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Bebe Goes Shopping – Susan Middleton Elya

We’re learning Spanish as part of our homeschool curriculum, so whenever I see a picture book that combines Spanish and English, I snatch it up to be used for school. “Bebe Goes Shopping” was particularly cute. The text is written in rhyme, with interspersed Spanish words all throughout. The context tells you what the word means, which I love – I like being able to figure it out without having to look it up. Mama and Bebe have gone to the supermarcado. Bebe is in the carrito, looking around for something sweet to eat. As soon as Mama bends over … Continue reading →

Wombat Goes Walkabout – Michael Morpurgo

This richly illustrated picture book called my name as soon as I saw it on the shelf. It must have had something to do with the extremely cute wombat face on the cover. Wombat loves to dig really deep holes, climb inside, and think. On this particular day, he did just that, and started having thoughts. He wondered – why is the sky blue? Why wasn’t he a kangaroo? When he was done with his pondering, he came out of his hole to discover that his mother was nowhere to be seen. He introduced himself to a kookaburra, and then … Continue reading →

Daffodil, Crocodile – Emily Jenkins

Daffodil has two sisters, Rose and Violet. The three of them look exactly the same, down to the clothing they wear. Everyone calls them a sweet bouquet of flowers, but no one can tell them apart. Daffodil wants to be appreciated for her own individuality. In school, when Daffodil raises her hand to say something, her teacher invariably calls her by one of her sisters’ names instead of her own. By the time the teacher has corrected her mistake, Daffodil has forgotten what she wanted to say. Her classmates get her confused with her sisters too. Mommy was taking an … Continue reading →

I Could Eat You Up! – Jo Harper

Little children are just the cutest things in the world, and I’m sure that as parents or doting aunts and uncles, we’ve all had a child enter our lives that we’re just sure we could eat. My two-year-old is a “sandwich” – that’s what we’ve always called him, because he’s just so edible. “I Could Eat You Up!” by Jo Harper celebrates that special bond between children and parents that makes the children so very delicious – and we discover that in the animal kingdom, the parents feel very much about their children the way that we as humans do. … Continue reading →

Broom Mates – Marge Palatini

Who says you can only talk about witches on Halloween? I love this picture book by Marge Palatini, and so even though we’re still three months out from the spookiest holiday (unless you count National Mother-in-Law Day) I’m going to share it with you. Gritch the Witch was studying herself in her magic mirror, noting how worn out she looked. She needed to get some beauty sleep, badly. She climbed into bed and was just dozing off when the doorbell rang (or rather, screamed.) With a sigh, Gritch went to the door, to find her sister, Mag the Hag, standing … Continue reading →