We’ve got a case(wrap) of the Mondays! From Black Girl Rising by Brynne Barnes and Tatyana Fazlalizadeh (Chronicle Books, June 2022) This post contains affiliate links. For more information, visit my policies & disclosures page. June 27, 2022 at 10:58AM noreply@blogger.com […]

This week’s crushes: The Boy and the Mountain by Mario Bellini and Marianna Coppo (Tundra Books, June 2022) Big Problems, Little Problems by Ben Feller and Mercè López (Tilbury House Publishers, May 2022) Famous Robberies by Soledad Romero and Julio Antonio Blasco (Little Gestalten, May […]

From Hot Dog by Doug Salati (Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, May 2022) This post contains affiliate links. For more information, visit my policies & disclosures page. June 24, 2022 at 10:35AM noreply@blogger.com (Mel Schuit)

Hot Dog by Doug Salati reminds readers how important it is to take a step back every once in a while and recenter in order to service your own mental health. A city-dwelling dog and their human set out on a steamy […]

We’ve got a case(wrap) of the Mondays! From Thursday by Ann Bonwill and Kayla Harren (Two Lions, June 2022) This post contains affiliate links. For more information, visit my policies & disclosures page. June 20, 2022 at 10:31AM noreply@blogger.com (Mel Schuit)

This week’s crushes: Where’s My Cat? by Seymour Chwast (Minedition, June 2022) Rooftop Garden by Danna Smith, Pati Aguilera, and Holly Turton (Barefoot Books, April 2022) Pigeon & Cat by Edward Hemingway (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, June 2022) Days Like This by Oriane […]

From The Depth of the Lake and the Height of the Sky by Jihyun Kim (Floris Books, April 2022) This post contains affiliate links. For more information, visit my policies & disclosures page. June 17, 2022 at 10:59AM noreply@blogger.com (Mel Schuit)

The Depth of the Lake and the Height of the Sky by Jihyun Kim is a wordless story exploring the serenity of nature. A family of three–two parents and a young boy–packs up their belongings, hops into the car with the […]

Two years ago, I started an annual diversity audit of Let’s Talk Picture Books for representation of BIPOC creators and illustrators via the interviews and reviews on this site. Here are this year’s results: And here are previous years’ numbers […]

We’ve got a case(wrap) of the Mondays! From I Am Able to Shine by Korey Watari and Mike Wu(Two Lions, May 2022) This post contains affiliate links. For more information, visit my policies & disclosures page. June 13, 2022 at 10:30AM noreply@blogger.com (Mel […]