pickRead this picture book as part of my Lammy Awards Challenge. I don't really know anything about baseball, so some of the information was lost to me. It's a tragic story, especially since right now it doesn't seem like it's getting any better, but the story is told in a way to gently teach children about Glenn Burke and his story. The pictures aren't really my thing, but at least they're unique.
I have a lot of appointments this week and in the coming months leading up to a major surgery I‘m not looking forward to, so I did a little self-soothing today and bought a copy of an old favorite. I remember spending hours searching for Goldbug on these pages as a 5 year old. Goldbug was my Waldo and I‘m just as delighted to search for him now as I was back then. 💖
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Cheerful the city mouse
wants to live in the country
with Mother Nature.
Such an adorable read. 💚
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#Celebrate Day 12: This picturebook biography of astronomer and astrophysicist Cecilia Payne definitely fits #STEM title. As I noted in my review: “The book creators used the metaphor of a star being born as juxtaposed and layered into the life narrative of Cecilia” - more here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-rdg
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Find versions of this tale.
Despite having a character with the same name, this story is not related to the fairy tale “Snow White” that inspired the 1937 Walt Disney animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The modern German name of that heroine is Schneewittchen rather than Schneeweißchen. This story has little in common but the similar name of its fair-skinned girl.
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This question came at a most opportune time as I read it today for the #CHILDRENSCLASSICREAD2026 led by @TheBookHippie. I'm going to go further than this book, though and state that I find eternal hope in many children's literature books. My ultimate would be THE TRUMPET OF THE SWAN by E.B. White, but as I finished this one, I chose it. I'm going to have to read more children's literature this year to survive. 💚
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CHEERFUL by Palmer Brown is a quietly affirming children‘s book that treats longing and change with warmth and reassurance. The story follows a small city mouse who feels drawn toward a life in the country that would better suit him. Brown‘s delicate illustrations reinforce this outlook, depicting both city and countryside as welcoming spaces within a generous world. ⬇️
