by Julie | Mar 14, 2013
So the other morning I woke up to find Eli at the dining room table hacking away at The Complete Works of William Shakespeare with a razorblade. I think I passed out. Around the time I got up off the floor, he’d abandoned the Shakespeare (“these pages are...
by Julie | Jan 10, 2013
Today on Brain Burps I review Stay: The True Story of Ten Dogs. This is one of those books that I grabbed without reading it first, because Ramona insists that a certain percentage of our library haul is made up of dog books. We were all completely charmed by this...
by Julie | Dec 19, 2012
I am still so excited about our Little Free Library. It’s been over four months, and I still sigh contentedly whenever I see it. Plus it’s looking extra festively adorable right now.
by Julie | Dec 14, 2012
So, remember how I was hollering with love for Matthew Cordell’s HELLO! HELLO! last month? I have given this book to people, forced it on people, talked about how much I love it. But you know what happens when you turn off electronic devices? I’ll tell...
by Julie | Dec 12, 2012
This book! It’s like a thriller! For kids! Perfect, perfect tension (and a lot of it). Zuzu’s eyes get impossibly large every time we read this. There should be more picture books that are this frightening, with such satisfying conclusions, I tell you!...
by Julie | Dec 4, 2012
This post should have been written months ago. For months I’ve been thinking about how much I love Ivy and Bean by Annie Barrows, about how consistently hilarious all the books are, and about how Sophie Blackall could illustrate anything and I’d love it...
