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It’s Elephant Appreciation Day! And What Better Way to Celebrate it With Young Readers than With Babar!!
The Story of Babar the Little Elephant By Jean De Brunhoff This blog was prompted by...
“Margaret Are You Grieving/ Over Goldengrove Unleaving?”
Leaves by David Ezra Stein Do you remember from childhood, these iconic first lines of...
The Original Teddy Bear Came into Existence Today…in 1903. Children of the World Have Been Comforted by These Bruins for 125 Years!
Puffin Easy-To-Read Series – Level 2 “Corduroy Makes A Cake”; Story by Alison Inches; illustrations...
Buildings Have Feelings and Memories Too….Unless They’re Brand Spanking New!
I believe that buildings have memories, just like people. They, in some way, hold the...
Today is National Toasted Marshmallow Day! Start a New Tradition of “Plugging in” with Your Family and Books!
Start "Campfire Fridays" with Books and Unplug! This may just be approaching my favorite time...
Here’s A Tip of the Poetic Hat To Lee Bennett Hopkins: Friend and Author of Poetic Anthologies of Both His Own Work and Those of Others. He was Deeply Passionate About Poetry and its Emotional Impact as a Learning Tool for Children.
Did You See What I Saw? Poems about School By Kay Winters, illustrated by Martha...
A Poetic Paean to a Great Champion of Poetry for Children – Lee Bennett Hopkins
Lee Bennett Hopkins recently passed away; but his legacy in the world of children's literature...
Einstein: “Imagination is everything. It is the preview to life’s coming attractions.”
In the summer of 1939, Albert Einstein, yes THAT Einstein, summered in the sleepy little...
Please Have Your Young Readers Join Caterina and Leo as Summer Winds Down in the Salute to Summer in “Caterina and the Best Beach Day” by Erin Eitter Kono.
Caterina and the Best Beach Day By Erin Eitter Kono Chances are most families are...
Let’s Start Finding Out Why There are So Many Angry Young Men in America Who Act on Their Anger in Massively Destructive Ways to Society.
I usually write on children's picture books, and their effect on the development of children's...