Rude cakes never say please, or thank you, or listen to their parents – but this rude cake is about to learn his lesson when he doesn’t get his way! This week’s picture book, Rude Cakes by Rowboat Watkins, shares the story of one such dessert who inconsiderate actions leave donut holes and marshmallows feeling […]

What if you were shy? What if you were a cat? There would be a place where you belong: Miss Hazeltine’s Home for Shy and Fearful Cats. In this week’s picture book, Miss Hazeltine opens a special place for scaredy cats where she teaches them skills such as Bird Basics and Climbing Up and Down. […]

An oronym is a set of words or a phrase that sound exactly like another set of words or a phrase, such as “ice cream” and “I scream.” The picture book of this week, Outstanding in the Rain, is not only full of fun oronyms, but the pages also have holes that peek through to the […]

This is Sadie. Sadie has a great imagination – her past adventures include being a mermaid under the sea, a boy raised by wolves, the Mad Hatter during a tea party, and much more. Sometimes, Sadie has wings, and other times, Sadie travels in a boat made out of a cardboard box – the sky’s the limit as […]

Do you have a loved one that’s far away? You may enjoy sharing this week’s picture book, Tea With Grandpa, with them next time you have the chance! A little girl and her grandpa share a daily tea time ritual. At the end of the story, we learn that all the fun they have had […]

This Friday, June 19th, is the 150th anniversary of Juneteenth – the day in 1865 that soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, to announce the end of the Civil War and slavery. Though the Emancipation Proclamation was made effective two and a half years before this date, it had not successfully be enforced throughout all of the United […]