The ReaderKidZ are back, sending best wishes for the New Year with lots of time set aside to enjoy many of your favorite books! This month we’re reviewing a small collection of our own “Old and New Favorites.” Share some of your own, won’t you? We’d love to hear from you! WINTER BEES & OTHER POEMS OF THE COLD by… Read more »
Dianne White
Giveaway! Flora and the Penguin
Last year, we introduced readers to FLORA AND THE FLAMINGO, the fabulous wordless (and Caldecott honor) picture book by Molly Idle. This year, just in time for the holidays and the snowy cold of winter, the ReaderKidZ are thrilled to share the newest book in the Flora series, FLORA AND THE PENGUIN. A palette of icy pale blue… Read more »
Balloons, Boys, and Boats
If you’re longing to be swept away on the adventure of a lifetime, then SEBASTIAN AND THE BALLOON (2014) and JONATHAN AND THE BIG BLUE BOAT (2011) by Philip C. Stead (A Neal Porter Book/Roaring Brook Press) are just what you’re looking for. Whether it be Sebastian – who gathers “all the things he would ever need,” before… Read more »
Underpants Dance
If you’ve ever been around kids of picture book age, you know that underpants are giggle-worthy. Think of “that page” in David Shannon’s, No, David! or the fun kids have pulling Dav Pilkey’s Diaper Baby or Captain Underpants off the shelves. There can never, ever be too many underpants books! Enter, UNDERPANTS DANCE by Marlena Zapf with pictures by Lynne Avril. Lily… Read more »
Once Upon An Alphabet
Letters make words. Words form sentences. Sentences become stories. But what if each letter were able to have its own story? A story made especially FOR each of the 26 letters of the alphabet? ONCE UPON AN ALPHABET, by Oliver Jeffers, is just such a book. Readers will learn about Edmund the Astronaut, who, in spite of his fear… Read more »
Aviary Wonders Inc.
Picture books are my all-time favorite genre! Especially because of the wide variety of ways they present factual information. Have a look at AVIARY WONDERS, INC. by Kate Samworth (Clarion Books, 2014) and you’ll know exactly what I mean. The subtitle, “Spring Catalog and Instruction Manual” gives a hint at what lies between the covers of this fabulous book…. Read more »
Non-Fiction Minute
All month the ReaderKidZ have been posting about OUR NATURAL WORLD and we want to make sure teachers and librarians know about an amazing new website called, The Nonfiction Minute. With the roll-out of Common Core and interest at the state and district level in increasing student exposure to nonfiction, this site is a goldmine! Each post includes a short… Read more »
