There are so many wonderful children’s books about apples, apple farms, and autumn fun that it was hard to choose which ones to feature! Apple Farmer Annie by Monica Wellington made the cut partly out of nostalgia. This is one of the first autumn books that I read regularly…
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Sleep Tight Farm by Eugenie Doyle is a feast for the senses. While the text draws readers into the rhythms of a year on a farm, the illustrations provide sumptuous, colorful detail and are as informative as the text itself. Each page details…
The book Let’s Go Home by Cynthia Rylant is hard to categorize and a little difficult to explain. While the book is not a story in the traditional sense, it is a lovingly captured portrait of a warm, cheerful home and the multi-generational family who lives there. Rylant’s richly detailed descriptions are paired with equally…
Although Peter Rabbit may be Beatrix Potter’s most famous character, I find Mr. Jeremy Fisher to be the most endearing. His adventure mirrors the the pattern of many bad days I have had: beginning with sunny skies and pleasant plans, but ending in disaster. Mr. Jeremy Fisher’s plans include…
I was first drawn to the book Little Rabbit Goes to School by the beautifully detailed illustrations. Author and illustrator Harry Horse creates cheerful, brightly hued forest scenes that seem to invite the reader right into the book. From the cozy little rabbit school room to the lush, green…
Now that summer is in full swing, we are definitely eating more than our fair share of frozen treats! While we love popsicles, during the hottest days of July, there is just nothing that cuts the heat better than a sweet, creamy bowl of ice cream. After buying an…
The Man Who Cooked for Himself is a book that I recently re-discovered at a thrift store. I picked a worn copy of this book up off the shelf and opened it up, only to be instantly transported back to my childhood by memories of this book. No one in…
When I think about children’s books that I love, they tend to fall into two categories: those that I read and loved as a child, and those that I have discovered by reading them to my own children. The books of Cynthia Rylant are at the top of my…
Although The Runaway Wok by Ying Chang Compestine is adapated from a Danish folktale, the setting, illustrations and food are all distinctly Chinese. This book tells the tale of a magical wok that takes food and gifts from an ungrateful, wealthy family, and shares it with a poor family…