Chronicle Books | 978-1452178066 WOVEN OF THE WORLD by Katey Howes, illustrated by Dinara Mirtalipova is a masterpiece of art and text, woven together into a beautiful exploration of the ways that we, as humans, are threaded in and out of one another’s lives. “With clack and swish, with heart and hand, we layer row on row. Our loom… Read more »
HarperCollins | 978-0062741578 Hedgehog is frazzled. He’s running late and he doesn’t like it one bit. In mid-grumble, he spots something on the ground. It is not an acorn or anything else he’d expect to find on his way to meet his friends in the meadow. It’s a letter: “Friend, You are a joy,… Read more »
Candlewick Press | 978-1536228656 I’m currently teaching a class on picture books and one of the many things I love are the new books students bring to my attention. I’ve read and enjoyed other Chris Haughton books – Shhh! We Have a Plan and Oh, No George! – but I hadn’t seen his most recent – WELL… Read more »
Holiday House | 978-0823451579 The night is dark, the moon is high, and everyone in the fire station is sound asleep until… “…jingly-jang, the telephone rang. “ “Hello? Hello? It’s Firefighter Flo.” In seconds the crew is up! STOMP! STOMP! On go the turnout suits and heavy boots. CLANG! CLANG! goes the bell. WOOOOOOOO! The… Read more »
Princeton Architectural Press | 978-1616897239 Mrs. Badger has seen many things in her life. She knows which mushrooms are delicious in ragout, and which are poisonous. And when she happens upon a friend in need, she “helps the best she can…” Each Sunday Mrs. Badger travels up the mountain. Along the way, she stops… Read more »
Zonderkidz | 978-0310771241 In the tender story, WALKING GRANDMA HOME by Nancy Bo Flood, a young boy named Lee learns that his elderly grandmother is dying. “Little Lee,” she says, “I’m going away soon, going home.” Lee wonders – Isn’t Grandma already home? Just last summer at a family wedding, he had helped her “walk down the… Read more »
978-0884488675 | Tilbury House Publishers Once a year, during the month of December, librarian and School Library Journal blogger Betsy Bird publishes a set of posts she calls, “31 Days, 31 Lists: 2022”. Many books on the list are picture books, both fiction and nonfiction, but she also devotes a post to favorite board books, middle… Read more »
