The Great Quillow by James Thurber, illustrated by Steven Kellogg Henry brought this book home from the school library, and it looked innocent enough, and then Dave opened it up to read it to the kids and said he felt duped. It’s essentially a wall of words....
Who Needs Donuts? by Mark Alan Stamaty Wow. This is quite a book. It was first published in 1973 and then apparently went swiftly out of print, and used copies of it fetched hundreds of dollars. I can see why. It’s definitely the kind of book where, if you read...
Sixteen Cows by Lisa Wheeler, illustrated by Kurt Cyrus This one is for Emily. Lisa Wheeler, rhyme-mistress extraordinaire, continues to charm the daylights out of every single one of us, and really hits it out of the park with this one. It’s the story of Gene...
The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr What I like about this book: The tiger is a lovely mix of polite and rude. Basically, he’s your basic terrible houseguest who doesn’t realize he’s a terrible houseguest. He’s very gracious —...
Higher! Higher! by Leslie Patricelli Another great one from the board book fave Leslie Patricelli, Higher! Higher! is basically what happens when a little girl keeps demanding that her dad push her even higher on the swing. She goes as high as a giraffe, as high as a...
Beware of the Frog by William Bee One more monster book, even though Halloween was two days ago. This book was a total surprise, because Henry got it at his school library. It made us all laugh hysterically; I love everything about it: the story, the phenomenal...
