Happy Friday, everyone! It’s time for a Perfect Picture Book review and activity. Susanna Hill’s blog is the place to go to find a whole bunch of other picture book reviews.
Spring is almost here – yes – can you hear the birds singing? Can you see the snow melting? I’m ready for Spring!
My perfect picture book pick makes me think about spring.
Title: Raindrops Roll
Story and Photographs by April Pulley Sayre Continue reading
I looked at the calendar this morning and it said that today was Friday.
Already!
So that means that it’s time for a Perfect Picture Book review.
I’m taking part in Carrie Charley Brown’s ReFoReMo Challenge this month: http://www.carriecharleybrown.com/reforemo/reforemo-day-6-joyce-sweeney-applies-the-plot-clock
We are reading picture books and learning to use them as mentor texts. So you can imagine what my dining room table looks like – stacks of books all over the place – eating is over-rated anyway, right?
And of course, I’m still participating in Kristen Fulton’s 52 Weeks of Charting Non-Fiction: http://www.kristenfulton.org/dig-in/52-weeks-of-charting-nonfiction
So I’ve got several stacks of books for that as well.
Today’s Perfect Picture Book makes history come alive – exactly what we want a great children’s non-fiction picture book to do.
Title: Looking at Lincoln
Author and Illustrator: Maira Kalman Continue reading
You all know how passionate I am about helping children become lovers of books and reading.
As I journey along on this picture book writing path, I meet others who share the same mission.
Yesterday I visited the website of author AJ Irving and discovered a brilliant initiative to get books into the hands of kids who don’t have any. Yes, you read that right! There are plenty of kids, here in the good old USA, who grow up in homes without books. And we can help!
