Happy Friday, Everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! If you’re like most of the folks around here, you got up from the Thanksgiving table, decked your halls with boughs of holly, put up your Christmas tree, and strung your holiday lights! Maybe you even put one of those gigantic Santa-on-a-motorcycle blow-up air … Continue reading Perfect Picture Book Friday – Waiting For Snow
It’s Perfect Picture Book Friday, and what with Thanksgiving right around the corner, I wanted to share this wonderful book by Linda Ashman because the song it’s based on always makes me think of going to my grandmother’s house for Thanksgiving when I was a kid! (Although we went by car, unfortunately, not by horse-drawn … Continue reading Perfect Picture Book Friday – Over The River And Through The Wood: A Holiday Adventure
It’s Perfect Picture Book Friday, and in the wake of the recent election and Veteran’s Day, I have a wonderful book that celebrates the American Dream! Title: Oscar’s American Dream Written By: Barry Wittenstein Illustrated By: Kristen & Kevin Howdeshell Schwartz & Wade, October 2020, informational fiction Suitable For Ages: publisher says 4-8, School Library … Continue reading Perfect Picture Book Friday – Oscar’s American Dream
Title: Woodland Dreams Written By: Karen Jameson Illustrated By: Marc Boutavant Chronicle Books, October 27 2020, fiction with nonfiction elements Suitable For Ages: 3-6 Themes/Topics: bedtime, woodland animals Opening: “Come home, Big Paws. Berry pickerHoney tricksterShadows deepen in the glen.Lumber back inside your den.” Brief Synopsis: Young readers will be lulled to sleep as woodland … Continue reading Perfect Picture Book Friday – Woodland Dreams
Hi Everyone! It’s Perfect Picture Book Friday, and I’m thinking about how much I love October because of all the wonderful autumn and Halloween picture books there are. 😊 ☢️ This one is new this year from talented author/illustrator Nicola Killen and I think you will be as taken with it as I am! Title: … Continue reading Perfect Picture Book Friday – The Little Kitten
It’s Perfect Picture Book Friday! And now that it’s October, I feel justified in breaking out the Halloween picture books! How cute is this one? 😊 Title: Little BooWritten By: Stephen WunderliIllustrated By: Tim ZeltnerHenry Holt & Company, August 2014, Fiction Suitable For Ages: 3-7 Themes/Topics: Holidays (Halloween), Emotion (patience/impatience), Nature (lifecycle of a seed), … Continue reading Perfect Picture Book Friday – Little Boo
Hurray! It’s Perfect Picture Book Friday! I’m afraid it’s been a rather challenging week, so I’m posting a book I’ve posted before because I have no time. But also because I really really love this book and think everyone should read it 😊 And it’s about love and friendship which seem especially important right now. … Continue reading Perfect Picture Book Friday – Rosie And Rasmus
Hi Everyone! TGIF! Perfect Picture Book F 😊 I love the book I’m sharing today. It portrays friendship so believably, and the moment of separation with such tenderness. If you’re a writer, this is a wonderful example to study of how to create emotion with simple text and few words. Title: Evelyn Del Rey Is … Continue reading Perfect Picture Book Friday – Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away
Hi Everyone! Welcome back to Perfect Picture Book Friday! I have a wonderful book to share today that I hope you will all really enjoy! (Also, as a totally unrelated aside, I am hacking my way through working with the new version of wordpress and pretty much have no idea what I’m doing, so I … Continue reading Perfect Picture Book Friday – Home In The Woods
Tomorrow is the first day of summer, which means vacation for Perfect Picture Book Friday until September. What better way to kick off summer than with a wonderful beach story?! Title: The Sandcastle That Lola Built Written By: Megan Maynor Illustrated By: Kate Berube Knopf Books For Young Readers, May 2018, fiction Suitable For Ages: … Continue reading Perfect Picture Book Friday – The Sandcastle That Lola Built
