Category Archives: Picture Books

In Our Garden – Perfect Picture Book Friday

Posted on March 25, 2022 by Joanna

Title: In Our Garden Author: Pat Zietlow Miller Illustrator: Melissa Crowton Publisher: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, March 2022 Ages: 4-8 Format/Genre: fiction Themes: homesickness, urban gardens, school, community, vegetables, growth, patience Opening: It’s a day. It’s a gray day. A breakfast-can-wait-day, don’t-be-late day. I look … Continue reading →

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Grow – Perfect Picture Book Friday

Posted on February 18, 2022 by Joanna

Title: Grow Author:JoAnn Early Macken Illustrator: Stephanie Fizer Coleman Publisher: Boyds Mill Press, 2021 Ages: 3-6 Format/Genre: narrative nonfiction Themes: nature, growth, lifecycle, Opening: If you were an acorn, you’d swing from a stout twig, snug inside a hard brown shell, bristled cap on your … Continue reading →

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Pruett and Soo – Perfect Picture Book Friday

Posted on February 4, 2022 by Joanna

Title: Pruett and Soo Author: Nancy Viau Illustrator: Jorge Lacera Publisher: Two Lions, 2022 Ages: 3-6 Format/Genre: fiction Themes: rules, feelings, friends, monochrome, colorful, identity, aliens, planets, questioning Opening: Planet Monochrome was a teeny tiny planet tucked in between Saturn and Jupiter. It blended in … Continue reading →

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