The book I’ve chosen to highlight today for Susanna Leonard Hill’s Perfect Picture Book Friday is a departure from my usual book choices focusing on some aspect of the arts. Instead, with Freedom to Marry Day coming up next week (this year on February 14th, coinciding with Valentine’s Day), I’m looking at something that more …
Title: Imani’s Music Author: Sheron Williams Illustrator: Jude Daly Publisher: New York: Simon & Schuster Children’s Division, 2002
In Canada, today, January 27, 2012, is Family Literacy Day. What a great day to share a picture book written by members of a family! Title: Dumpy the Dump Truck Author: Julie Andrews Edwards and Emma Walton Hamilton Illustrator: Tony Walton Publisher: New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 2000.
Title: Dragon Dancing Author: Carole Lexa Schaefer Illustrator: Pierr Morgan Publisher: New York, Viking: 2007.
Because the observance of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (one of my earliest heroes) is this weekend, I wanted to choose a book for this Perfect Picture Book Friday that would honor that, while still featuring some connection to the arts, which is the broader theme of my work and my blog. …
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Title: Emily’s Art Author/Illustrator: Peter Catalanotto Publisher: New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2001. Genre: Picture book, fiction Audience Age: 5 – 8