Review By DIANE VUKOVIC This book is by Barbara Jean Hicks, the same author as my 4-year old’s favorite book, The Secret Life of Walter Kitty. I love Hicks’ books because they are about encouraging children to use their imagination and see the world in new, exciting ways. In Monsters Don’t Eat Broccoli, Hicks uses […]
Entries Tagged as 'Imagination'
The Book About Moomin, Mymble, and Little My
June 20th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Books
Review By HOMA WOODRUM We discovered the world of the Moomins via this book when my cousin sent it from Finland as a gift for my son (now almost 1) and daughter (now almost 3). It is her daughter’s favorite book and I can see why. It has a Dr. Seuss-like quality in that it […]
Tags: 1950s Children Literature·Die Cut·Early Elementary·Good for Toddlers·Homa Woodrum·Illustration·Imagination·Older Elementary·Preschoolers·Tove Jansson
Eight Days: A Story of Haiti
May 15th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT I’ve worked hard to let my kid just be a kid by shielding him from the disturbing news of world. This means that to a large extent, he is pretty unaware of domestic and international disasters. I’m well aware that I can’t keep him in this little bubble for much longer, […]
Tags: Alix Delinois·Current Events·Death·Disasters·Early Elementary·Earthquake·Edwidge Danticat·Haiti·Hope·Imagination·Jennifer Gannett·Survival
Duck on a Bike
May 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL As Duck demonstrates his bicycle riding skills to each of the other animals, we hear their critical opinions of a duck riding a bike. Then an opportunity arises that gives all the other animals access to wheels as well and none can resist! Just thinking of a duck (or any other animal) on a […]
Tags: David Shannon·Ducks·Early Elementary·Fear·Huyen MacMichael·Illustration·Imagination·Preschoolers