Children’s Book of the Week: The Hiccupotamus

The Hiccupotamus by Aaron Zenz Let’s just jump right in to this one. Here’s how it starts: “There was a hippopotamus/Who hiccuped quite-a-lotamus/And every time he got’emus/He’d fall upon his bottomus.” Now, you are either thinking...

Childrens’ Books of the Week: Elephant and Piggie

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...

Children’s Book of the Week: Half of an Elephant

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...