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Review: The Impossible Mountain By David Soman

An achingly beautiful, incredibly empowering, and highly intriguing story. Check out the epic journey in The Impossible Mountain by David Soman.… Continue reading →

July 11, 2022June 14, 2022

Caryn

Book Reviews

Review: The Great Stink By Paeff & Carpenter

An informative and intriguing book about Joseph Bazalgette who helped solve the poop pollution problem in London, The Great Stink by Colleen Paeff, illustrated by Nancy Carpenter, 2021, is a surprisingly excellent picture book.… Continue reading →

June 27, 2022July 2, 2022

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Review: Love In The Library By Tokuda-Hall & Imamura

A beautiful love story about a man and a woman who met, married, and held hope while imprisoned in a Japanese American incarceration camp during World War II.… Continue reading →

June 20, 2022June 29, 2022

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Vintage Friday: How My Parents Learned To Eat By Friedman & Say

A love story about ways of eating. Whether you eat with chopsticks or use utensils the American way or the British way, you’ll love this story.… Continue reading →

June 17, 2022June 20, 2022

Caryn

Review: The Big Bath House By Maclear & Zhang

It is a story of family and ritual, crossing language barriers, embracing culture, and loving all the stages of life and the ways it forms every body.… Continue reading →

June 13, 2022June 20, 2022

Caryn

Review: The Treasure Box By Keane & Bell

A sweet story about a little girl, her grandpa, and their special treasure box that helps her grieve when he passes.… Continue reading →

June 6, 2022June 13, 2022

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Review: Coffee Rabbit Snowdrop Lost By Birkjær & Kjærgaard

A tender story about the connection between a grandchild and grandparents, and a story about old age and loss in the form of words and memories.… Continue reading →

May 30, 2022June 7, 2022

Caryn

Book Lists

A Toast to Picture Book Moms for Mother’s Day

A sort of ode to all the mothers, and mother-figures, out there who are doing their work and keeping life, and stories humming along. … Continue reading →

May 9, 2021May 19, 2021

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How To’s

How To Read A Wordless Book

A few pointers I have gleaned to help make wordless picture books less intimidating and perhaps invite you to experience them more fully. Taking a cue from 6 of the stellar wordless books from 2013, here are my 5 tips to reading a wordless picture book.… Continue reading →

September 9, 2015May 19, 2021

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How To Be An Excellent Father

Let’s take a look at a few of Father Bear’s strengths and celebrate the joy of fatherhood through him. Here are my observations on how to be a great dad as seen in Father Bear Comes Home by Else Holmelund Minarik, pictures by Maurice Sendak, 1959.… Continue reading →

June 23, 2015April 18, 2020

Caryn

How To Be An Excellent Mother

With the help of the first of the books, Little Bear, by Else Holmelund Minarik, pictures by Maurice Sendak, 1957, here are my five ways to be an excellent mother.… Continue reading →

May 11, 2015June 20, 2021

Caryn

How To Make A Children’s Book Character Costume (Part 4)

For our final portion of children’s picture book costumes, I bring some rather obscure, bizarre, ridiculously easy, and just plain comical ideas. I really had way too much fun with this.… Continue reading →

October 30, 2014April 18, 2020

Caryn

About

Hello. I’m Caryn, passionate obsessor of children’s picture books and an illustrator. This is where I share my ever-growing knowledge and love of children’s books. I’ll be reviewing books, sharing tips, and hopefully convincing the world of the loveliness of picture books.

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