Hi Friends, Don’t you love this time of year? Everything is so fresh and green. My daily drive takes me through the countryside and I’ve been watching the hay grow, and grow, and grow! Today I’m joining Susanna Leonard Hill’s Perfect Picture Friday to share a perfect book that’s all about hay! Title: Hey, […]
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Maybe Something Beautiful – a mural comes to our town
Sometimes you come across a book that is so perfect that you want to share it with everyone you know. This inspiring picture book is the one that I want to put in the hands of every child and the adults who love them. Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood by F. Isabel […]
What do you want to be when you grow up?
What do you want to be when you grow up? is a question often asked of children. Well, today’s alphabet book features some occupations that most children (and adults) have not considered. WORK: AN OCCUPATIONAL ABC Written and illustrated by Kellen Hatanak Groundwood Books 2014 32 nonfiction picture book alphabet The twenty-six letters of […]
A Titanic Alphabet
Everyone knows the story of the RMS Titanic and how she sank on her maiden voyage on April 14, 1912. There are movies, documentaries, songs, and many books which tell the sad tale. For today’s A to Z blog post, I’d like to share and alphabet book about the Titanic. T is for Titanic: A […]
Sleepy Alphabets for Bedtime
Everyone with little children who resist bedtime will love The Sleepy Little Alphabet: A Bedtime Story from Alphabet Town by Judy Sierra (author) and Melissa Sweet (illustrator) Knopf 2009 40-page picture book or 34 page board book for preschool – kindergarten It’s sleepytime in Alphabet Town As moms and dads run round and round […]