October 2023

Eek! Halloween! & Other Board Book Favorites

Boynton Bookworks | 978-0761193005 I generally don’t post about board books on ReaderKidZ, but I do very much admire the variety and skill of the authors who “own” the genre. And when it comes to humorous board books, there’s really no one quite like Sandra Boynton. It takes a certain kind of skill to write… Read more »

Tiny Jumper: How Tiny Broadwick Created the Parachute Rip Cord

Little Bee | 978-1499813944 “Georgia Ann Thomspon weighed only three pounds at birth on April 8th, 1893. Everyone called her Tiny, and the nickname stuck.” At the age of six Tiny had to begin working in order to help her family. The work was hard, the days long. Her young life had become an endless… Read more »

In the Night Garden

Neal Porter Books /Holiday House | 978-0823449866 “In the night garden, fireflies look like fallen stars. Moonflowers unfurl and release their intoxicating perfume…. bats swoop and glide in the bluing sky.” There’s something magical about gardens, and when that garden becomes the nighttime setting of a picture book, mystery and magic combine to create a… Read more »