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Please Remember To Share the Story of D Day On Its Upcoming 79th Anniversary! Your Young Readers Should Hear its Story and Its Impact On the Freedoms They Enjoy Today!
Here is a reprint from a Snuggery blog and taken from a USA Today article....
Memorial Day…A Matter of Convenience or Memory?
Did you know that May 30th, was the originally designated and traditional day for the...
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...
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...
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...
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....
A Prayer for Farmers and For the Renewal of Interest in Classic Picture Books!
A Prayer in Spring Robert Frost and Grandma Moses There is also reason today to...
March is National Nutrition Month. Let’s Celebrate the Green Bean with “How Martha Saved Her Parents from Green Beans,” By David LaRochelle; illustrated by Mark Fearing.
It's hard to be thinking about green beans in the midst of winter where the...