I catalog hundreds of new picture books each year, and I read as many of them as I can. Unfortunately, I can’t review them all. But I can share them! Below are a few recent titles. (Summaries have been taken directly from the books whenever possible.) Check your local library or bookstore for availability.
THE SNOW DANCER: Sofia is excited to have a snow day and dance in the unspoiled park, but when other kids show up, Sofia’s beautiful silence is scattered.
MY WORDS: A celebration of words, big and small, prickly or bright, by a young girl. Rhyme
ONCE UPON A WINTER DAY: Milo’s mother is too busy to read him a story so she sends him outside to play in the snow where he discovers a story of his own inspired by nature.
KIND: Shares a host of positive and hopeful ideas, from kindness jars to big hugs, and shows how we can all make the world a better, kinder place. Features 38 illustrators
THE WORRYSAURUS: Little Worrysaurus has his whole day planned out, but after he sets off to have a picnic, he begins to worry that things will go wrong. Rhyme
OUT THE DOOR: In this story highlighting directional concepts, follow a girl as she travels to school in a busy city, going out, down, past, along, and more.
HELGA MAKES A NAME FOR HERSELF: A small but fierce Viking girl, along with her wolverine sidekick, is determined to become a warrior, just like her hero Ingrid the Axe.
MADELINE FINN AND THE THERAPY DOG: Madeline Finn hopes Star can become a therapy dog, but when they can’t get an elderly man in a wheelchair to smile, Madeline must learn patience.
THESAURUS HAS A SECRET: If the other dinosaurs discover that Thesaurus loves to read, they won’t think he’s such a normal dino.
NEIGHBORS: A girl contemplates what her neighbors might be like after her family moves into a new apartment building.
Lauri Fortino's Frog On A (B)Log 