• Lists

    #PB10for10 Wordless Picture Books

    Flora & the Flamingo by Molly Idle A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka Wolf In the Snow by Matthew Cordell Where’s Walrus? by Stephen Savage Boat of Dreams by Rogério Coelho Little Fox in the Forest by Stephanie Graegin Mr. Wuffles! by Davide Wiesner Wave by Suzy Lee Professional Crocodile by Giovanna…

  • Reviews

    #blogbookaday: Draw the Line

    Summary:  “When two boys draw their own lines and realize they can connect them together–magic happens!  But a misstep causes their lines to get crossed. Push! Pull! Tug! Yank! Soon their line unravels into an angry tug-of-war. With a growing rift between them, will the boys ever find a way to…

  • Reviews

    #blogbookaday: Little Fox In the Forest

    Summary:  “A wordless picture book in which two friends follow a young fox deep into the woods and discover a wondrous and magical world. When a young girl brings her beloved stuffed fox to the playground, much to her astonishment, a real fox takes off with it! The girl chases the…

  • Reviews

    Book Review: The White Book

    I love picture books that change how you look at picture books!  Things like Press Here, Tap the Magic Tree, or the Pigeon and Chester books where the characters break the fourth wall.  Or like A Funny Little Bird by Jennifer Yerkes or The White Book by Silvia Borando, Lorenzo Clerici and Elisabetta Pica where the…

  • Lifestyle

    Sunday Storytime Challenge #2

       I’ve done a couple of wordless picture books in my storytime so to varying degrees of success. I think by far my  most effective wordless picture book in storytime was Where’s Walrus? by Stephen Savage. The kids adore helping me and the zookeeper find the escaped walrus from the…

  • Activities

    Yoga Storytime – Summer Week #1

    My storytimes for the summer officially started yesterday and we have so many people on our waiting list, I’ll be doing my Yoga Storytime back-to-back.  The room we use for our program isn’t very large, so we decided to smaller classes would be the best way to handle the class.…

  • Reviews

    Flora and the Flamingo

    This is an adorable wordless picture book about a little who wants nothing more than to be as graceful as the flamingo she sees.  She is decked out in a yellow swimming cap and flippers with a pink bathing suit.  She begins by copying exactly what the flamingo is doing…