Just the Right Cake by Christina Tosi
Just the Right Cake by Christina Tosi starts off like any other cake book. It is raining so it is the perfect day to bake a cake. But if you ask Phil, he will tell you it would be a good day to bake a cake even if it was sunny. You see, Phil loves baking with his mom and dad. But today is different. It is just him and his mom. But even though the cake is made like they always did, something is […]
Courage Like Kate: The True Story of a Girl Lighthouse Keeper by Anna Crowley Redding
I have read a few things about Kate Moore, but ironically, they were not as “deep” as this picture book. They might have had more story, but they did not have the emotion of this Anna Crowley Redding tale. Courage Like Kate: The True Story of a Girl Lighthouse Keeper will come out summer of 2022. And you must preorder you copy today at your favorite independent bookstore (or you are welcomed to borrow mine if you do not have one). This illustrated by Emily […]
How to Send a Hug by Hayley Rocco
I admit it. Even this old grump teared up at the end of How to Send a Hug. And it was not the words of Hayley Rocco, though those are sweet. It was that darn page at the end where everyone is receiving their hugs! So, “Bad John Rocco! Bad!” Seriously though, this is a delightful story about how to send a hug to someone who is far away. I am sure we have not seen the last of the Covid related issues, therefore, making […]
The Bird Feeder by Andrew Larsen
A child and their very loved grandmother have a unique bond in The Bird Feeder. Despite their ages, the two of them share common interests. They like to spend time together drawing and watching the bird feeder outside the grandmother’s window. But one day, the grandmother moves into hospice care and the child decides that things can be the same even if they are no longer in the same house. And they bring grandmothers birdfeeder to be outside her new window. Of course, one day […]
Hurry, Little Tortoise, Time for School by Carrie Finison
I am not always a fan of “the turtle or tortoise or snail comes in last because they are slow” stories. (I still cringe at the end scene in Monsters University where the snail-monster-student gets to class after the year has ended.) Now, I do not necessarily want them to be first, (Tortoise and the Hair is great, just not all the time), I want to see other animals have the distinction of being last, or the slow one. I mean, we all have a […]
Lulu & Zoey: A Sister Story by Carrie Finison
I was not sure what to expect of Lulu & Zoey: A Sister Story. But it was not what occurred in this Carrie Finison picture book. We have an outside narrator telling us that sometimes sisters do “this” or “that” with examples given by sisters Lulu and Zoey. Sometimes Lulu wants to play, Zoey does not. Sometimes Zoey has a really cool pen and even though she will share, Lulu steals the rest of the art supplies. Sometimes Lulu decorates Zoey’s diary, and Zoey is […]
