Poverty and Child Labor in 28 pages
in I LIKE, I DON'T LIKE, author ANNA BACCELLIERE, with illustrators ALE+ALE, offers young readers a thought provoking…
Category: Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
My Beautiful Birds
In MY BEAUTIFUL BIRDS author SUZANNE DEL RIZZO addresses young readers with an instructive, very human tale about…
The Secret Project
How do you explain the atomic bomb to children? JULES says a new book, THE SECRET PROJECT, by…
The Wind of the Book
Marking her tenth year of blogging, JULES offers informed insights into ANNE HERBAUT's award winning (in the author's…
Harold’s Hungry Eyes
KEVIN WALDRON's new picture book, HAROLD'S HUNGRY EYES, is as funny and instructive as his drawings are evocative.…
Featuring Frank Morrison
Illustrator FRANK MORRISON catches JULES's attention this month with his work in PAT ZEITLOW MILLER's THE QUICKEST KID…
Revisiting Dire Lullabies to Great Effect with Linda Ashman and Simona Mulazzani
LINDA ASHMAN's ROCK-A-BYE ROMP, with illustrations by SIMONA MUJAZZANI, is an early 2016 treat. Jules's review of same…
Momo & OHora (& Frank Zappa) Before Breakfast
JULES interviews author-illustrator ZACHARIAH OHORA about his newest picture book, MY COUSIN MOMO, and shows some of his…
Akiko Miyakoshi: Pure Magic
In this installment, JULES waxes properly rhapsodic about author-illustrator AKIKO MIYAKOSHI's new book, THE TEA PARTY IN THE…
Bryan Collier’s Trombone Shorty Moment
TROMBONE SHORTY is releasing a picture book autobiography next month, with superb illustrations by BRYAN COLLIER. JULES has…