Sometimes in the course of running through the classics Kate and I are in danger of looking at books for kids with too clinical an eye. For example, I might easily forget that Are You My Mother by P.D. Eastman is, at its core, a very sad little book. Fortunately Kate’s there to remind me, […]
Video Sunday: The Other Man in Purple
April 24, 2016 by
So many good videos to choose from today! First and foremost, I begin with a very special message from Jon Scieszka. It seems you still have two days to vote in the Children’s Book Choice Awards and . . . well . . . Jon would really like your kids to do so. Seriously. I […]
Top 100 Picture Books #45: Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman
May 29, 2012 by
#45 Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman (1960) 39 points I am such a big fan of the truly excellent easy reader. This is another one that blows you away with its perfect simplicity. – Amy M. Weir This has everything. Different animals. A car, a plane. And all the drama and emotion of […]
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