The Picture Book Review

Great Book: Sneaky Sheep by Chris Monroe

October 10, 2012 by The Picture Book Review

I thought this book was a lot of fun. My two year old did, too. We read it several times in a row. It was fun to read the first time and each subsequent time. I also thought that the book was really funny. This book is about two sheep that don’t listen to the herding dog who is trying to protect them. They get into trouble, the herding dog saves them, and they learn their lesson — for […]

Categories: Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books, Two year old loved • Tags: Children's Picture Books, Chris Monroe, Picture Books, Read this book again and again, Recommended Books, Sneaky Sheep

Shhh! by Valeri Gorbachev

October 9, 2012 by The Picture Book Review

Valeri Gorbachev is quickly becoming one of my favorites. I randomly picked up one of his other books, Heron and Turtle, at the library the other day and my 26 month old son had me read it to him again and again. We’ve read this book every day for the past week. Today we read, Shhh! probably 5 or 6 times. It is about a little boy who has to be quiet while his baby brother sleeps. It is beautifully […]

Categories: Recommended Picture Books, Two year old loved • Tags: Polite Children, Saying Please, Shhh!, Valeri Gorbachev

Red Knit Cap Girl by Naoko Stoop

October 9, 2012 by The Picture Book Review

This book is beautifully illustrated and has a very different story than most of the picture books I’ve read. This is the story of a little girl who wants to get close enough to the moon to talk with her. She consults an owl about how to get close enough and the owl advises her on what she should do. She follows through and the moon comes to visit her. This book has a wonderfully magical feel to it […]

Categories: Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Armchair Cybils, Beautiful Books, Books about the Moon, Calming Books, Cybils Nominated, Naoko Stoop, Picture Books, Red Knit Cap Girl

Ellen’s Broom by Kelly Starling Lyons and Illustrated by Daniel Minter

October 8, 2012 by The Picture Book Review

I really like this book. My son also really enjoyed this book. He asked me to read it to him twice. This book is about a girl who’s parents were unable to get married before because of laws discriminating against them. However, now that slavery has been abolished, her parents can be legally married. On the day that her parents go to the Freedman’s Bureau to be recorded as being married, they bring along a broom. The broom was […]

Categories: Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Armchair Cybils, Cybils Nominated, Daniel Minter, Kelly Starling Lyons