The past few weeks have been difficult for many families in Georgia as flood waters have devastated homes and tragically taken lives. As my kids watch the evening news, it is unnerving for them to see disaster hit so close to home. I can only imagine how painful and scary it must be to those kids directly [...]
My daughter (who started first grade today!) has been reading Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa books by Erica Silverman. When I spotted the first book at our library, I knew it would become a favorite because my daughter’s name is Kate and she looks a lot like the giggling cowgirl on the cover. These books [...]
A list of Caldecott Award-winning books is a great resource for finding quality picture books for your children. The Caldecott Awards, named after 19th century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott, are awarded each January by the American Library Association (ALA) to the illustrators of the most distinguished American picture books for children. The Caldecott Medal and Caldecott Honor winners from 2000 to [...]
The 60th annual Christopher Awards were presented on April 16th as a salute to media that “affirm the highest values of the human spirit.” The following books won this year’s Christopher Awards in the “Books for Young People” category. Sunrise Over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers (Young Adult) Story of 18 year old who [...]
