After fighting illiteracy as a teacher, reading coach, intervention specialist, and professional development writer (and obtaining my MLS for kicks in the process), I decided to try my hand at the pre-curricular/extracurricular opportunities for kids that the library provides.
Year: 2014
Besides buying something from the registry, I always send new parents a bunch of books to begin a child’s library.
In exuberant verse and stirring pictures, Patricia Hruby Powell and Christian Robinson create an extraordinary portrait of the passionate performer and civil rights advocate Josephine Baker, the woman who worked her way from the slums of St. Louis to the grandest stages in the world.
BABY PENGUINS LOVE THEIR MAMA! by Melissa Guion.
Melissa Guion’s first picture book, Baby Penguins Everywhere!, was selected for The Original Art 2012, an exhibition of the year’s best illustrated children’s books.
Some of the most powerful YA books being written today are what I call “resilience literature:” stories about tough issues that teens deal with every day.
If you’re someone who likes the holiday feeling to linger, who doesn’t take down their tree until the last pine needle has dropped, here’s a whimsical, wonderful picture book to add to the spirit, Brownie Groundhog and the Wintry Surprise, by Susan Blackaby.
Adventure-Pom! features the poof tail adventure of Captain Henry Gingersnaps! Using a creative combination of photography and comic styling speech bubbles, the book follows Henry on his search for Pals so he can face the ever ominous “Cranky Kitties”.
The Children’s Book Review | January 10, 2013
Parents and caregivers struggling with ways to tactfully disable distasteful words can arm themselves with The Tacky Box set.