Whereever you are, stop right there and find a copy of Two Many Birds. I feel like this book has the answers we are looking for after this soul crushing week. What happens when those in charge go too far and how can the power of community provide not only healing, connection but new direction? …
This lovely li’l story is about a young girl’s journey through the snow to visit her Lebanese grandmother. The text is filled with fun onomatopoeia, and the pictures are sweet and soft as the characters. A great read aloud while staying cozy under a blanket during the holidays [and beyond]. –Christina, King’s Books, Tacoma, WA …
This beautifully illustrated poem of a picture book celebrates Black boyhood, leaning into the joy and pride of a loved child. I love this line from the narrator: “I am good to the core, like the center of a cinnamon roll. Yeah, that good.” We have signed copies. —Carrie, Broadway Books, Portland, OR With bold …
Halloween celebrations will be different this year, but you can still have a spooky good time with Halloween books. As someone who grew up in New England and had to choose between covering up costumes with warm coats or work long johns and other layers into every trick-or-treat outfit, I’m going to embrace the silver …
I don’t know if I’ve ever related more to a main character… The cake-lover/ attempted cake-ignorer/ cake-eater/ cake-baker is earnest and honest and oh-so-endearing even as I sympathized with her poor mom– and her dog’s reactions delighted me even more. The illustrations perfectly capture the temptations, agonies, and delights I feel around cake. I can …
One little taco truck learns to share in marvelous new inclusive way that makes room for everyone. A book that acknowledges the challenges of change and the friendships that come with finding your community and where you belong. A bright book bursting with color and flavors with a much bigger message! –Jesica DeHart, Neill Public …
If you are in ANY way helping to connect kids with books, you are doing amazing things. Immeasurable things. World-changing things! I know it’s easy to believe, in an HDTV, 3-D, virtual reality world, that books are becoming passe. I promise that’s not even remotely so. Kids can connect with books now every bit as …
I love this picture book! Readers who are familiar with the original will definitely get a kick out of it, but so will folks new to the idea. It’s full of rhyming fun with just the right touch of absurdity. Up your rhyme game with this rambunctious read-aloud! –Tegan Tigani, Queen Anne Book Company, Seattle, WA …
Little Bird learned a new word! He loves it so much that he’s bursting to share it with all of his friends. BLARK! BLARK! BLARK! The only problem is, this isn’t a very nice word. Little Bird doesn’t realize it, but this word might even hurt someone’s feelings. With the help of Papa Bird, maybe …
This middle grade debut novel, available now in paperback, has just enough creepiness and plenty of hilarity! I loved the adventure and quirkiness; the storytelling reminds me of Roald Dahl but with a modern sensibility. It will make a fun family read-aloud. (I was hooked as soon as I learned our heroine suffers from tragic flatulence… …
