Hot Off the Press! February Booklists are Here!
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How is it already mid-January? Wasn’t Christmas just yesterday?
I am so excited about the picture book line up for February! What a beautiful month, so rich and full of fascinating stories! But before we jump into that, I’d like to revisit a few things with you first since we have so many new people with us.
A Daily Picture Book
A Daily Picture Book was born from my desire to provide my children with a well rounded education, meaningful relationships, wonder, excitement and beauty. I have found that picture books are a wonderful, and easy way, to accomplish that. Picture books are accessible to all ages, the illustrations reinforce the story by adding visual details and the story is usually just long enough without being too long. Since picture books are on the shorter side the vocabulary used is richer than in chapter books making them rich in vocabulary and extremely well written. All in all they are winners!
For more details: A Daily Picture Book: A Definition

Booklists
So what are these booklists that I am always talking about?
In my desire to enrich our days with picture books, I have researched special events and special birthdays throughout the year. And that is where the booklists come from. Every day is either the anniversary of an important historical event, such as the attack on Pearl Harbor, or the birthday of someone who has impacted the world in a special way, such as Mozart. For as many days of the year as possible I have looked high and low to find picture books celebrating such events and people. It is like being on a wonderful treasure hunt! Every new picture book that I discover is like finding a new friend and making new connections. The booklists are arranged by month, and each day of the month is filled with its picture book title, enrichment and recipe. For more details: A Daily Picture Book is Born, Part 1, and Part 2.
Content
The picture book does the educating, while the enrichment options and the recipe are a deepening and anchoring of the newly created relationship.
Each picture book title is accompanied by 2 to 5 enrichment options. They are anything that can help my children connect with the person or event we have just read about. From art activities to scientific experiments, without skipping on map work and history tidbits, I try to make this as rich an experience as possible for the whole family. Sometimes it is just a little addition to the story to bring it to life and deepen the new relationship. Sometimes it’s suggestions of other resources to deepen your knowledge on the subject. It is (almost) always open and shut and easy to do. You will never regret the time spent with your children.
And for the grand finale, we have a recipe to accompany the title. This is either the person’s favorite food, a recipe they created or a traditional recipe from the area. It’s always yummy and sometimes savory.

How can I get my hands on the booklists?
I have created three memberships to accommodate each family’s needs.
Booklover
The Booklover membership is the premium membership with up to 31 picture book titles a month! This membership is so rich that it could easily replace a history curriculum. Every month I strive to bring you the most interesting, best written and most beautifully illustrated picture books that I can find for each day.

Bookworm
The Bookworm Membership is the middle of the road membership, with 10 picture book titles per month. I try to mix it up a bit and make sure to cover as many different subjects and individuals as possible. This usually averages to 2 picture book titles a week.

Bookling
The Bookling Membership is the littlest of them all, but very dearly loved, hence its cute name of Bookling. With 5 picture book titles per month, averaging one picture book a week this is a great way to get your toes wet and see if A Daily Picture Book’s booklists are right for your family.

Free Book Explorations
Every month I post a FREE Book Exploration. These explorations are taken from the Booklover booklist for that month. These are great examples of what you can expect from the booklists. All three booklists follow a similar format, the only difference is the number of picture book titles you will get every month. You can find all the past free Book Exploration here.
And what do you do once you have the booklist?
What it looks like
In our family we read each title during Morning Time. I read aloud while everyone sits and keeps their hands busy doodling, drawing, crocheting, etc.. Once I am done reading we discuss the story, the illustrations and give our opinions. And then we check what A Daily Picture Book suggests as enrichment, and pick and choose what we want to do. We always check the recipe first, let’s be honest! Since the picture book does the educating, I never feel obligated to complete the enrichment part, but we almost always do as we all enjoy that part almost as much as the picture book.

February
February is usually a pretty dreary month in the homeschooling community… The famous February blues, also known as cabin fever, can make life not so enjoyable. Picture books are the perfect remedy to that! The February picture booklists will transport us to so many different places, some warm such as Morocco, some just a beautiful snowy landscape, but all will encourage you to dream! From entomologists to basketball stars, the people we will encounter in February were not afraid to pursue their dreams. This month will not disappoint from mailing children to traveling the world, there will be adventures enough for everyone. So please come join us in our quest for wonder and excitement! Come discover a whole new way to learn and create meaningful relationships. You will not regret it!