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Laughing Out Loud: Z Is For Moose
For the past few weeks I’ve been working with Cheryl Ashley at the Verona Public Library talking about picture books. This week, she wrote to me about a book entitled, Z is for Moose that was also...
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Picture Books: Me Want Pet!
Imagine you were a cave child and really wanted a pet. What would that pet be? When I asked my kids and they suggested a woolly mammoth, I was very thankful we are no longer living in caves. A fun...
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Picture Books: The Duckling Gets A Cookie!?
Mo Willems, a picture book author and illustrator, is one of my favorites and his beloved Pigeon is back and in a new story. In his Pigeon series, Pigeon has many ways of trying to get what he wants...
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Picture Books: Dini Dinosaur
For the past few weeks, we’ve been bringing you picture book selections from Cheryl Ashley, the children’s librarian at the Verona Public Library. Her eye for great illustrations and gentle stories...
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Picture Books: Wee Granny’s Magic Bag
Kids just love magical things: leprechauns, fairies, unicorns and many other surprises. In this week’s picture book recommendation from Cheryl Ashley at the Verona Public Library, the magic increases...
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Picture Books: Dog In Charge
Image courtesy of Amazon What is amazing to me is that no matter how many picture books collect on our shelves, or how many we peruse in the book store or library, there are always so many that I...
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Picture Books: Old Robert And The Sea-Silly Cats
Each Friday, we’ve been bringing you picture books recommended by Cheryl Ashley, our children’s librarian. This week’s story reflects on the importance of friendship as experienced through the eyes of...
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Picture Books: Train Man
Boys love trains. Whether they are being built and played with on the floor or are the main part of a story, there is just something about them that has kept my own boys busy for hours. Among brothers,...
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Picture Books: Oh No, George!
This week’s picture book, suggested by Cheryl Ashley, the Verona Public Library‘s children’s librarian, captures the looks I’ve seen on my kids faces as they contemplate reaching for that second...
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Kids Books: ‘My Grandma Lives in Florida’
Verona resident Ed Shankman has made a specialty of creating rhyming children’s books that take young readers to destinations around the United States. His latest book combines a favorite destination...
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