Surprise! Surprise! It’s another book birthday…actually, it’s a bit belated because WOMEN WHO CHANGED THE WORLD: A Feminist Book for Children Ages 3-5 came out last week, but I knew this was a book you wouldn’t want to miss. And the lovely Rachelle Burk and her publisher are offering a giveaway of a brand-new copy…so please make sure you leave a comment. Maybe you can tell us who YOUR favorite female role model was when you were a child.
Yes, indeed! It’s time to sing Happy Birthday to another new book!
What makes a perfect picture book? It’s probably a different set of parameters for each person…but for me, it’s a book that is entertaining, engaging, and educational…a book that provides information and inspiration to the child reader. And a book with awesome pictures! Today’s feature, BEFORE MUSIC, checks all those boxes!!! The illustrations are glorious (I can’t imagine how much research the artist, Madison Safer had to do) and the text gives us a world view of instruments and the people who play them (ditto on the research that author Annette Bay Pimentel ‘conducted’ in order to write this book!)
VIVIAN KIRKFIELD - Writer for Children 