Pie in the Sky by Remy Lai Purchased at Barnes & Noble In one of many memorable metaphors from Pie in the Sky, almost twelve-year-old narrator Jingwen recalls his favorite times with his family – rare Sunday beach trips […]

  100 Things I Know How to Do  by Amy Schwartz Review Copy from Abrams Appleseed This marks Schwartz’s third "100 Things" book masterfully chronicling the everyday lives of very young children, each one as delightfully engaging as the next. While […]

And I Paint It: Henriette Wyeth’s World written by Beth Kephart, illustrated by Amy June Bates Review Copy from Abrams Kids / Cameron Kids More than a traditional biography, And I Paint It: Henriette Wyeth’s World is a day in […]

  If You Go Down to the Woods Today: more than 100 things to find  poetry by Rachel Piercey illustrated by Freya Hartas Review Copy from Magic Cat Publishing Having grown up with Beatrix Potter and Richard Scarry, If You […]

Fox + Chick: The Sleepover and Other Stories  by Sergio Ruzzier Review Copy from Chronicle Books Friends. Opposites. Inhabitants of a pastel-hued, water color world that is vaguely surreal, Fox and Chick are back for a third installment of their […]

  DO YOU KNOW? Dinosaurs and the Prehistoric World  by Pascale Hédelin illustrated by Didier Balicevic, Rbert Barborini, Benjamin Bécue & Sylvie Bessard  AND  DO YOU KNOW? Oceans and Marine Life  by Stéphanie Babin illustrated by Lucile Ahrweiller, Hélène Convert, […]

Be a Tree! by Maria Gianferrari illustrated by Felicita Sala Review Copy from Abrams Kids I picture-walked Be a Tree! three times before I actually read the words. Felicita Sala’s illustrations for Maria Gianferrari’s poetic text are mesmerizingly immersive and […]

  Bindu’s Bindis  by Supriya Kelkar, illustrated by Parvati Pillai Review Copy from Sterling Books Bindu’s Bindis is a marvelous book about differences and finding the courage sometimes needed to be comfortable with being different. It’s also a lovely story […]

  Newton and Curie: The Science Squirrels  by Daniel Kirk Review Copy from Abrams Books for Young Readers Daniel Kirk’s picture books have been engaging and enchanting my family since Chugga-Chugga-Choo-Choo, written by Kevin Lewis, became a staple in our home […]

  Have You Ever Seen a Flower?  by Shawn Harris Review Copy from Chronicle Books Part imagination, part meditation, Have You Ever Seen a Flower? could also have been titled, "Have You Ever Been a Flower?" Harris, making his debut […]