American Desi by Jyoti Rajan Gopal and Supriya Kelkar takes readers on a journey to the intersection of identity, culture, and family. A young girl who culturally identifies as an American and as an Indian hopes to understand where she belongs. […]

I got to catch up with digital illustrator, animator, and artist Julian Glander recently to talk about I Want to Be a Vase, written by Julio Torres. This is a surreal picture book, featuring ordinary household items as characters who […]

We’ve got a case(wrap) of the Mondays! From I Want to Be a Vase by Julio Torres and Julian Glander (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, June 2022) PS: we’ve got an interview coming up with Julian tomorrow!! Stop by tomorrow to read more […]

This week’s crushes: Hope Is an Arrow by Cory McCarthy and Ekua Holmes (Candlewick Press, July 2022) Home Is Where the Heart Is by Jonny Lambert (Tiger Tales, March 2022) The Surprise by Zadie Smith, Nick Laird, and Magenta Fox (Viking Books for Young […]

From If You Find a Leaf by Aimée Sicuro (Random House Studio, July 2022) This post contains affiliate links. For more information, visit my policies & disclosures page. July 15, 2022 at 10:44AM noreply@blogger.com (Mel Schuit)

If You Find a Leaf by Aimée Sicuro encourages readers to see common things in uncommon ways. A young child finds a leaf while out on a fall walk and lets her imagination wander as she thinks of all the things […]

We’ve got a case(wrap) of the Mondays! From Sunday Pancakes by Maya Tatsukawa (Dial Books, June 2022) This post contains affiliate links. For more information, visit my policies & disclosures page. July 11, 2022 at 10:31AM noreply@blogger.com (Mel Schuit)

This week’s crushes: Ice Cream Face by Heidi Woodward Sheffield (Nancy Paulsen Books, June 2022) Tanna’s Lemming by Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley, Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, and Tamara Campeau (Inhabit Media, June 2022) Chickadee: Criminal Mastermind by Monica Silvie and Elina Ellis (Kids Can Press, June 2022) The Fairy […]

From A Is for Bee by Ellen Heck (Levine Querido, June 2022) This post contains affiliate links. For more information, visit my policies & disclosures page. July 8, 2022 at 10:35AM noreply@blogger.com (Mel Schuit)

A Is for Bee by Ellen Heck is a brilliantly unique alphabet book runs readers through the alphabet by examining animals from around the world…but not in the way that you’d think! Instead of presenting each animal in English, this book […]