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Top Ten Tuesday: Wintry Picture Books
I love snow, especially when I’m safe at home and don’t have to drive anywhere in it! I chose to highlight ten picture book titles that showcase snow and what humans and animals do when it snows. With diverse illustrations, poetry, nonfiction, stories, and more. You won’t want to miss…
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#blogbookaday: Franklin and Luna Go To the Moon
Summary: “Luna’s best friend, Franklin, is a dragon. They love to read stories about everything from trampolining to deep-sea diving. One day, they are reading about where werewolves live and Franklin begins to wonder where he is from. He is 605 years old and has no idea where to find…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 12/3/18
Last Week We have finally cut the cord and gotten rid of our cable television, so yay for saving money and making sure my lazy butt picks up a book instead of turning on the tv. It has definitely helped as I got a lot of reading done this week. I’m…
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#blogbookaday: Little Brown
Summary: “Little Brown is one cranky canine because no one ever plays with him at the dog park. Or maybe no one ever plays with him because he is cranky. Either way, Little Brown decides today is the day to take action, so he takes all of the toys and…
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#blogbookaday: Loved to Bits
Summary: “A wonderfully exuberant teddy bear and his little boy go on all sorts of grand adventures collecting stories (and a few scrapes and bruises) along the way in Loved to Bits, a picture book about friendship from Teresa Heapy and Katie Cleminson. Ted and his boy do everything together. They fight beasts…
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#blogbookaday: The Visitor
Summary: “Elise was frightened—of spiders, people, even trees. So she never went out, night or day. One day a strange thing flies in through the window and lands at her feet. And then there comes a knock at the door. Elise has a visitor who will change everything. This is…
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Strong Is the New Pretty
Goodreads Summary: “Girls being fearless. Girls being silly. Girls being wild, stubborn, and proud. Girls whose faces are smeared with dirt and lit up with joy. So simple and yet so powerful, Strong Is the New Prettycelebrates, through more than 175 memorable photographs, the strength and spirit of girls being 100%…
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#blogbookaday: Off & Away
Summary: “How would you get mail if you lived in the middle of the sea? It’s Jo’s dad’s job to deliver it, taking bottles wherever they need to go. He always comes home with exciting stories to tell-but Jo is far too afraid to go out on the ocean herself.…
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Best of… Children’s Books 2018
I have a love/hate relationship with “Best of” lists. This time of year you can practically trip over the number of “Best of” lists online. And I’m just talking about books, not to mention tech, gifts, etc. I love these lists because it helps me to grab titles that I…
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#blogbookaday: Pretty Kitty
Summary: “A counting picture book in rhyme about a lonely old man whose heart is slowly melted by an ever-growing number of kitties hoping to find a home. Old man, big city. Pretty kitty, pretty little itty bitty kitty cat. In this charming counting book, a lonely old man discovers…
