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…
Category: (story)time
(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…
(story)time: oliver jeffers (will be) in the house
If I had to list a couple of my very favorite books on the girls’ shelves then The Incredible Book Eating Boy by Oliver Jeffers would definitely make the cut. I might stress over the selection of the other few, but there would be no stress involved in selecting this one. (And a word of warning…