by Julie | Mar 2, 2009
Commander Toad and the Planet of the Grapes, Commander Toad and the Dis-Asteroid, Commander Toad and the Intergalactic Spy, Commander Toad in Space by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Bruce Degen (there are others in the series, but these are the ones we have read so far)...
by Julie | Feb 23, 2009
Trout, Trout, Trout (A Fish Chant) by April Pulley Sayre, illustrated by Trip Park I have a thing for rhyming books, I have a thing for silliness, and I have a thing for lush, colorful illustrations. Trout, Trout, Trout has all three. (I also have a thing for graphic,...
by Julie | Feb 20, 2009
Ed Emberley’s Make a World by Ed Emberley This book might be Henry’s most essential book, his desert island book. Sometime last year (I think it was when we were doing a massive decluttering/rearranging of space in anticipation of Zuzu’s birth), I ran across my...
by Julie | Feb 19, 2009
Half of an Elephant by Gusti If one were to give, say, The Missing Piece to a prospective suitor in an attempt to say, “Maybe we should get together,” one might give Half of an Elephant to a significant other as a passive-aggressive way of saying, “I think we should...
by Julie | Feb 18, 2009
Anansi and the Talking Melon and Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock by Eric A. Kimmel, illustrated by Janet Stevens Ok, true confession time: I have thought about it long and hard, and I honestly don’t know if we love these books because they’re great, or because Tom,...
by Julie | Feb 17, 2009
The Complete Adventures of Big Dog and Little Dog by Dav Pilkey Oh, Big Dog and Little Dog, how we love you. These are great, great books, which we’ve gotten separately from the library, and then several years ago were happy to find as a collected volume, which we...
