Cooking Should Be Simple

Pancakes For Breakfast by Tomie De Paola More wordless and wonderful picture books I found this great school copy at a Salvation Army. It was issued as a textbook, but it looks like it was never read. Copyright 1978 –The summary reads, "A little old lady's attempts to have pancakes for breakfast are hindered by a scarcity of supplies and participation of her pets." I love [...]

Why Share a Picture Book?

I'm celebrating along with Picture Book Month this November! When my Grandma Annie had to move from her home and downsize, as the family photographer, I was given a tin of old photos. In the tin I found this beautiful photo above of my Grandpa reading a picture book to mom when she was just a little girl. I love how [...]

Washington D.C.

Throwback Thursday ~Picture BooksI love finding old children's books in thrift stores. It's great discovering out of print books I've never seen before from authors I know (like Maurice Sendak) or books with a bit of history attached. And the artwork, all the illustrations from a time gone by–I love those too! Just incase those who say, 'print is [...]

National Library Week

I was honored to be invited to read my books to the Pre-K classes at Calvary Christian Academy for National Library Week. Not only was it a treat to get to read to the over 50 Pre-K students, the librarians blessed me with these beautiful flowers afterwards. I'm so thankful for the all their hard work and the love [...]