Dianne White

Ode to a Bad Day

Chronicle Books | 978-1797210803 We’ve all had our share of bad days. Times when nothing goes our way. We’re late, we’re bored, someone cuts in line, even dinner disappoints. It feels like the whole wide world has turned against us. Then, just when we think we won’t be able to stand another minute of it,… Read more »

Poetry and Picture Books for National Poetry Month!

April is National Poetry Month! 30 Ways to Celebrate NPM in the Classroom Browse Poems for Kids on Poets.Org website Discover 2022’s most read poem by a contemporary poet, Naomi Shihab Nye’s “Kindness.”   Check Out the Poetry Collections and Picture Book Length Poems Below! Collections:  WHERE I LIVE: Poems about My Home, My Street, and… Read more »

Cooler Than Lemonade

‎ Source Books Jabberwocky | 978-1728254296   Eva has no end of ideas. She’s a problem-solver, a solution-finder, and a maker. “One summer day, when everyone seeks relief from the scorching sun, a new idea SNAPS into Eva’s head! It SIZZLES with possibilities and SPROUTS into something bigger until… it LAUNCHES!”   CLICK TO ENLARGE ©… Read more »

Anzu the Great Listener

Roaring Brook Press | 978-1250776136 A few weeks ago, I had the good fortune to attend and present at one of the largest book festivals in the country – the Tucson Festival of Books. There, I met the kind and wonderful Benson Shum, who is both an author/illustrator of picture books and an animator for… Read more »

nell plants a tree

Balzar + Bray | 978-0062865779   Before a grip on a branch and a fall to the ground and a scrape and a leap and a reach for the top, before anyone finds out how high they can climb, Nell picks up a seed.    So begins Anne Wynter‘s beautiful story of the love, care,… Read more »

A Llama Is Not An Alpaca: And Other Mistaken Animal Identities

978-0762478781 | Running Press Kids Learning the names of familiar animals is a skill young kids develop over time. “This is a dog. That’s a cat. This is a lion. That’s a tiger.” Year by year, as children move from toddlerhood through preschool and beyond, they come to know more and more about the animal… Read more »

In Every Life

Beach Lane Books/S&S | 978-1665912488   There’s a truth about picture books that those who haven’t tried writing them have no experience with. It’s this: Picture books are mysterious, elusive things that settle somewhere in our hearts. They are both deeply felt, and are like wisps that are barely solid enough to find their way… Read more »