Edible Colors: See. Learn. Eat. Jennifer Bass 4 stars In this fun picture book kids learn to think about vegetables in a whole new way. For example, the book opens with a beautiful picture of an orange carrot and reads, “Carrots are orange.” Then the next page reads, “They are also purple.” and has a…
Kid Sheriff and the Terrible Toads Bob Shea illustrated by Lane Smith 5 Stars Oh what a happy day when two of my favorite picture book authors/illustrators have come together to make this book. “Drywater Gulch had a toad problem.” And since Drywater Gulch looks like a town nestled in the midst of Goblin Valley…
Teach Me to Love Denise Brennan-Nelson 3 Stars This is a book where little baby animals ask their grown-up animals how to do certain things: to swing, follow, play, or whatnot. Each little page has a photograph of some sort of baby animal often with the other animals and a bit of text that explains…
The Hug Machine Scott Campbell 4 Stars One little boy is the Hug Machine. And the fact that the end pages have little boxes to check off what the Hug Machine has hugged just goes to show how serious this boy is about giving away hugs. Nothing is safe from getting a hug. People, plants,…
Mix It Up! Herve Tullet 4 Stars Here is another amazing book by Herve Tullet! Just like how Press Here got kids excited to interact with a book, Mix It Up! will do the exact same thing. Instead of just dots and numbers this book goes through what mixing different colors can do. And in…
No More Pacifier, Duck Michael Dahl illustrated by Oriol Vidal 3 Stars “Duck likes his pacifier.” And as many toddlers know, pacifiers are great…though adults don’t always think so. Duck is happy to have his pacifier. However, Mama Duck decides that Duck doesn’t need the pacifier anymore except while in bed. Then eventually Mama decides…
You Are (Not) Small Anna Kang illustrated by Christopher Weyant 5 Stars Two types of bear-like creatures encounter each other in a grassy area. One bear says the other is small. Then the small one says the other is big. Then comes a grand argument where they both declare that they are not “small” or…
Cats Are Cats Valeri Gorbachev 4.5 Stars “Miss Bell loved cats.” So she went to the pet store and bought a cat. Of course the cat grew and grew and grew. Young readers will love the fact that they know the secret that the cat isn’t really an ordinary cat. It is a tiger. And…
Rex Wrecks It! Ben Clanton 4 Stars Gizmo, Sprinkles, and Wild like to build things with blocks. But Rex likes wrecking the things that they have built. Of course there is a lot of building and a lot of wrecking. But in the end each of the different characters learn what it might take to…
Train! Judi Abbot 4 Stars Little Elephant loves trains. So much that his parents decide to take Little Elephant on a trip to ride a real train. There Little Elephant meets some new friends. But they don’t love trains the same way that he does. Soon there are toddler-sized arguments about what modes of transportation…