Category Archives: Love that prose

The Undefeated

Posted on September 19, 2019 by AnEducationInBooks

This picture book, The Undefeated, by Kwame Alexander and Kadir Nelson, is profoundly beautiful. My library has it categorized under poetry, and it is that, too. Every word hits home, powerfully, meaningfully, the cadence spot on with the page turn. … Continue reading →

Posted in Biography, Love that art, Love that prose, Picture books, Poetry, Voice, Word choice | Tagged black history, nonfiction, picture book, poetry | Leave a comment

The Patchwork Bike

Posted on May 17, 2019 by AnEducationInBooks

The siblings in this book are used to making their own fun, including a bike made of branches and tin-can handles. Each of the parts of the bike are listed, and the art echoes the patchwork nature of the bike. … Continue reading →

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Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters

Posted on December 18, 2017 by AnEducationInBooks

Muddy Waters was never good at doing what he was told, a refrain that runs throughout this picture book biography by Michael Mahin (illustrated by Evan Turk). No matter who told him he couldn’t do something–his grandma, the boss man, … Continue reading →

Posted in Biography, Love that prose, Nonfiction, Picture books, Uncategorized | Tagged music, picture book biography | 2 Comments

Life

Posted on November 10, 2017 by AnEducationInBooks

A philosophical and hopeful picture book, Life, by Cynthia Rylant and illustrated by Brendan Wenzel, honors life, growth and change. The book starts with a small plant, and a small elephant, and takes us on a journey through days and … Continue reading →

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What to Do With a Box

Posted on September 6, 2016 by AnEducationInBooks

I know my kids aren’t the only ones who loved a big cardboard box to play in when they were little. The possibilities a box posed–it could be a fort, a house, a car. Imagination and crayons ran wild. What to … Continue reading →

Posted in Love that art, Love that prose, Picture books | Tagged creative construction, fabulous illustrations, imagination, picture book | 1 Comment

There Is a Tribe of Kids

Posted on July 5, 2016 by AnEducationInBooks

A child travels through sundry of animals: a smack of jellyfish, a turn of turtles, an unkindness of ravens and miscellaneous inanimate items: a formation of rocks, a pile of rubble, an ocean of blue until he finds a tribe … Continue reading →

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No, No, Kitten!

Posted on August 15, 2015 by AnEducationInBooks

Kittens are not all sugar and spice and sleeping on fluffy pillows, and No, No, Kitten! gets this exactly right. Kitten wants to do all sorts of non-kitteny things, including having a puppy, and Kitten’s little girl owner keeps telling her, “No, no!” … Continue reading →

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Little Red Writing

Posted on April 13, 2015 by AnEducationInBooks

There are never enough fractured fairy tales out there, and Little Red Writing by Jean Holub and illustrated by Melissa Sweet is more fractured than most. After all, it’s set in “Pencilvania School” and Little Red is a pencil, and the wolf … Continue reading →

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Froodle

Posted on September 3, 2014 by AnEducationInBooks

Oh how I love gibberish, especially rhyming gibberish. Froodle is the word Little Brown Bird says when she is tired of the same old “peep”, except the crow, dove and cardinal are counting on her to continue the rhythm of “caw, coo, … Continue reading →

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