SANTA’S FIRST CHRISTMAS, written by Mac Barnett and illustrated by Sydney Smith, is warm, cozy, and bursting with holiday cheer. It’s the ...

November Book of the Month is an exceptional picture book, THE BOY WHO BECAME A PARROT: A Foolish Biography of Edward Lear, Who Invented Non...

October Book of the Month is AGGIE AND THE GHOST, written and illustrated by Matthew Forsythe, also the creator of POKO AND THE DRUM, and MI...

August’s Book of the Month is the board book YOUR FOREST, by Jon Klassen. “This is your sun. It is coming up for you.” Thus begins a seemi...

July’s Book of the Month is the exquisite picture book, THE PAPER BRIDGE, by Joëlle Veyrenc and Seng Soun Ratanavanh. Anya lives in the vi...

June’s Book of the Month is JIM! SIX TRUE STORIES ABOUT ONE GREAT ARTIST: JAMES MARSHALL, written and illustrated by Jerrold Connors. The ...

May’s Books of the Month are two distinctive biographies, both illustrated by Lauren Soloy. The first, TOVE AND THE ISLAND WITH NO ADDRESS...

April’s Book of the Month is A UNIVERSE OF RAINBOWS, a fascinating celebration of art and science, with poems selected by Matt Forrest Esenw...

Fun, eccentric, and mildly spooky, BOG MYRTLE, written and illustrated by Sid Sharp, is a terrific modern fairy tale—one that sits comfortab...

January’s Book of the Month is the musing, meditative POETRY COMICS, written and illustrated with sequential art by Grant Snider. “I want ...

December’s book of the month is the gorgeous, heartfelt I KNOW HOW TO DRAW AN OWL, written by Hilary Horder Hiply and illustrated by Matt Ja...

STELLA AND MARIGOLD, written by Annie Barrows and illustrated by Sophie Blackall, is a smart, endearing, and beautifully illustrated chapter...

October’s Book of the Month is THE OFRENDA THAT WE BUILT, written by Jolene Gutiérrez and Shaian Gutiérrez, and illustrated by Gabby Zapata....

IT IS OKAY, by Ye Guo, is a charming, understated story of two “very different” friends who discover that—together—they can cope and even th...

August 2024's Book of the Month is AHOY!, a gem of a book about the joy of imaginative play by two-time Caldecott winner Sophie Blackall...

July’s Book of the Month is the charming, fantastical MILLIE FLEUR’S POISON GARDEN, by Christy Mandin. In Garden Glen, “prim, pastel house...

June’s Book of the Month is my own recently released board book, JUNE MOON, beautifully illustrated by Nate Carvalho and published by Famili...

With its lyrical text and vibrant, colorful art, EVERYONE STARTS SMALL, written by Liz Garton Scanlon and illustrated by Dominique Ramsey, o...

Two of my longtime critique buddies, Dianne White and Karen Jameson, have three inspiring, wonder-filled books newly out in the world: FINDI...

PEDAL, BALANCE, STEER: ANNIE LONDONDERRY, THE FIRST WOMAN TO CYCLE AROUND THE WORLD, written by Vivian Kirkfeld and illustrated by Alison Ja...