by cpaige | Nov 16, 2020 | Literature, Writing, & More, Picture Books
Everything seems to be quickly turning to Christmas! How do you feel about that? For my own part, I don’t really have issues with people decorating early (you do you!), but I like to honor November as a time for all things fall and gratitude. All of my local...
by cpaige | Aug 31, 2020 | Literature, Writing, & More, Picture Books
How do you feel about art? Whatever you may think you feel, science has proven that viewing art offers an abundance of benefits for our wellbeing. In fact, one study by the University of Arkansas in 2014 revealed that after viewing art, students demonstrated...
by cpaige | Oct 16, 2019 | Literature, Writing, & More, Picture Books
Several years ago, I remember walking down a hallway seeing cute little crafts of a blue cat in a giant pair of shoes. I learned that his name was Pete and that kids loved him. A couple years later I somehow (I don’t remember how) stumbled upon Pete the Cat: I...
by cpaige | Jun 19, 2019 | Literature, Writing, & More, Picture Books
I found The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and The Big Hungry Bear a year or so ago when meandering through the bookshelves of my local thrift store. I remember that day being a particularly good book haul day, as I also found numerous classics by some of my...
by cpaige | Jun 18, 2019 | Literature, Writing, & More, Picture Books
“Picture books are two to three times as likely as parent-child conversations to include a word that isn’t among the 5,000 most common English words.” This is what Dominic Massaro, of the University of California, Santa Cruz found when studying...
by cpaige | May 22, 2019 | Literature, Writing, & More, Picture Books
I recently became aware of They All Saw a Cat, by Brendan Wenzel, after seeing it hailed as a success within the world of children’s books and publishing. A children’s book lover, I set out to make myself familiar and discover, for myself, why it has...
