Beautiful color book, I love the way that it is formatted. It won my heart with "red is for cordial"!!!
This board book is designed for our youngest readers! Introduce ANNE to the next generation!Hope2Cope:meaningful picture books!
Here you will discover picture books that have valuable life lessons demonstrated in a cheerful and engaging way! Search for them at your public library!!
Friday, March 28, 2025
Thursday, March 27, 2025
Yay!
Monday, March 24, 2025
Historical fiction in the picture book format!
I love that the picture book format is so well suited to telling a factual story. There are so many great picture books that take an overlooked piece of history and spin a yarn around it. This is a case in point, a story about how a stray cat won two blue ribbons at a cat show in a fancy hotel. The author and illustrator are sisters! The final two paragraphs of the author's note are delightful:
"It is the job of adults to make and change laws, but I think it's young people who change the culture. Children, like my fictional Louise and real-life you, are often able to see the world not as it is but as it should be.
Furry friends help, too. The year after the contest that inspired this story, Mr. Silver entered again and won six awards, including two first prizes, at the 1948 Greater St. Louis Cat Club Show. Hope sometimes comes on little cat feet."
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Intriguing premise
A great book to think about opposites and differing
perspectives.
Sun knows only what happens during the day and Moon knows only
what happens during the night. Cloud comes along and offers sage advice: “stay
up a bit beyond your bedtime and see what it is like.” They each get to see the
human activities which change based on the time of day.
This is a very clever book. The hard part for young kids is
to think that both Sun and Moon could be correct simultaneously. This is too
hard for kids’ black and white thinking at a young age. I loved when I used
this for read aloud and kids were saying, “Moon is right” or “Sun is right”. And
they were so definite, adorable!
I used props with this book the second time around. They
helped with comprehension.
Monday, March 17, 2025
The beauty of a simple day outdoors
This book is precisely why I adore picture books so much. It is the perfect example of a well designed book---wonderful text and wonderful illustrations!
Great rendition of THE THREE LITTLE PIGS!
This book is patterned after the Three Little Pigs. Instead of the big bad wolf, the predator is a fox. After fox has destroyed two houses, the pigs tempt fox by telling him that he should try eating their tails first. They substitute something for their tails (genius!) which frightens fox and he runs away. Then we (the readers) are reminded that guinea pigs do not have tails! The illustrations by Amy Young are adorable.
*There is a fabulous two page spread at the end of the book called FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT GUINEA PIGS.
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Two books that work for grieving, understanding the course of nature.
I am including an "adult" book. However, truly anyone can go hiking for healing! Hurray!
I was astounded by this gorgeous book that gives a wonderful explanation of decomposition. There is a beautiful page toward the end of the book which states: "Life is everywhere. Death is not just an end, but a beginning." I think this is a perfect book for anyone who respects the cyclical power of nature. It is also a good book for a person grieving. How the fox departs this world is rough but realistic.