Hello, friends! Our book today is Julia, Child, written by Kyo Maclear and illustrated by Julie Morstad, an ode to cooking and childhood. From the first time young Julia tastes sole meunière, she is enchanted by cooking and cuisine. She and her friend Simca spend days together, at the market shopping for ingredients, learning the … Continue reading Julia, Child (Kyo Maclear)
Hello, friends! Our book today is Unstoppable Me, written by Susan Verde and illustrated by Andrew Joyner, a delightful look at the boundless energy of little ones. A young child wakes, leaping around his parents’ room as they groggily come to. He is unstoppable, as he describes to the reader, a force of nature from … Continue reading Unstoppable Me (Susan Verde)
Hello, friends! Our book today is How To by Julie Morstad, a charmingly understated celebration of the simple pleasures of childhood. Childhood doesn’t come with an instruction manual, but that’s okay - half the fun is discovering the “how to’s” along the way. For instance, how to see the wind? Paper kites and balloons. How … Continue reading How To (Julie Morstad)
Hello, friends. Our book today is I Wish You More, written by the late, great Amy Krouse Rosenthal and illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld, a heartfelt meditation on the wishes parents hold for their babies. I wish you more hugs than ughs. More ups than downs. More umbrella than rain. More stories than stars. Simple, earnest … Continue reading I Wish You More (Amy Krouse Rosenthal)
Summer Reading Day 90: WE'VE DONE IT! Ninety books for 90 days of summer! Hooray! To wrap up our summer of reading, we picked Are We There Yet? by Dan Santat to read today. As a young boy rides in the backseat of his parents' car to his grandmother's house, he begins to get bored. … Continue reading Are We There Yet? (Dan Santat)
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