My stepdaughter Becky, who lives in Tennessee, had a baby, Madeline, in January. Becky is such a joyful and calm mother. And Madeline is–objectively of course!–one of the world’s cutest, loveliest, most alert and thoughtful and interesting and adorable babies … Read More
My newest picture book is out!
It is a happy, light-hearted story about a mouse family that needs matzah for Passover. They live under the floorboards beneath the apartment where the human Winklers live. And luckily the Winklers are … Read More
I found out this morning that NEW SHOES is a nominee for the South Dakota Prairie Bloom Award for 2017-18. This means that it has been chosen as one of ten best books for this age group and children all … Read More
After rereading Judith Kerr’s Bombs on Aunt Dainty, a very autobiographical novel that describes her first art classes, I decided it was high time I should read some of her self-illustrated picture books. And it turns out that, although Kerr … Read More
I had another “small world” moment today when I came across George Ella Lyon’s delightful nonfiction picture book, Mother to Tigers, illustrated by Peter Catalanotto (Atheneum 2003).
This is another terrific picture book to buy for children who … Read More
While I was thinking about what I learned about Baltimore history from reading Laura Amy Schlitz’s The Hired Girl, I happened to come across another book that taught me more about Baltimore: Lesléa Newman’s adorable picture book, Ketzel, … Read More