Provo Library Children's Book Blog

Easter is such a great holiday for a host of reasons, but one of the things I love about it is that it heralds in springtime!  Flowers, bunnies, chicks, pastel eggs, warmer weather...what's not to love? For readers wanting to celebrate the season, read on! Hap-pea Easter By Keith Baker New York : Beach Lane Books, 2025. Picture Book. The first holiday picture book starring Keith Baker's adorable anthropomorphic peas!  Readers will love poring over the pages, enjoying the multitude of patterns and pastels, and most especially, the seek and find elements!  A delightful Easter and spring picture book for young readers! Crack goes the Cascaron : An Eggcellent not-just-for-Easter Shellebration! Written by Sara Andrea Fajardo Illustrated by Rocío Arreola Mendoza New York, NY : Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, 2025. Picture Book. My sister-in-law from Mexico just introduced me to the awesomeness of cascarons!  Egg shells are emptied and filled w...

  Ruthie Rose's Big Idea Written by John Schu Illustrated by Holly Hatam Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2025. Picture Book. Some books just reach out and touch your heart and heal your soul. This is one of those books for me! Ruthie Rose wakes up one day with a beautiful idea. Because the idea is so big, she knows she will need a lot of help from people at her school. Fortunately, there are many faculty members and students ready and willing to help Rose with her idea. This story, and the accompanying artwork feel so joyful, hopeful, and inspiring. The artwork is completely captivating. I can picture so many kids and grown-ups reading this book and feeling a spark of creativity enter into their minds. I think it could give kids the courage they need to plan and implement their own "big ideas."  I loved that no one saw Ruthie's ideas as too big, too hard, or too much. They shared her vision, and each of them individually did their part to contribute in helping it co...

  It's Watching By Lindsay Currie New York: Delacorte Press, 2025. Fiction. 309 pages. Josie's parents are out of town which is the perfect excuse for her to invite her friends Jackson and Alison over for an unsupervised weekend of ghost hunting in the local cemetery. The group is trying to spot the infamous lady in white that has previously been captured in pictures at the graveyard in an attempt to write the perfect article that will guarantee them staff positions on the junior high newspaper. So on Halloween night, the kids sneak into Bachelor's Grove Cemetery and instead of seeing the ghost they were seeking, barely escape the cops. Things go from bad to worse when they each receive a text message with the message "I'm watching," and soon find Josie's home taken over by a specter. If you are looking for a truly creepy ghost story for kids, this is a great choice. Lindsay Currie is excellent at ratcheting up the suspense in this mystery, while also brin...

  Cuentos La verdad sobre el sofá Escrito por Adam Rubin Ilustrado por Liniers New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2024. Libro ilustrado. "La mayoría de la gente piensa que los sofás son solo para sentarse o quizás para echar una siesta, pero ... ¿Sabías que los sofás pueden volverse locos si no los alimentas con una dieta equilibrada a base de monedas, teléfonos celulares y controles remoto? ¿Sabías, además, que algunos sofás se cultivan en granjas? Algunos vienen de dos sillas que se quieren mucho y otros, en realidad, son extraterrestres disfrazados. ¡Tienes tanto que aprender sobre el sofá! Esta parodia de complots reúne el humor característico de Adam Rubin y el arte divertido de Liniers. Juntos exploran la única y verdadera historia (¿en serio? ¿Estamos seguros?) del mueble más querido e incomprendido del mundo." --Editor Cuentitos La oruga muy hambriente Por Eric Carle New York : Philomel Books, 2011. Pequeño libro ilustrado "Sigue el progreso de una pequęa oruga h...

  Preschool Time The Yawnicorn By Emily Hamilton New York: Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2023. Picture Book. A little girl who cannot fall asleep gets a visit from the Yawnicorn, who takes her on an adventure until she yawns and then delivers her back to her bed before dawn. --Editor Preschool Time The Power of Yeti Written by Rebecca Van Slyke  Illustrated by G. Brian Karas New York: Nancy Paulsen Books, 2024. Picture Book. When a little boy can't seem to keep up with his friends, his new friend, Yeti, shows him a trick that makes all the difference. --Publisher Toddler Time The Littlest Yak Written by Lu Fraser Illustrated by Kate Hindley Atlanta, GA: Peachtree Publishing Company Inc., 2021. Picture Book. Gertie is the littlest yak, feeling stuck in her smallness--she wants to grow UP and have bigness and tallness. But when it turns out that there are some things that only Gertie can do, might she come to see that she's perfect, just the way she is? A rollicking, rhyming, ...

The ocean is a mesmerizing realm, teeming with an astonishing diversity of life. It contains microscopic bacteria and algae to towering kelp forests and countless marine creatures. Beyond its beauty, the ocean is vital to life on Earth. It supplies oxygen, sustains food chains, and plays a crucial role in climate regulation. Dive into these six captivating books that will transport you beneath the waves and unveil the wonders of the deep. The Sea Knows  Written by Alice B. McGinty and Alan B. Havis  Illustrated by Stephanie Laberis  New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2020. Picture Book.  The Sea Knows  is a lyrical picture book that explores the vastness and wonder of the ocean. Through rhythmic, poetic text, the book contrasts the sea’s many characteristics. It can be both fierce and calm, shallow and deep, full of tiny creatures and enormous whales. This captivating book encourages curiosity about the natural world and highlights the ever-...