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The Tree In Me (and you)

May 1, 2021 Claire Annette Noland 2 Comments

Happy Arbor Day, Friends! I certainly believe that trees are worth celebrating. My yard is full of them. We have redwoods, pines, dogwoods, olives, figs, and a palm tree! Quite and assortment, don’t you think? So, when I saw this book at my local Indie, I knew it needed to come home with me. Let […]

Filed Under: Celebrate, picture books Tagged With: Arbor Day, The Tree in Me by Corinna Luken, trees

Not So Fast, Max – A Rosh Hashanah Visit with Grandma

March 28, 2021 Claire Annette Noland Leave a Comment

The only thing I like better than visiting an apple orchard is reading a book that takes me there. And, when recipes are included, I know it’s a book for me. NOT SO FAST, MAX – A Rosh Hashanah Visit with Grandma By Annette Schottenfeld (author) and Jennifer Kirkham (illustrator) Kalaniot Books Picture book for […]

Filed Under: Bookish Field Trips, Celebrate, Farm Fresh, Food, picture books Tagged With: Annette Schottenfeld, Apple picture books, family traditions, Jewish children's books, Not So Fast Max, Rosh Hashana picture book

The Case for Loving – a review

June 12, 2020 Claire Annette Noland 6 Comments

The Case for Loving – the Fight for Interracial Marriage written by Selina Alko.  Illustrated by Selina Alko and her husband Sean Qualls Arthur A. Levine Books 2015. June 12th is officially Loving Day but do you know why? In 1958, Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter fell in love. Of course they wanted to be married […]

Filed Under: Books, Celebrate, Multicultural Children's Books Tagged With: interracial families, Loving Day, Loving v. Virginia, Selina Alko and Sean Qualls, The Case for Loving

Pick a Pumpkin (and visit a pumpkin patch)

October 18, 2019 Claire Annette Noland 13 Comments

October is Pumpkin Patch Month and every year I help my friends at Bettencourt Family Farms welcome children who come to pick out a special pumpkin for a class project. And, every year I treat myself to a new pumpkin-themed book. I’m happy to share my new seasonal favorite on Susanna Leonard Hill’s  Perfect Picture […]

Filed Under: Books, Celebrate, Field Trips, picture books Tagged With: fall holidays in picture books, Pick a Pumpkin, pumpkin patch books, pumpkin patch games and activities, pumpkin picture books

New Book to help celebrate National Adoption Day

November 18, 2017 Claire Annette Noland 1 Comment

Today I’d like to share a special book for those of us who have chosen international adoption as a way to build our families: Babies Come From Airports by Erin Dealy (author) and Luciana Navarra Powell (illustrator) “Some babies come from the hospital, Some babies come from airports, but all babies come from love.” This […]

Filed Under: Adoption, Books, Celebrate, Family, Multicultural Children's Books Tagged With: adoption, Babies Come From Airports, Erin Dealy

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