?     My Blue Is Happy by Jessica Young ill by Catia Chien Candlewick Press, 2013 I’m drawn to this book because my blue is happy, too! I always think of blue as a happy, calm, beautiful color. It starts out with, ?My sister says that blue is sad / Like a lonely song.? […]

The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli Disney/Hyperion, 2013 [Read part 1.] He looks very alarmed about this, and I find out why?he thinks it’s going to grow a watermelon inside of him. He imagines all sorts of horrible things. I love how he gives a big burp and the seed flies out. ?Oh. Here’s the […]

Quick note: My super editor at Millbrook, Carol Hinz, was featured on Keri Recommends for Poetry Friday. Hope you’ll check it out if you didn’t see it already! A Secret Keeps by?Marsha Wilson Chall illus by Heather Solomon Carolrhoda Books, 2012 [Find Part 1 here?and Part 2 here.] Later, when they call the cows home, […]

A Secret Keeps by?Marsha Wilson Chall illus by Heather Solomon Carolrhoda Books, 2012 [Read Part 1 here.] And now the book is starting to have rhyme. “I’ll be there in two sleeps where A SECRET KEEPS.” I love rhyme. [CCRA.R.4] And it’s interesting that that special font for “a secret keeps” draws so much extra […]

A Secret Keeps by?Marsha Wilson Chall illus by Heather Solomon Carolrhoda Books, 2012 I love mysteries, so the title alone, A Secret Keeps,?makes me want to read this book. What is the secret? I’m going to read the book and find out. [CCRA.R.4] As soon as I start reading this book, I know it is […]