Make October the Best Story Book Month
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Welcome to A Daily Picture Book—a place where every day can hold the turning of a page, the spark of a story, or the wonder of seeing the world through new eyes. Picture books aren’t just for children; they’re little doorways into history, imagination, and delight. Here, you’ll find booklists that follow the calendar’s rhythm, marking birthdays, anniversaries, and unexpected treasures—always inviting you to wander, linger, and make the journey your own.
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 extremely well written. All in all they are winners!
For more details: A Daily Picture Book: A Definition
Booklists
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.
The Booklover membership is the premium membership with up to 31 picture book titles a month! This membership is so rich that it is its own curriculum of wonder and discovery. 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.
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.
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.
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. We decide 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.
October booklists
October feels like stepping into a storybook—pumpkins glowing on porches, leaves crunching underfoot, and a hint of mystery in the air. Daily, nature treats us to some stunning changes and surprises. Each day of the month holds a new story too: a birthday, an anniversary, or a moment in history worth remembering. The October’s membership booklists gather picture books that capture the delight of daily discovering a new potential friend. They are my new favorites! So diverse, so full of goodness, beauty and nature, each day brings new excitement and adventures. There must be something special in the air in October that inspires the people born in that month to be particularly sensitive to beauty and exploration. I cannot wait to share each of these books with my children!
Love,
Mattie
