Black and White
Why do artists continue to illustrate picture books in black and white when color printing is an option? Black and white has many benefits.
David Macaulay
Quirky Book Lists: Time
Margaret Wise Brown once wrote that children wondered about “mysterious clock time.” I certainly did as a child. I simply could not learn to tell time. This was back in the dark ages of analog clocks that seemed to hold secrets others could decipher but eluded me. I could have used any of the books on this list, but one in particular is perfect.
… more The World in Birdy’s Time, 1290 AD
The year of Birdy’s story in Catherine, Called Birdy is more than 700 years ago. It might be hard for us to imagine what it was like to live then, before technology and planes and even the printing press! Reading the book gives us an opportunity to put ourselves into that world and time. Here’s what was going on throughout Birdy’s world to help us place the book within its reference points.… more
Catherine, Called Birdy Companion Booktalks
A baker’s dozen to get you started on the April Bookstorm™ books …
Aviary Wonders Inc. Spring Catalog and Instruction Manual, Kate Samworth. Clarion Books, 2014
Winner of the 2014 Kirkus Prize for Young Readers’ Literature
Fantastic illustrations of fantastical creatures
Build your own birds!
Backyard Birds by Karen Stray Nolting, Jonathan Latimer, and Roger Tory Peterson.… more
