Month: October 2020
How Many Seeds In a Pumpkin? by Margaret McNamara, Illustrated by G. Brian Karas.
It's pumpkin picking time for sure, as Halloween approaches. Families pile into cars and...
Creepy Carrots! Words by Aaron Reynolds; Pictures by Peter Brown
We grow carrots on our farm, so I was more than intrigued by the title...
Can You Fathom That It’s 63 Years Since Don Freeman’s Pigeon Friends Named Sid and Madge Found Their Happy Home in That City By the Bay?
Fly High Fly Low By Don Freeman I recently blogged on a Halloween selection called...
“Tilly Witch” by Don Freeman
You may recognize the name Don Freeman from the fame gained from his book about...
In the Midst of a Pandemic, Some Wonderful Holiday TV Specials for Families Have Failed to Survive…in Network Television.
Okay, I know that change is an inevitability in life and business is business but...
Balderdash! John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children’s Books by Michelle Markel; illustrations by Nancy Carpenter.
There are so very many things we take for granted. And in the face of...
An Important Question from An Eighth Grade Student as the 2020 Presidential Campaign Comes to a Venomous and Vitriolic Close.
Just in case you missed this past Wednesday's Vice-Presidential debate, the closing question to the...
Today is the 245th Anniversary of the United States Navy. Here’s a Picture Book Salute to John F. Kennedy and Perhaps the Service That Shaped His Life. GO NAVY!
On October 13, 1775, a resolution of the Continental Congress established what is now the...
Banned Book Week Is Barely in the Rear View Mirror !
Observing Banned Book Week with “The Amazing Bone” by William Steig The American Library Association,...