Provo Library Children's Book Blog

Today Written by Gabi Snyder Illustrated by Stephanie Graegin New York: Simon & Schuster, 2024. Picture book. When a child anticipates a long-awaited day with cousins and grandparents, the child discovers every day is filled with surprises and joy, which can easily be lost if one is not present. Today is a Me Day Written by E.V. Starkey Illustrated by Kristiina Haapalainen Brookly, NY: POW!, 2022. Picture book. In a world filled with commitments, a young girl decides to take a day just to herself, filling it with all the activities that maker her happy and center her soul, from having a picnic with her teddy bear to working on her warrior pose. Maybe tomorrow she'll take over the world, but Today is a me day. Tomorrow's Lily By Chris Raschka New York: Greenwillow, 2024. Picture book. Illustrates how just like daylilies, we come and we go, but memories and friendships last forever. Waiting for Tomorrow Written by Susan Yoon Illustrated by Julie Kwon New York: Farrar, Straus,...

  The Picasso Curse By Dan Gutman New York : Holiday House, 2025. Fiction. 183 pages. In this funny tale, Edwin Hodge visits the flea market with his parents all the time. Mostly he wanders around bored, but this week he decides to haggle his way into a "signed" Kobe Bryant poster (that the stall owner refuses to confirm is actually autographed) for $10. When he gets home and pulls it out of the frame he sees a random doodle in the frame behind the poster and rolls them both up to bring for show-and-tell. When his art teacher sees the doodle she speculates that it was created by Picasso, which Edwin's family later gets confirmed by art specialists. But when a string of terrible things begins happening to Edwin's family, he worries that he may be cursed.  Dan Gutman, who is known for his My Weird School series, focuses for much of the book on why Edwin is making the decisions he's making, and gives kids ample opportunities to think through what they would do if the...