When I heard that Brian Selznick was coming out with a new book called Wonderstruck, I was excited beyond belief. In one sitting, we’ve just finished all 600 something pages of Wonderstruck, written and illustrated by Brain Selznick and let me just say it didn’t disappoint. He is a master storyteller entertwining two stories. The [...]
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Roald Dahl Day takes place every September 13th, the celebrated birthday of one of the world’s favorite storytellers. There are celebrations happening all over the world and Jump into a Book is no different. To get started go have a look at some of these very fun activities to not only prepare for your party [...]
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While I was in N.Y.C. I made my usual pilgrimage to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This time, however, I took one of my favorite books along, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg. I had always wanted to read this book while inside the museum and this was [...]
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“The Danger Box” by Blue Balliett is a wonderfully fun and quirky mystery by the author of “Chasing Vermeer” and ” The Wright 3″. The Danger Box is her fourth novel where she leaves the art scene of her previous three books behind and plants us firmly in the rural town of Three [...]
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When Jessie Came Across the Sea by Amy Hest and Illustrated by P.J. Lynch This beautifully illustrated story about a young Eastern European girl who travels across the sea to a new life in America, is one of those tried and true family treasures. Though my children enjoyed the story when they were younger, the [...]
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From the author of Hattie Big Sky, Kirby Larson weaves a brilliant tale about a beautifully created Japanese doll, Miss Kanagawa. Crafted by Master dollmaker Tatsuhiko, Miss Kanagawa was commissioned to be an ambassador of friendship between Japan and the United States. This part of the story is actually based on fact. 58 dolls in [...]
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Told in tanagrams, the story of Grandfather Tang’s story by AnnTompert, is about two fairy foxes. Fairy foxes are ancient animals indeed, just like all fairies. Fairy foxes can change shape into anything. The two fairy foxes in our story constantly challenge each other into changing from one animal shape to another. First a rabbit [...]
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The two gentlemen who wrote and illustrated one of our all time faovrite books “Story of Ferdinand, Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson, have also penned one of our new faovrites “Wee Gillis”. Back in print after 20 years, I picked this up in N.Y.C. while I was at Book Expo America. The green cover caught [...]
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I was walking in the yard the other day and discovered that some how we have a volunteer mulberry tree. Well it’s just huge and it’s growing mulberries. For someone who walks their yard everyday I don’t really know how I missed this but I did. As the family began picking Mulberries, we were reminded [...]
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“ I am willing to help, and I want to make a difference for those birds. I want to be their voice.” Olivia Bouler These are the words of 11 year old Olivia Bouler. This is an incredible book about one eleven- year- old girl who is making a difference. Olivia’s Birds: Saving the Gulf [...]
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Valarie is author of the book The Fox Diaries: The year the foxes came to our garden, a mom, writer, crafter and photographer.
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