by Julie | Jul 13, 2009
Ollie Forgot by Tedd Arnold. Oh, poor Ollie. He’s a nice boy, but apparently has short term memory issues. Plus he has that common problem of getting a little ditty stuck in his head, and then he absent-mindedly sings that song. But it keeps getting him into...
by Julie | Jul 6, 2009
Cornelius P. Mud, Are You Ready for Bed? by Barney Saltzberg Let’s say you come up with the idea for a children’s book. The idea is: a pig is getting ready for bed, but he’s not really ready for bed until he gets a hug from his mom. This book could...
by Julie | Jun 29, 2009
Samuel Eaton’s Day Sarah Morton’s Day Tapenum’s Day by Kate Waters, photos by Russ Kendall For some reason, recently, Henry and I got to talking about New England, where we live, and about colonial times, and just when I was about to start getting...
by Julie | Jun 22, 2009
Elephant and Piggie books by Mo Willems Ok, I am so embarrassed to admit that I only learned a few weeks ago that Mo Willems, author of the wonderments of Knuffle Bunny and the Pigeon books, has written a series of Easy Readers. Of course he has. Who better than Mo...
by Julie | Jun 15, 2009
Play with Your Food by Joost Elffers Ok, so this is not, technically, a childrens’ book. Nor is it what we here call a “reading” book (it’s a “looking” book). Our friend Ellen gave us this book about four years ago, and it gets...
by Julie | Jun 1, 2009
Jumpy Jack and Googily by Meg Rosoff, illustrated by Sophie Blackall I first picked up this book because it has funny illustrations and is written by Meg Rosoff, who wrote How I Live Now, which is one of my favorite books. Henry took one look at Jumpy Jack and Googily...
