Read To Me 8/30/22 Read To Me 8/30/22

One picture book a day can equal 78,000 words a year.

1 picture book a day could equal 78,000 new words a year to a child.

Read To Me 8/22/22 Read To Me 8/22/22

Imagine That a Hoot and Olive Story by Jonathan D. Voss

How old are you? Have you lost your imagination? It can happen at any age.

Read To Me 8/20/22 Read To Me 8/20/22

Swashby and the Sea by Beth Ferry and Juana Martinex-Neal

What a lovely book on the importance of connection.

Read To Me 8/19/22 Read To Me 8/19/22

Maybe

A beautiful book exploring the potential of Maybe.

Read To Me 8/14/22 Read To Me 8/14/22

An unboxing and a giveaway? Yes, please.

An unboxing and a giveaway? Yes, please. — Read To Me: The Recordable Book Buddy

Read To Me 7/16/22 Read To Me 7/16/22

Small Knight and the Anxiety Monster

How best to best an Anxiety Monster when you’re a wee small Knight.

Read To Me 7/15/22 Read To Me 7/15/22

What do you do with an Idea?

Once again, here is another set of children's books that have left me sprouting tears in my local independent bookstore. The way Mae Besom anthropomorphizes a concept is just brilliant and Kobi Yamada is able to weave it into a story that leaves one feeling a call to action and bubbling with hope. According to the personal testing I've done this effect seems to work on people between the ages of two and seventy one. Test it out yourself, you might find that I've given too narrow an age range.