybody Wake Up! (Daniel Jude Miller)
Hello, friends! Our book today is Hedy Lamarr's Double Life: Hollywood Legend and Brilliant Inventor, written by Laurie Wallmark and illustrated by Katy Wu, a look at the talented and brilliant icon. While most of the world may know Hedy Lamarr as a beauty and Hollywood starlet, many never knew that she was a brilliant … Continue reading Hedy Lamarr’s Double Life: Hollywood Legend and Brilliant Inventor (Laurie Wallmark)
Hello, friends! Our book today is Little Joe Chickapig: A Story About Following Your Dreams, written by Brian Calhoun and illustrated by Pat Bradley and Calhoun. Joe is a Chickapig - a half chicken, half pig hybrid creature - who lives on a farm with his family. All Joe has ever known was the farming … Continue reading Little Joe Chickapig: A Story About Following Your Dreams (Brian Calhoun)
Hello, friends! Our book today is Mary Wears What She Wants by Keith Negley, a picture book reimagining of the childhood of trailblazer Mary Edwards Walker. Long ago, it was illegal for girls to wear pants. Women and girls could only wear dresses, which were cumbersome, uncomfortable, and restrictive. Little Mary thinks this is unfair, … Continue reading Mary Wears What She Wants (Keith Negley)
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