Actually, International Dot Day is actually September 15th-ish, but I figured the 10th was ish-ish enough to celebrate. International Dot Day grew out of Peter H. Reynolds’ wonderful book, THE DOT, which my friend Patricia Tilton reviewed here. If you haven’t read THE DOT, please do, and also read the companion books ISH and SKY …
Some of you may remember that in 2012 I participated in the amazing blogging challenge, the A to Z Challenge, in which bloggers post every day in April using the letters of the alphabet as their daily prompts. I made some great friends through that challenge. One of those friends is Mary Aalgaard, who is …
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Title: Perfect Snow Author/Illustrator: Barbara Reid Publisher: Toronto, ON: North Winds Press (Scholastic), 2009. Genre: Picture book, Fiction
I featured this book on my Starborn Revue blog earlier this week, but I thought it deserved a spot on the Perfect Picture Book list as well. Title: The Very Fairy Princess Sparkles in the Snow Author: Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton
Title: Library Mouse Author/Illustrator: Daniel Kirk Publisher: New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2007. Genre: Picture book, fiction Audience Age: 4 to 8 years of age
Title: Mirror, mirror: a book of reversible verse Author: Marilyn Singer Illustrator: Josée Masse Publisher: New York: Dutton (Penguin Group), 2010.
Title: Chester’s Masterpiece Author/Illustrator: Mélanie Watt (although Chester the Cat would disagree) Publisher: Toronto, ON, Tonawanda, NY: Kids Can Press, 2010 Genre: Picture book, fiction, humor
If you’ve read either The Dot or Ish, Peter H. Reynolds’ fabulous picture books about celebrating creativity and making your own kind of art, even if you (or others) don’t consider you artistic, then you’ve already encountered the basic principle behind International Dot Day — making your mark in some artistic-ish way, and celebrating your …