Hispanic Heritage Month Recommendations!

Tomorrow is the last day of Hispanic Heritage Month! We were fortunate enough to check out these amazing children’s books by Hispanic creators. Featuring:🎶 LITTLE REBELS by Yuyi Morales🎉 THE POLAR BEAR AND THE BALLERINA by Eric Velasquez🪅 LOST ON DOLL ISLAND by Cassandra Ramos-Gomez🎶 FRIDAYS ARE FOR CHURROS by Jenny Alvarado🎉 MARISOL MCDONALD AND … Continue reading Hispanic Heritage Month Recommendations!

Spooky Season 31-Day Countdown, Day Five: It’s Almost Time for Halloween by Maisha Oso, illustrated by Tom Knight

If your family is like ours, Halloween decorations are going up this weekend, which makes today’s pick perfectly timed! Through bouncing rhyming text, readers follow the protagonist as they prepare for All Hallows’ Eve, from pumpkin carving to baking pumpkin-flavored treats to picking out a costume. We had so much fun with this one! There … Continue reading Spooky Season 31-Day Countdown, Day Five: It’s Almost Time for Halloween by Maisha Oso, illustrated by Tom Knight

Spooky Season 31-Book Countdown, Day Two: Hansel and Gretel by Stephen King, illustrated by Maurice Sendak

Yes, you read that right: the master of horror and the king of surrealist children’s books come together for this spine-tingling retelling of the classic folktale. King imbues the timeless tale of a lost brother and sister fending off a ravenous witch with a creeping sense of foreboding, which is perfectly paired with Sendak’s evocative … Continue reading Spooky Season 31-Book Countdown, Day Two: Hansel and Gretel by Stephen King, illustrated by Maurice Sendak