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“Apple Picking Time” by Michele Slawson; art by Deborah Kogan Ray
We grow eight different varieties of apples on our farm, and so this time of...
It’s National “Kiss Me Day,” and Tomie dePaola’s Picture Book, ” The Journey of the Kiss,” Has at its Heart, a Traveling Message and Meaning for Young Readers…and Not So Young.
Tomie dePaola, picture book icon and friend, is to be celebrated especially today. This picture...
Finding the Foundations of Faith through The Reception of A Sacrament by Young Ones, Depicted in a Picture Book.
Grosset and Dunlap author, Natasha Wing, ably and artistically accompanied by Amy Wummer, have found...
International Friendship Day Was Celebrated on July 30th. And Here is A Perfect Picture Book on The Art Of Friendship, Despite Differences And How It Should Be Done!
Please listen to this wonderful tale of friendship between an enormous whale and a mote...
“All Shapes and Sizes” by Shirley Hughes
Lately, I find the need, even in the middle of a summer day, to put...
“The Star-Spangled Banner and Other Revolutionary Riddles,” compiled by Charles Keller and Richard Baker; illustrated by Tomie dePaola
If you read blog posts from Liz's Book Snuggery, you will note that I have...
Beat the Drum: Independence Day Has Come; poems selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins; illustrations by Tomie dePaola
"Squeak the fife and beat the drum, Independence Day has come." Anonymous How was I...
“A Handful of Beans”: Six Fairy Tales Retold by Jeanne Steig with Pictures by William Steig
William Steig is one of my picture book heroes. He was a cartoonist whose delightful...
“Always Room for One More,” by Sorche Nic Leodhas; illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian
Do I dare offend the Scotish people by the intimation that they are thrifty? Well,...