Chicago Review Press | 978-0897330039 My 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Clark, was very fond of poetry. She would stand behind our chairs and recite poems by heart. Robert Frost, John Masefield, Carl Sandburg. It’s a memory I’d mostly forgotten about until a few years ago. She had been the principal of the school for many… Read more »
978-1541578111 | Millbrook Press This week, I’m excited to share author Roberta Gibson‘s debut picture book, HOW TO BUILD AN INSECT, illustrated by Anne Lambelet. I met Roberta at a recent (virtual) gathering of local SCBWI PAL members in Arizona and couldn’t wait to get my hands on a copy of her book. This clever… Read more »
Owlkids Books | 978-1771473927 Carmen’s Mama and Papa have bought a new house on a fancy street in Barcelona and the family will be moving from their home in the country to the city. Carmen is none too happy because she will have to leave Dragon, her imaginary salamander. “But what would she do… Read more »
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | 978-0358064763 Lovers of poetry and especially poetry for children are well familiar with Joyce Sidman‘s work. Her books have won many awards, including but not limited to a Newbery Honor for DARK EMPEROR AND OTHER POEMS OF THE NIGHT, Caldecott Honors for both SONG OF THE WATER BOATMAN & OTHER POND… Read more »
Chronicle Books | 978-1452127835 About a month ago, Kim Tomsic and I were (finally!) able to schedule our first lunch together in over a year. We’d both been vaccinated and had a lot of catching up to do. Kim’s newest book, THE ELEPHANTS COME HOME, was publishing in May, and I was anxious to… Read more »
Chronicle Books BARKUS | 978-1452180809 On a windy day, unannounced, Nicky’s favorite uncle, Uncle Everton, knocks on the door. He’s going on a trip around the world and he has a surprise for Nicky. In one hand, he held a leash. At the other end of the leash was… Barkus, Uncle Everton’s very big… Read more »
I’ve been reading chapter books lately, so today’s ReaderKidZ post focuses on three from this week. SYDNEY AND TAYLOR: Explore the Whole Wide World by Jacqueline Davies, illustrated by Deborah Hocking For Sydney and Taylor, the whole wide world up to this point had been their small burrow under Miss Nancy’s potting shed. “Sydney, being… Read more »
