Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL I adored this book about a boy and an anthropomorphic book! It is a cute picture book introducing the topic of how to take care of books they love and a reminder to parents about helping their kids handle books with care as they start their journey towards reading. Bob Kolar’s […]
Entries Tagged as 'Nearly Wordless Books'
The Boy & the Book [a wordless story]
January 16th, 2016 · No Comments · Books
Tags: Bob Kolar·David Michael Slater·Huyen MacMichael·Illustration·Nearly Wordless Books·Picture Books·Preschoolers
Gem
June 9th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Books
Review By HOMA WOODRUM When I first opened my review copy of Gem, written and illustrated by Holly Hobbie, I gasped at how beautiful the watercolors were. The book opens with a wintertime letter from a grandmother to her granddaughter, introducing the pictures to follow as the story of the previous year when a little toad named Gem emerged […]
Tags: Amphibians·Garden·Gardening·Good for Toddlers·Grandparents·Holly Hobbie·Homa Woodrum·Nature·Nature Books·nature books for kids·Nearly Wordless Books·Preschoolers·Toads·Watercolor
Tuesday
May 31st, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY Kiddo and I were surprised that I hadn’t reviewed Tuesday for Vegbooks. We love this book, because as kiddo puts it, “It’s funny and strange.” With few words and very detailed illustrations, David Wiesner has crafted a tale about flying frogs. Mysteriously, one Tuesday night, the frogs rise up on their […]
Tags: 1990s Books·Caldecott Medal·David Weisner·Dogs·Early Elementary·Frogs·Humor·Illustration·Mystery·Nearly Wordless Books·Pigs·Preschoolers