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Winnie the Pooh, written by A. A. Milne and illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard, is the epitome of what a child’s book should be. The Pooh books have been around for nearly 100 years, and I doubt there are any readers who are unfamiliar with the stories about this sweet bear of little brain and his …
The Best Gardening books for Young Children It’s finally warming up here in the mountains after a long, cold spring, and I’ve just finished planting the corn and tomatoes in my garden. I still need to let things warm up a bit more before I can plant the sweet potatoes, okra, peanuts, and peppers, plants …
Birthday Books for Young Children Everyone loves birthdays, and May is a big birthday month in our family. When I met my sweet husband fifty (50!) years ago, we were delighted to discover that we were born two weeks apart in May. Four years later we married on his birthday, and our firstborn arrived on …
The Best Mother Goose Books for Young Children April is poetry month, and what better poems and rhymes to entertain and educate children than nursery rhymes? A copy of Mother Goose belongs in every child’s library, and there are many to choose from, for nursery rhymes have been around for hundreds and hundreds of years. …
It’s spring and time for gardens! Nature is bursting out all over, wildlife is emerging after the hidden quiet of winter, so this is a great time to talk about the artist, writer, and naturalist, Beatrix Potter. Helen Beatrix Potter was born in London in 1866, and published her first and best-known book, The Tale …
Children’s Books by William Steig Today I want to share with you four of my favorite children’s books by William Steig, an author and illustrator who started writing children’s books at the age of 61, after a long career as a cartoonist for the New Yorker. These books have been around 30-50 years and were …
March 19th is SPRING! Brought to you by In Like a Lion Out Like a Lamb by Newbery Honor Award winner Marion Dane Bauer, illustrated by Caldecott winner Emily Arnold McCully. With that mouthful of introduction, we expect a trumpeting parade of spring, and we are not disappointed. In like a Lion Out Like a …
We’re all looking forward to spring, but here in the mountains we have snow flying and daffodils barely peeping out of the ground. The spring equinox begins late on March 19th, so until then let’s wallow a little in the excitement, and challenges, winter can provide. I want to tell you about a terrific book …
2020 LEAPLINGS, PREPARE TO LEAP THIS LEAP YEAR! Another leap year is again upon us and I’ve rounded up some of my favorite books for children about leap years and leap year babies. What is a leapling? What is a leap year? A leapling (also leaper, leapster, or Leap Day baby) is a person born …
Black History Month is here, when we highlight the history of black Americans and celebrate their many contributions to society. What’s the best way to do this with our youngest children? In this post I’ve gathered some of my favorite board books in honor of black history month. I can’t offer up the intricacies of …