Big congrats to one of our very favorite book authors / illustrators – Jon Klassen. He won the 2013 Caldecott for This Is Not My Hat – a house favorite that we’ve read twice just this week, and it’s only Wednesday. Outside of Extra Yarn (my Klassen favorite for illustrations, authored by Max Barnett), This…
Author: thirdstoryies
life
So, what’s new in your world? Me? Thanks for asking. We got our new couch, and we opted to pick it up rather than have it delivered. This seemed like a good dumb idea because we have a pickup truck, but then the couch fell over on me on the front steps which are steel…
(story)time: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
I do love me some William Steig. One of my very favorite books as a child was Sylvester and the Magic Pebble. Sylvester finds himself in the possession of a magic pebble – it’s drawn as a perfectly round, red stone, and when Sylvester is touching it his wishes come true. It is nearly impossible…