Breakfast with Old Friends
We have been so busy reading chicken books (posts about these soon), that Amos, Sophie, and a heard of dinosaurs putting up a stink at bedtime haven’t…
Where’s My T-R-U-C-K?
We have loved Where’s My T-R-U-C-K by Karen Beaumont, with pictures by David Catrow (Dial Books for Young Readers, 2011) for long a time. It is…
Seeds, Chicks, Birthday, An Agent and BLUE SOCKS
April is one of the busiest months in the Picture Book House. It is the month that we start our seeds, and this year, we got…
Celebrating 1 Year of PBH!
Picture Book House, the blog, will turn 1 on February 12th! In the beginning, my blog posts were shaped by books and how we read/engaged with…
We Got a Dog + How to Hide a Lion
One look at my new niece and I knew that we were getting a dog. We’d done the research, owned the training books, made the lists—pro…
Frozen? Warm up with Annie and the Wild Animals
Disney’s latest blockbuster couldn’t have been released at a more apropos time. We saw the movie over our holiday visit to the in-laws in Brainerd, MN…
Dreams of A New Niece Keep Post-Holiday Blues at Bay
Beginning in October, we joined my two nieces in keeping track of all that we had to look forward to in the upcoming months. “Next comes…
