Rhyming Picture Book of the Week: Miss Spider's Tea Party

A classic favorite for many years, I've read David Kirk's Miss Spider's Tea Party to my children over and over, and I never tire of it. This is my favorite this week also because its rhythm and meter reminds me of the one I am using for a rhyming picture book of my own! Happy Friday, everyone!

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Rhyming Picture Book of the Week: It's Only Stanley

I love this book. My kids love this book. I think my dog loves this book. It's out of this world. It's Only Stanley, by Jon Agee.

I love how it was a story before it was a rhyme. I just know it was. I love the ease about it. I love how the first time I read it, I had no idea what was going on (I didn't read the inside flap). I love the sound effects. I love how every time I read it, I find some new detail to feel joy about.

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Rhyming Picture Book of the Week: Once Upon a Memory

This week's favorite rhyming picture book is Once Upon a Memory, by Nina Laden. I love the mood of this story, as well as the inquiring and thoughtful language. My favorite line in the book is "Does a cake remember it once was grain? Does an ocean remember it once was rain?"A lovely, quiet, poetic story.

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Rhyming Picture Book of the Week: Mother Earth and Her Children

Every Friday as part of RhyPiBoMo I will be sharing a rhyming picture book that I read and loved that week. Today I am sharing an adaptation of a beautiful spring book by Sibylle Von Olfers, called Mother Earth and Her Children, A Quilted Fairy Tale. This gorgeous book has been translated into rhyming verse by Jack Zipes, and the illustrations are images from a glorious quilt, sewn by artist Sieglinde Schoen Smith.

The verse is simple and has an ease and lightness that suit the intricate details of the quilt. Special thanks and love to my mother, Helen for sending this book to my littlest on the first day of spring! xo

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