A Book by Mordicai Gerstein I grabbed this book off the New Book shelf in the library and didn’t really look at it — I worship at the altar of Mordicai Gerstein ever since The Man Who Walked Between the Towers and so as soon as I saw his name I added it to...
My A to Z Recipe Box by Hilary Karmilowicz, illustrated by Melissa Sweet Ok, so this week’s book isn’t actually a book, but it’s still worth recommending. Henry got this recipe box for his second birthday, and he still loves it. It’s fairly...
By the Great Horn Spoon! by Sid Fleischman I just realized I haven’t recommended this book here yet. I forgot that I hadn’t officially written it up, since I’ve recommended it to everyone I see walking down the street. This book is great. I am,...
Whitefoot: A Story from the Center of the World by Wendell Berry, illustrated by Davis TeSelle Oh boy is this ever a Henry book. I grabbed it from the library because it’s by Wendell Berry, and about a mouse, and didn’t really pay any attention to what it...
Gnomes by Wil Huygen, illustrated by Rien Poortvliet When I was 7 years old or so, family friends of ours somehow acquired a copy of Gnomes. I honestly think I spent a good year looking at that book, ignoring everything around me, whenever we visited them. Recently it...
Every year we get the same Christmas books from the library, and I love that they’ve become such a part of our holiday ritual. We do have some Christmas books of our own that get year-round use (Mary Engelbreit’s The Night Before Christmas, The Polar...
