Month: April 2023
Celebrate April and Young Readers with its Designation as National Poetry Month with a Classic Tomie DePaola Picture Book called “Tomie dePaola’s Book of Poems”
Okay, for a number of reasons, it's been a tough couple of years. Yes, there's...
Celebrate Earth Day Today with “MAPLE!”
Maple By Lori Nichols Recently I was coming out of a local breakfast gathering place...
Be Poetic With Your Grandchildren During April; It’s National Poetry Month!
Great Poems for Grandchildren Edited by Celestine Frost; drawings by Brian Cronin Are you tired...
National Poetry Month: Vile Verses
Vile Verses by Roald Dahl You may wonder why I have chosen to repost this...
A Competition Conundrum Ensues for Hoppi the Rabbit in Jan Brett’s Classic Easter Picture Book Read called “The Easter Egg.”
Peter Cottontail, as he perennially goes “hoppin’ down the bunny trail,” has a strong celebrity...
Easter Is On Its Way
Petook : An Easter Story By Caryll Houselander; illustrated by Tomie de Paola I recently...
A Picture Book That Captured the 1951 Caldecott Award and Deserves an Easter Second Look!
The Egg Tree By Katherine Milhous This classic Easter tale and winner of the Caldecott...
“The Country Bunny and the Golden Shoes” by DuBose Heyward; pictures by Marjorie Flack is a Classic Easter Read for Our Times. It Teaches Young Readers that Resilience, Tenacity and Practicality Can Overcome Much in Life’s Challenges!
"The Country Bunny And The Little Golden Shoes" By Du Bose Heyward; pictures by Marjorie...
Yes! It’s Possible for Picture Book Authors to Show the Secular, the Sacred and the Saintly in Life. Tomie dePaola Showed Us How.
I have made it my personal mission to tout Tomie dePaola and his picture books....