While doing my morning rounds for work, I stumbled upon the spring display on our children’s floor. Browsing the covers, I noticed two new books. There’s a Tiger in the Garden (see my other review) and Florette by Anna Walker. I picked up Florette and I found a book about a girl who moves from the country to the city. She is sad she has to leave her garden behind. However, as an imaginative, creative and determined child, she finds a unique way to have […]
There’s a Tiger in the Garden
Giraffe is bored. Grandma tells Nora to take Giraffe out to the garden where there are dragonflies the size of bird, a grumpy polar bear and a tiger (among other things). Of course, Nora thinks she is too old to believe in such fanciful tales. But she goes out into the garden nonetheless. And in the garden, she learns that she is in for the surprise of her life. The stories are very true. This picture book is charming. The story is “use your imagination” […]
If I Had a Horse
It is not often that a three (almost four) year old recommends a book to me. Okay, technically his mother did, but she said to me that her son enjoys this book. In fact, asks for it by name: “The horse book, Mama!” (Okay, not exactly by name…) All joking aside, I must agree that young Master F has good tastes in illustrations. Unfortunately, the text, does not speak to me the same way it must have to him. However, as many books that do […]
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