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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...
Here’s to Strong and Resilient Women! On International Women’s Day: May We Know Them, Be Them and Raise Them.
Coming on Home Soon By Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by E.B. Lewis International Women's Day that appropriately...
“Queen Esther: A Bible Story Book” by Tomie dePaola ; a Picture Book of a Biblical Heroine in Time for Purim
Miracles Do Happen! Tomie dePaola, winner of The Laura Ingalls Wilder Award from the American...
Cancel or Educate? Just Because We Can, Should We?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR. SEUSS! I am sure that many of you have heard by now...
“Who Was Abraham Lincoln?” By Janet B. Pascal; illustrated by John O’Brien
"Who Was Abraham Lincoln?" by Janet B. Pascal; illustrated by John O'Brien “Honest Abe,” “The...