Month: January 2024

All About Brains

ALL ABOUT BRAINS: A BOOK ABOUT PEOPLE written by Lake Bell, illustrated by Rachel Katstaller

Lake Bell’s ALL ABOUT BRAINS: A BOOK ABOUT PEOPLE is a portrait of neurodiversity, focusing...
The Arrival

THE ARRIVAL by Shaun Tan

My pages of Shaun Tan’s remarkable wordless book THE ARRIVAL has been falling apart since...
Geo's Fortune

GEO’S FORTUNE by Amy Mucha

Amy Mucha’s GEO’S FORTUNE is a mix of heart and humor, distrust and faith, magic...
Piece Out

PIECE OUT , written and illustrated by Alex Willan

Alex Willan's PIECE OUT has one of the more interesting point of view characters—a game...
Amina Banana

AMINA BANANA AND THE FORMULA FOR FRIENDSHIP , written by Shifa Saltagi Safada, illustrated by Aaliya Jaleel, read by Shereen Lani Younes

Shifa Saltagi Safadi starts a new early reader series with AMINA BANANA AND THE FORMULA...
Ant Party

ANT PARTY , written by Ross Montgomery and illustrated by Sarah Warburton

Writer Ross Montgomery and illustrator Sarah Warburton welcome you to wildness with ANT PARTY. Andy...
Hurricane

HURRICANE , written and illustrated by Jason Chin

Jason Chin writes and illustrates HURRICANE with his typical sensitive balancing of nonfiction text and...
Seven Little Ducklings

SEVEN LITTLE DUCKLINGS , written and illustrated by Annette Leblanc Cate

Writer-illustrator Annette Le Blanc Cate creates a perfect rhyming read-aloud for young children, SEVEN LITTLE...
The Trouble with Secrets

THE TROUBLE WITH SECRETS , written by Naomi Milliner, read by Dara Rosenberg

THE TROUBLE WITH SECRETS is an emotional audio, well-written by Naomi Milliner and equally well-read...
2026 Almanac

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICS ALAMANC 2026 , National Geographics for Kids

For the third year in a row, we’ll be giving my granddaughter a gift that...