Hello, friends! Today’s review is The Book Of Mistakes by Corinna Luyken, a positively charming story about how mistakes can often turn out to be just what we need. It all starts with one mistake: an artist, drawing a girl, makes one eye a bit larger than the other. Trying to correct by making the … Continue reading The Book Of Mistakes (Corinna Luyken)
Tag: growing up
Lizard From The Park (Mark Pett)
Hello, friends! Hope you don't mind that we took last night off! We're back today with a new review: Lizard From The Park by Mark Pett, a sweet story about friendship, family, and dinosaurs. While taking a shortcut through the park one day, Leonard comes upon a most unusual egg. He takes the egg home, … Continue reading Lizard From The Park (Mark Pett)
I Wish You More (Amy Krouse Rosenthal)
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)
Love Is (Diane Adams)
Hello, friends! For our last book of February, we picked Love Is, written by Diane Adams and illustrated by Claire Keane, a gorgeous and touching story about parenthood. Told in delicate rhyme, the story follows a little girl who finds a lost duckling, taking her in and caring for her. Through midnight feedings, messy bathtimes, … Continue reading Love Is (Diane Adams)
The Bear And The Piano (David Litchfield)
Hello, everyone! Today, we read The Bear And The Piano by David Litchfield, a gorgeous and touching fable about the courage it takes to leave home, and the courage it can take to return. A young bear, wandering through the woods of his home, finds a piano in a clearing. It's large and wooden and … Continue reading The Bear And The Piano (David Litchfield)
