Oh I am so excited about today’s Picture Book Exploration! Today is one of my favorite people’s birthdays: Gene Stratton-Porter! Gene was an amazing woman: author, photographer, ornithologist and Bird Woman Extraordinaire. I am so delighted to, maybe, introduce her to you or to help you renew her acquaintance through the most delightful of picture…
Today we continue our conversation with Randy and Adalee, the authors and illustrators of The Oil and The Asking and the founders of Ave Lamb Books. We were discussing their brand new book The Oil and the Asking and the beauty of the devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus that it promotes. How can…
First, I cannot tell you how excited I am to introduce to you an amazing couple! Randy and Adalee Hude are an author and an illustrator couple who have not only written and illustrated picture books together but they have also started their own publishing house! How amazing is that?!? So without further delay, grab…
There are artists’ names that people throw around easily: Picasso, Monet, Matisse and Rembrandt. But could I actually name what each of them is famous for, what type of art they created? When I hear their names does an image pop in my mind? For many, the answer is no, and for me in particular,…
By guest author Charlotte Sandoval “Fiction cannot recite the numbing numbers, but it can be that witness, that memory. A storyteller can attempt to tell the human tale, can make a galaxy out of the chaos, can point to the fact that some people survived even as most people died. And can remind us that…
Meet Mary Katharine Goddard. She was born before her country, she defied societal norms, she had the courage to add her name to the Declaration of Independence, she is a hero of our national history. Her Name Was Mary Katharine: The Only Woman Whose Name is on the Declaration of Independence by Ella Schwartz, illustrated…
A Delicious Chat with Bryt Taylor We are back with Bryton Taylor chatting about her beautiful new book: Once Upon a Time Cookbook: A Treasury of Recipes Inspired by Timeless Children’s Books, illustrated by the very talented Emma Adams. Let’s jump right back in! (first part of the interview can be found here). You mention…
A Delicious Chat with Bryt Taylor Don’t I have a treat for you today! Pun very much intended! I would love to introduce you to a brand new LITERARY COOKBOOK! No more looking high and low for ideas for our bookish Tea Times, Bryton Taylor has just provided the ultimate guide: Once Upon a Time…
On June 3rd is the feast day of the woman who brought France from paganism to Christianity. On that day we celebrate the life of Saint Clotilde, wife of Clovis, the first king of France to be baptized. I have a great devotion to this beautiful saint and I would love to introduce her to…
Very often I am reluctant to even take a break in the summer… Because of “I’m bored”. And it is so hard to restart and to implement a routine and a schedule again in the fall. It makes taking a summer break almost not worth it. So how is a mother to get a break…
