Lovely article about reading aloud

There was a wonderful article in the New York Times recently about a father who, unbelievably, read aloud to his daughter for 3,218 nights in a row. Definitely worth a look, especially for the stories of how they managed to fit in 10 daily minutes of read-aloud time between work, school, and extra-curricular activities.

New books!

Two orders of new books have recently arrived, hooray!

Picture Books

The black book of colors by Menena Cottin

Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox

Dinotrux by Chris Gall

Traction Man is here! by Mini Grey

Waiting for winter by Sebastian Meschenmoser

Wink: the ninja who wanted to be noticed by J. C. Phillipps

The lion and the mouse by Jerry Pinkney
Wabi Sabi by Mark Reibstein

The snow day by Komako Sakai

Rhyming dust bunnies by Jan Thomas

Novels

The evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly

Half-minute horrors edited by Susan Rich

Frankie Pickle and the closet of doom by Eric Wight

Nonfiction

Swords: an artist's devotion by Ben Boos

Yummy: eight favorite fairy tales by Lucy Cousins

Mythological creatures: a classical bestiary by Lynn Curlee

Moonshot: the flight of Apollo 11 by Brian Floca

Dinothesaurus: prehistoric poems and paintings by Douglas Florian

An illustrated guide to mythical creatures by Anita Ganeri

Red sings from treetops by Joyce Sidman

Wangari's trees of peace by Jeannette Winter