Roses are Red, Your Feet Really Stink is one of my favorite Valentine books–especially when I was teaching. I read it to my class every year! Diana deGroat illustrated and wrote the book–such a talent. Here’s a summary of the story: “When Gilbert writes two not-so-nice valentines to his classmates, his prank quickly turns into [...]

*Picture book, fantasy, preschool to third graders *Young boy as main character *Rating: Magical Matthew is a sweet story for children about magic and friendship. Kevin Collier’s illustrations make this book fun for children to read on their own or for their parents/teachers to read to them, too. My two-year-old loves flipping through it. Short, [...]

I’m welcoming Alex Boles, whom I met through my critique group (she’s the sister of one of our members) and who has a very exciting and important website and book! I encourage everyone to check out the website here and then the book through the Amazon link at the bottom of the post. I will [...]

Debbie Fox wrote the most amazing e-mail and sent me a link to a review copy of her new book, Quiet Kid. Debbie is extremely talented. The illustrations are absolutely beautiful, and the theme of this book is so important. Quiet kids are NORMAL–and it is hard to be a quiet kid in a world [...]

I’m so thrilled to host Arthur Wooten with his picture book Wise Bear William: The New Beginning (illustrated by Bud Santora) on my blog today. I am also excited to let you know that Arthur is providing one soft-cover copy to giveaway to a lucky reader–just leave a comment below and either say PICK ME! [...]

At my stepson’s parent teacher conference last week, we had an interesting conversation about how he is feeling different. He goes to reading and math class for help in these areas; and being in third grade, he is finally starting to care that he is not doing the same thing as everybody else in his [...]