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Show Me a Story!: Why Picture Books Matter: Conversations with 21 of the World's Most Celebrated Illustrators
Written by Leonard Marcus

Read for me, Mama
Written by Vashanti Rahaman
Illustrated by Lori McElrath-Eslick
An African-American boy who loves to read helps his mother on the road to literacy.

Wanted! Ralfy Rabbit, Book Burglar
Written and Illustrated by Emily McKenzie
Ralfy the rabbit wants to read books all the time even if it means he has to steal them, and soon his obsession sends him spiraling into a life of crime

Read All About It
Written by Laura Bush
Illustrated by Denise Brunkus
Tyrone and his friends rule the school except for the library, which he thinks is boring until strange happenings during story hour change his mind.

How to Read a Story
Written by Kate Messner
Illustrated by Mark Siegel
A picture book celebration of the act of exploring--and sharing--a book.

20th Century Children's Treasury
Selected by Janet Schulman
A collection of picture book stories.

Ready to Read
Written By Rosemary Wells
Get set for Kindergarten. Ready to read: based on Timothy goes to school and other stories by Rosemary Wells.

Reading Can Be Fun
Written by Munro Leaf
Tells how easy it is to learn to read and gives many reasons why you should learn, the most important being it is fun!

Look I Can Read!
Written by Susan Hood
Illustrated by Amy Wummer
A young girl demonstrates to her mother and father how well she has learned to read.

The Dazzling Book Report
Written by Jane O'Connor
Illustrated in the style of Robin Preiss-Glasser by Ted Enik
Nancy is determined to make the cover of her very first book report as fancy as she can, but she spends so much time on it that she has no time to write about the book.

You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Mother Goose Tales to Read Together
Written by Mary Ann Hoberman
Illustrated by Michael Emberley
Classic Mother Goose rhymes in color-coded typography let young children read along with an adult.

Arthur's Reading Race
Written and Illustrated by Marc Brown
Arthur doesn't believe that his little sister can really read, so he challenges her to prove it.

I Can Read with My Eyes Shut
Written and Illustrated by Dr. Seuss
The Cat in the Hat takes Young Cat in tow to show him the fun he can get out of reading.

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Review: Alice with a Why

Alice with a Why By Anna James New York: Penguin, 2026. Fiction. 240 pgs. In 1919, in the aftermath of the first World War, Alyce is living with her grandmother in the English countryside. Her grandmother, also named Alice, tells Alyce (with a y) stories from her childhood adventures in a wonderful land filled with white rabbits and mad hatters. Alyce doesn't really believe the silly stories, she just misses her father who was killed in the war. One day, Alyce receives a mysterious invitation to tea, and subsequently falls into a pond where she is transported to Wonderland. Her grandmother, of course, is that Alice. Alyce is prompted by the Mad Hatter, Dormouse, and March Hare to seek out the Time Being and put an end to the war between the Sun King and the Queen of the Moon. Thus begins Alyce's adventure through Wonderland. I have a certain soft spot for the original story of Alice in Wonderland. It is one of my particular favorites and I often have a hard time reading new int...

Review: A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall

A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall By Jasmine Warga New York: Harper, 2024. Fiction. 211 pages. A painting has been stolen from the Penelope L. Brooks Museum and sixth-grader Rami Ahmed is worried he's the main suspect. His mother works at the museum as the lead custodian and Rami spends a lot of time hanging out at the museum while she works. On the day the painting went missing, the only people there were the security guard Ed, the cleaning crew, and Rami. Then, a mysterious girl appears in the museum. She floats around from room to room and only Rami can see her -- and she looks exactly like the girl from the missing painting. To prove his innocence and help figure out who the floating girl is, Rami partners up with an aspiring sleuth at school named Veda and the two dive into unexpected situations as they try to solve the mystery. This is a cozy mystery that is focused mostly on characters and ambiance and only a little on the mystery itself. Don't read this book if yo...

Review: The Factory

The Factory By Catherine Egan New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., 2025. Fiction. 306 pages. Thirteen-year-old Asher Doyle has been invited to join the Factory, a secretive research facility in the desert which ostensibly extracts renewable energy from the electromagnetic fields of its young recruits. But Asher soon realizes something sinister is going on. Kids are getting sick. The adults who run the Factory seem to be keeping secrets. And the extraction process is not only painful and exhausting, but existentially troubling. Asher makes a handful of new friends who help him with an investigation that turns into a resistance, which turns into...a cliffhanger! The Factory is a page-turning sci-fi with multidimensional characters, an intriguing plot, and refreshingly straight-forward writing. Egan weaves in detail about climate crises and social unrest, making the story's dystopian setting feel rich and plausible. With its sophisticated themes and accessible storytelling, I would recomm...

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