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This Is Not My Hat

Jon Klassen exhibits his trademark Canadian humour in This Is Not My Hat, a companion to the gratifying I Want My Hat Back.  A guilty, hat-stealing fish gives an exonerating soliloquy during his getaw… more →

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This Is Not My Hat — 4 comments

aneducationinbooks wrote 6 months ago: Jon Klassen exhibits his trademark Canadian humour in This Is Not My Hat, a companion to the gratify … more →

Tags: Canadian author/illustrator, Picture Books, Love that art, Voice, picture book, Fish

And Then It's Spring — 3 comments

aneducationinbooks wrote 11 months ago: It may be summer weather in Michigan, but it’s not hard to remember the brown of pre-spring. A … more →

Tags: Michigan author/illustrator, Picture Books, Love that art, fabulous illustrations, picture book, spring, quiet book, Garden, Nature

Never Forgotten

aneducationinbooks wrote 1 year ago: When Dinga’s beloved son goes missing, Fire, Water and Wind are the only ones who can tell him … more →

Tags: Picture Books, Books with social studies links, Love that art, Poetry, serious book, fabulous illustrations, picture book, Vocabulary, History

Waiting for the Magic — 4 comments

aneducationinbooks wrote 1 year ago: Okay, here’s a book recommended to me by my nine-year-old. I admit, I didn’t expect to l … more →

Tags: power of pets, Character Driven, Chapter Books, high interest, Dogs, feelings, magical realism, Family, cat

An Annoying ABC

aneducationinbooks wrote 1 year ago: It only took Adelaide to set off a domino effect involving annoyance, fuming, irritation and upendin … more →

Tags: Picture Books, picture book, Vocabulary, Books for the very young, alphabet book, school story

Artist to Artist — 2 comments

aneducationinbooks wrote 1 year ago: “Dear young artist,” this book begins. Twenty-three illustrators complete the salutation … more →

Tags: Love that art, nonfiction, fabulous illustrations, Books, Art, anthology, about picture books and illustration

Grandpa Green — 2 comments

aneducationinbooks wrote 1 year ago: Illustrated almost entirely in green, Lane Smith’s Grandpa Green is an ode to a man who grew u … more →

Tags: Picture Books, Books with science links, Love that art, picture book, Love, Environment, Family, gardening

Mama Miti — 1 comment

aneducationinbooks wrote 1 year ago: A biography that reads like a legend, Mama Miti is a superb literature choice to study Kenya, wisdom … more →

Tags: Picture Books, Books with social studies links, Love that art, nonfiction, Biography, Kadir Nelson, picture book, Kid Lit, Environment

Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature

aneducationinbooks wrote 1 year ago: I suggest reading this book two times in a row. First, read through the larger text, allowing the ca … more →

Tags: Picture Books, Books with science links, fabulous illustrations, picture book, high interest, Environment, Science, Seasons

Abe's Honest Words: The Life of Abraham Lincoln — 4 comments

aneducationinbooks wrote 1 year ago: Resolve to be honest at all events and if you cannot be an honest lawyer, resolve to be honest witho … more →

Tags: Picture Books, Books with social studies links, Love that art, nonfiction, Word choice, Biography, Kadir Nelson, picture book, Vocabulary

I Want My Hat Back — 7 comments

aneducationinbooks wrote 1 year ago: Jon Klassen tells the entire story of a missing hat in dialogue.  Reminiscent of the classic Are You … more →

Tags: Canadian author/illustrator, Picture Books, Voice, fabulous illustrations, picture book, Humourous, Books, feelings

Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow?

aneducationinbooks wrote 1 year ago: Let’s face it. Some things grow and others don’t. How’s a kid to know the differen … more →

Tags: Picture Books, Books with science links, Love that art, rhyme, picture book, high interest, Science, rhyme

Chicken, Chicken, Duck

aneducationinbooks wrote 1 year ago: With catchy text and gorgeous pictures, Nadia Krilanovich has created a fun and spunky book about fa … more →

Tags: Picture Books, Books with science links, Love that art, Poetry, fabulous illustrations, picture book, Chickens, Books for the very young, pigs

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day — 1 comment

aneducationinbooks wrote 1 year ago: Alexander’s horribly bad day is something we all need to read sometimes.  It’s strangely … more →

Tags: Picture Books, Voice, Series, picture book, Humourous, high interest, Vocabulary

Little Wolf's Song

aneducationinbooks wrote 1 year ago: Britta Teckentrup wrote and illustrated this beautiful book about Little Wolf, who can’t howl … more →

Tags: Picture Books, Books with science links, Love that art, fabulous illustrations, picture book, country setting, animals, Wolves

King Bidgood's in the Bathtub — 3 comments

aneducationinbooks wrote 2 years ago: When King Bidgood takes a bath, he wants to do everything–battle, lunch, masquerade ball … more →

Tags: Picture Books, Love that art, Word choice, picture book, Humourous, bathtub stories

Frederick

aneducationinbooks wrote 2 years ago: Leo Lionni’s classic Frederick is a heart warming tale about the importance of words and beaut … more →

Tags: Picture Books, Love that art, Poetry, picture book

Raccoon Tune

aneducationinbooks wrote 2 years ago: A family of raccoons go on their nightly food foraging in Nancy Shaw’s Raccoon Tune, a poetic … more →

Tags: Michigan author/illustrator, Picture Books, Books with science links, Love that art, rhyme, Poetry, picture book, Books for the very young, country setting

Kitten's First Full Moon — 3 comments

aneducationinbooks wrote 2 years ago: Tenacious Kitten wants that bowl of milk.  The problem: what she thinks is milk is really the moon. … more →

Tags: Picture Books, Love that art, fabulous illustrations, picture book, must-read kids' books, country setting, Sequencing


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