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Category Archives: Michigan author/illustrator
Nuts to You
Nuts to You is a highly entertaining and wise account of squirrels rushing around the forest, wondering what the humans are doing cutting down trees along the buzz path. When Jed, TsTs, Chai and Tchke figure this out, they are off … Continue reading
The Pout-Pout Fish and What On Earth Is A Pout?
Here’s a pair of picture books: one fiction and one non-fiction, both about pouty fish. First, Deborah Diesen‘s The Pout-Pout Fish, illustrated by Dan Hanna, is a funny book about Mr.Fish’s penchant for spreading the dreary-wearies all over the place. “It’s just … Continue reading
Posted in Books with science links, Michigan author/illustrator, Picture books, Rhyme, Word choice
Tagged fiction, fish, nonfiction, picture book, rhyme, vocabulary
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Symphony City
In Symphony City, a young girl gets lost in the subway and street music shows her the path back home. Spare text coupled with Amy Martin‘s bold lines and contrasting colour scheme make this picture book a visual treat. Also, find the … Continue reading
Posted in Love that art, Michigan author/illustrator, Picture books
Tagged cats, city setting, fabulous illustrations, music, picture book
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Ice Caves of Leelanau
This visual feast captures the ice on the Great Lakes from Winter 2013-14, a year that resulted in 90% of the Great Lakes covered in ice. But the lakes weren’t just frozen, they were covered in caves, ice balls, pancake … Continue reading
The Blessing Cup
Patricia Polacco‘s family history is reminiscent of Fiddler on the Roof for kids. This beautiful book has everything you’d expect from Polacco, complete with gorgeous, mainly black and white, illustrations in pencil and marker. Key elements, such as the blessing cup, … Continue reading
The Story of Paper
Ying Chang Compestine and YongSheng Xuan have created a Chinese folk tale complete with mischief and historical flavour. Read the story, then the author’s note in the back which tells of the oldest pieces of paper in the world. There’s … Continue reading
If You Want To See A Whale
From the team that gave us And Then It’s Spring comes another delightful book about watching and waiting. At first, it has the circular structure of If You Give A Moose A Muffin; there are a multitude of interruptions when you are waiting to … Continue reading
Posted in Books with science links, Michigan author/illustrator, Picture books
Tagged nature, picture book, whales
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All My Noble Dreams and Then What Happens
There aren’t many upper middle grade books set in 1920s India. Rosalind, from a British colonist family, loves India and consorts with Ghandi followers, much to her military father’s chagrin. She tries to meld her two worlds: the one where … Continue reading
Posted in Children's novels, historical, Michigan author/illustrator, social issues
Tagged 1920s, books, family, India, middle grade
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The Story of Snow: The Science of Winter’s Wonder
“Snow begins with a speck”. For the youngest readers, read the bold words on each page. Older readers will enjoy the explanations and captions. Close-ups of real snow crystals that make up snowflakes fascinate, and diagrams of snow crystals illustrate … Continue reading
Posted in Books with science links, Michigan author/illustrator, Nonfiction, Picture books
Tagged information book, nature, snow
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The Quiet Place
In the 1950s, many Mexicans crossed the border to live and work in the United States. Sarah Stewart‘s epistolary picture book, The Quiet Place, chronicles Isabel’s adjustment to the midwest by creating a quiet place out of large boxes where she … Continue reading
Posted in Love that art, Michigan author/illustrator, Picture books
Tagged books, children's books, family, hispanic, history, immigration
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