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 »
Beach Lane Books/S&S | 978-1534487895 It’s here! My newest book, DARK on LIGHT is out in the world! A companion to the other “color on color” books I’ve published with Beach Lane/S&S (BLUE on BLUE and GREEN on GREEN), DARK on LIGHT is a picture book about that gorgeous space of time between dusk and dawn. … Read more »
Chronicle Books | 978-1797212944 Days before school is to begin, 12 year old Millie Donally’s neighbors – the Acostas – ask Millie to babysit their 4 1/2 month-old daughter, Lolo. This is a first, a milestone that is both exciting and daunting. Millie’s older sister, Tess, is the one who usually watches Lolo. But Tess… Read more »
Carolrhoda Books | 978-1541581302 What does the world look like beyond the fences of the Ban Vinai Refugee Camp? This is the question young Kalia asks her father. She hears the aunties talk about the little-known Secret War in Laos and the river they crossed as Hmong refugees fleeing to Thailand. But Kalia, having… Read more »
