I really, really love these quirky, imaginative, beautiful, memorable books that enfold the listener in the magic and merriment of storytelling. (Spoiler alert: even when they smell like vomit.) I wish you luck making the hard choices, because there are so many good options. As always, ...
I love children’s books where the simple statements suggest the small excitements of a new day. (“There is snow this morning. And a small black kitten scratching against our door.”) The grandmother lugs in firewood for the stove, and grumbles that the kitten is ugly. But the little ...
Kids want to feel unconditional love while at the same time need to test the boundaries of independence and consistency of that love. With a patient heart (and a sense of humor) the little bunny’s mama makes it clear that no matter what this little bunny does or where he goes his moth...
As Papazian argued above, monsters teach strategies for coping with fears, but in picture books these are modelled gently from within a rich and engaging context which gains the interest and attention of the child without being overtly didactic. Many of these coping strategies relate to the instin...
It’s that time of year when youngsters, young and old, get to dress up and gather bags of candy on Halloween. These books are the perfect way to celebrate the excitement of this season.
The concept may also be useful when describing picturebooks. On the one hand, mise en scène describes the limits of human experience by indicating the external boundaries and contexts in which people live. On the other, it reflects the powers of the characters and groups that inhabit it by ...
Little Bear is not just a character in a book; he is a cherished friend who continues to teach and inspire, even beyond the boundaries of Bear Country.
identify your triggersand work from there to change to change your patterns. Often by creating moreboundariesbetween you and your bad habits, you can overcome your urge to do them (until it’s no longer an automatic habit anymore). If you find that you have a serious problem with ...
The subsidiary aim was to understand how shared reading can help build networks of collaboration between school and family and how it can constitute a context of extended learning that can break the strict boundaries between school, families and social context. This often makes school, with its ta...