Just kidding. In this, my thirtieth year of being a children’s librarian, I came to the end of my second year of judging for the Children’s Book Council of Australia awards, and could finally resume reading what I liked, when I liked. I have a few new subscribers since my last post (thank you, andContinue reading “The Year without a Book 2007”
Tag Archives: Picture books from the 2000s
The Moon in the Man 2002
A queen wave A baby wave A wave on the sea A mad wave A sad wave A microwave on three – ding! The disparate elements represented in this rhyme are somehow crammed without crowding into one exuberant page – the seated baby and the dressed-up kindergartner ground readers and invite them in. Let’s lookContinue reading “The Moon in the Man 2002”
Mother Goose Remembers 2000
Note: The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes identifies this rhyme as first appearing in print about 100 years ago, but Mother Goose herself is older than that. Clare Beaton‘s Mother Goose and the Pretty Fellow converse on the half-title. Mother Goose’s shawl is knotted tightly at her throat to keep it secure in flight, andContinue reading “Mother Goose Remembers 2000”
