Tag: picture book

• Book Review: Salt in His Shoes by Deloris Jordan and Roslyn M. Jordan, illustrated by Kadir Nelson

  It would be hard to find someone on this planet who has not heard of the famous NBA superstar Michael Jeffrey Jordan. Even without knowing his basketball stats, Nike made MJ a household name and his Air Jordans the envy of every kid with a basketball and a dream. However, there are things about Michael…

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  August 2, 2025

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• Book Review: Buzz! Boom! Bang! By Benjamin Gottwald

  This delightful children’s picture book has no words, just beautiful and colorful illustrations. It is a master class in the literary device onomatopoeia. If I were still teaching middle school language arts, I would bring this book into my 7th and 8th grade literature classroom and have students sit in small groups to “read” it…

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  May 25, 2025

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• Book Review: The Best Daddy of All

  Thank you to NorthSouth Books, specifically Marian Hernandez, and to NetGalley for the ARC of The Best Daddy of All, this delightful picture book for young children. I must say that I read this book with a lump in my throat. Author Peter Horn and illustrator Jessica Meserve brought up so many wonderful memories of…

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  February 28, 2025

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  ARC, author, book-review, books, children, dads, fiction, illustrator, Jessica Meserve, literature, Louisiana, NetGalley, NorthSouth Books, Peter Horn, picture book, reading, writing

• Book Review: Soomi’s Sweater by Susie Oh

  This is a short and sweet picture book, but for me the illustrations are far superior to the story line. Susie Oh’s drawings have captured the soft, maternal feelings that I know so well from having raised two daughters of my own. I could feel the excitement from Soomi when she received a new sweater,…

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  December 19, 2021

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  children’s literature, diverse voices, picture book