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This one was the most challenging yet. In trying to highlight the 10 books I’m most excited about this fall, I left out so many good ones. I’m probably going to do a “10 to (Also) Note” follow-up tomorrow with a photo dump of all the great books not on the list today. All of […]
Today (September 15) is International Dot Day – a day all about celebrating creativity. It’s based on the book The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds. We celebrate every year in our library, and here are some of the things we do. We visit the website I like to show this to students first, so they […]
How It Started: How It’s Going: (Click to enlarge) Little Turtle Pond (written by Carter Higgins and illustrated by me) publishes on May 4th, 2027. Carter calls it Chicka Chicka Boom Boom meets Rosie’s Walk, and I think that sums it up perfectly. Little Turtle Pond is a rhythmic, rhyming, read aloud and I can’t […]
Can you guess the children’s book by its scathing one-star review on Goodreads?
It's been a while since we went over to Goodreads and looked at their 2027 Mock Newbery and Caldecott lists, so let's take a peek.
Let's see which books are on the NYT Bestseller lists
Today is Labor Day in the United States, a day to recognize the contributions of American workers. It’s a day to rest and relax – maybe with one of these excellent on-theme books below.
Once again, it’s the game that’s sweeping the country. I used this website to (virtually) create 3 LEGO book covers. See how many you can name! #1: Answer #2: Answer #3: Answer How’d you do? If you like this post, you might like my 100 Scope Notes newsletter on Substack. You can click here to subscribe. Previously . […]
The Kirkus Prize, sporting one of the biggest monetary awards in literature, has announced their group of 2026 Finalists. There are three children’s book categories: Picture Books Navigating Night, written by Julie Leung and illustrated by Angie Kang, and Electric Birds of Pothakudi, written by Karthika Naïr and illustrated by Joëlle Jolivet. I already love Navigating […]
A long time ago, I made a bracket-style tournament to determine the worst bookmark ever. It was a tight race. So I was delighted to come across this piece at the new-to-me 1000 Libraries Magazine titled Libraries Reveal the Oddest Bookmarks Ever Left In Books. The saw blade really hooked me. Click here to read […]
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