Hello, friends! Our book today is Meet Your School!, written by Cindy Jin and illustrated by Melissa Crowton, an adorable interactive look at what makes a building a school. With short rhyming couplets of text and a large cast of bipedal animals as students and staff, this lift-the-flap board book walks little readers through some … Continue reading Meet Your School! (Cindy Jin)
Hello, friends! Our book today is A Small Kindness, written by Stacy McAnulty and illustrated by Wendy Leach, a sweet story about how even the smallest acts of goodwill can have a huge impact. “It was like a game of tag”, our story begins, over a sepia-toned schoolyard where Ms. Jones’s new class has congregated; … Continue reading A Small Kindness (Stacy McAnulty)
Hello, friends! Our books today are both by Joan Holub: What in Dragon’s Backpack? (illustrated by Christopher Lee) and What’s in Unicorn’s Backpack? (illustrated by Alyssa Nassner), a back-to-school pair of lift-the-flap books for fans of fantastic creatures. Each board book features 12 pages of lift-the-flaps for little ones to explore, accompanied by short rhyming … Continue reading What in Dragon’s Backpack? & What’s in Unicorn’s Backpack? (Joan Holub)
Hello, friends! Our book today is Pug & Pig and Friends, written by Sue Lowell Gallion and illustrated by Joyce Wan, the third in the pair’s series of Pug & Pig books. Best pals Pug and Pig have resolved their previous differences and settled into a comfortable and happy life as pets in their spacious … Continue reading Pug & Pig and Friends (Sue Lowell Gallion)
Hello, friends! Our book today is R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, The Queen of Soul, written by Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrated by Frank Morrison, a gorgeous tribute to the iconic singer, songwriter, and activist. This brief introduction to the life of the queen of soul begins with a young Aretha saying prayers at her bedside: “B-L-E-S-S-E-D” … Continue reading R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, The Queen of Soul (Carole Boston Weatherford)
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