Hello, friends! Our book today is 1-2-3, You Love Me by Jill Howarth, an adorable counting board book that celebrates the sweetest things in life. As with most counting books, each page features a number and a collection of objects or creatures that represent it. Howarth’s bouncy and cheerful rhymes and colorful, charming illustrations do … Continue reading 1-2-3, You Love Me (Jill Howarth)
Hello friends and Happy Valentine’s Day! We’ve got a special book for today to mark the occasion: This Is NOT A Valentine, written by Carter Higgins and illustrated by Lucy Ruth Cummins. After his friend gives him a valentine, the hero of our story wants to show his gratitude with a gift of his own. … Continue reading This Is NOT A Valentine (Carter Higgins)
Hello, friends! Our book today is Love, Mama by Jeanette Bradley, a darling tribute to the unconditional love between mother and child. Little Kipling the penguin is feeling pretty down. His Mama is on a long sea voyage, and he misses her terribly. He even tries to make substitutes, but it’s just not the same; … Continue reading Love, Mama (Jeanette Bradley)
Hello, friends! Our book today is The Boo-Boos That Changed The World: A True Story About An Accidental Invention (Really!), written by Barry Wittenstein and illustrated by Chris Hsu, a story of how Band-Aids came to be. Once upon a time, there was a couple named Earle Dickson and his beloved Josephine. Earle worked for … Continue reading The Boo-Boos That Changed The World: A True Story About An Accidental Invention (Really!) (Barry Wittenstein)
Hello, friends! Our book today is Ellington Was Not A Street, written by Ntozake Shange and illustrated by Kadir Nelson, a beautiful look through a child’s eyes at the men who make history in the time before they do, when they are simply men. Using flowing free verse without punctuation or capitalization, the spare text … Continue reading Ellington Was Not A Street (Ntozake Shange)
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