Marcus, Leonard S. Helen Oxenbury: A Life in Illustration. Candlewick, 04/2019. 288p. $40. 978-0-7636-9258-2. Children’s book author and illustrator Helen Oxenbury is celebrated in this lush coffee table book, filled with personal photographs and [continue reading]
Out of the Ordinary
Flights of Fancy Gives Writing Tips
OUT OF THE ORDINARY Flights of Fancy: Creative Inspiration from Ten Award-Winning Authors and Illustrators. Walker Books, 04/2019. 74p. $19.99. 978-1-5362-0536-7. The ten British Children’s Laureates offer tips for creative writing in this celebration [continue reading]
Pop-up, Toy, and Flap Books
Board Books with Flaps Orodan, Mike. Peek-a-Baby Ocean. Chronicle, 03/2019. [14p.] $9.99. 978-1-4521-6646-9. Orodan, Mike. Peek-a-Baby Farm. Chronicle, 03/2019. [14p.] $9.99. 978-1-4521-6645-2. In this new series, young children can lift the large flaps to [continue reading]
Out of the Ordinary
Lloyd, Christopher. Absolutely Everything! A History of Earth, Dinosaurs, Rulers, Robots, and Other Things Too Numerous to Mention. What on Earth Books, 10/2018, 352p. $21.99. 978-1-99980028-3-7. In this charming look at history, science, [continue reading]
Pop-up, Toy, and Flap Books
Duprat, Guillaume. Eye Spy: Wild Ways Animals See the World. What on Earth Books, 10/2018. 36p. $21.99. 978-1-9998028-5-1. Using flaps over their eyes, this nonfiction book on how animals see contains quite a bit of [continue reading]
Books of Special Interest
Mochizuki, Ken. Baseball Saved Us: 25th Anniversary Edition. Illus. by Dom Lee. Lee & Low, 1993/2018. [32p.] $17.95. 978-1-88000-001-4. In this picture book for older readers, a boy describes how his father led several parents [continue reading]
Pop-up, Toy, and Flap Books
Pop-up, Toy, and Flap Books Educational Insights. Shelby’s Snack Shack. Candlewick, 03/2018. [12p.] $9.99. 978-0-7636-9873-7. Based on a preschool board game of the same title, the book version focuses on counting, just like the game. [continue reading]
Books of Special Interest: The Little Book of Pooh-isms
Rubiano, Brittany. The Little Book of Pooh-isms. Illus. by Mike Wall. Disney Press, 07/2018. 216p. $9.99. 978-136802589-8. Inspired by the recent film “Christopher Robin,” starring Ewan McGregor, this book of quotes from A.A. Milne’s [continue reading]