Pockets Pockets would be an unusual and fun topic for a storytime. Below are some picture books featuring pockets. For a hands-on project, make one of these projects that celebrate A Pocket for Corduroy: [continue reading]
July 2025
Opossums Storytime – Revised
Opossums – Revised Possums can be found in many suburban neighborhoods. Learn about these marsupials, and make a craft project: Possum Craft for Kids (with FREE Craft Template) • In the Bag Kids’ Crafts. [continue reading]
Run Away with Me Review
Selznick, Brian. Run Away with Me. Brian Selznick, Illus. Scholastic, 04/2025. 320pp. Fiction. Trade $24.99. 978-1-3390-3552-9. GRADES 8–12. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Rome is an expansive and central character in this layered romance between two adolescent boys [continue reading]
Catalog of Burnt Objects Review
Youngdahl, Shana. A Catalog of Burnt Objects. Dial, 03/2025. 350 [11]pp. Fiction. Trade $19.99. 978-0-5934-0551-2. GRADES 8–12. OUTSTANDING. High school senior Caprice is using her love and knowledge of her mountain town to build a [continue reading]
Anything Review
Stead, Rebecca. Anything. Gracey Zhang, Illus. Chronicle, 04/2025. [56]pp. Picture Book. Trade $17.99. 978-1-7972-1515-0. GRADES Preschool–2. OUTSTANDING. Stead’s first picture book evokes quiet emotion through a deceptively simple story about a young girl and her [continue reading]
When Alexander Graced the Table Review
Smalls, Alexander. When Alexander Graced the Table. Frank Morrison, Illus. Addl. Creator Denene Millner. Simon and Schuster, 01/2025. [40]pp. Picture Book. Trade $19.99. 978-1-5344-8872-4. PLB $19.99. 978-1-5344-8872-4. GRADES Kindergarten–1. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Alexander looks back on [continue reading]
Moomins Read-Alikes
READ-ALIKES Moomins and the Great Flood by Tove Jansson Chen, Jiatong. White Fox in the Forest. Coakley, Lena. Wicked Nix. Courtauld, Sarah. Buckle and Squash. Davies, Stephen. Hilda and the Hidden People. Dougherty, John. Stinkbombs [continue reading]
Bear Who Had Nothing to Wear Review
Willis, Jeanne. Bear Who Had Nothing to Wear, The. Brian Fitzgerald, Illus. Scallywag, 03/2025. [32]pp. Picture Book. Trade $18.99. 978-1-915252-95-1. GRADES Preschool–2. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Unlike other teddy bears, Albie doesn’t like to wear the clothes [continue reading]