This is OWTK’s First Ever Mother’s Day gift idea (it falls short of a gift guide) post but that’s not what the title speaks of. No, today’s post is dedicated to the new mom and the mommies to be (First Mother’s Day – get it?). Whether she’s with child or […]
Let’s Play Games! by Herve Tullet OWTK introduced you to Herve Tullet a couple weeks ago, when I reviewed his inventive new picture book Press Here. I’m not sure that there is an iron or if it’s hot, but Tullet is back quickly with a set of six wildly creative […]
It’s on. The Bear is tearing through the beloved Mary Pope Osborne Magic Tree House books like there is no tomorrow. She started with #9 about 10 days ago, reading that Dolphin-themed volume in less than an hour (the final 15 minutes of which was spent standing in the backyard, […]
It’s 2011. Our electronic gadgetry responds to taps, swipes, sounds, and breath. The notion that a book – a flat, relatively non-interactive form of media – could approximate such feats of wonder seems damn near impossible. It’s not. The tag line on the new book from Herve Tullet should read: […]
A couple months back, in OWTK’s 2010 Holiday Gift Guide, I wrote this: I’m not the biggest fan of [Richard] Scarry’s books. Today I’d like to formally apologize to Richard Scarry, to the good, um, people of Busytown, and yes, even to the toothbrush, corn on the cob, and hammer […]
There is no trash. There are no mistakes. There are only opportunities to create. One of our favorite books of 2010 comes to life in this video as “Beautiful Oops” author/creator Barney Saltzberg delights a grade school classroom with live Oops-es. It never hurts, when holding court over a couple […]
CRANKY PANTS by Lucia Gunzel Illustrated by Louis J. Forgione Self-Published, 2010 Cranky Pants, the self-published 1st book from PA author Lucia Gunzel, features a pair of prickly P.O.ed pants, is sprinkled with poetic imagery, and is pleasantly devoid of a climatic gimmick. Matlida Mae, the short story’s agitated protagonist, […]
Congrats to Chris @ Book Dads on winning J. Otto Seibold’s “Other Goose”! Congrats to Janelle @ Brimful Curiosities on winning “What’s The Big Idea?” – Ivy & Bean Book 7! Thanks to all who entered both giveaways.
