Doreen Cronin specializes in picture books with euphonious prose not afraid to include challenging vocabulary. Dooby Dooby Moo is one of my favorite read-aloud books – featuring singing “Born to be Wild” in quack. Large format hardbacks, glossy pages, large serif font, one or two sentences per page. Duck Series Betsy Lewin is the illustrator…
Month: February 2017
Lindsey Leavitt
Going Vintage A modern Southern California teen (a junior in high school) goes retro (including no cell phone) in the wake of discovering that her boyfriend (her first steady) has been carrying on a (low-key, tame, but nevertheless emotionally invested) virtual affair. She’s kind of OCD – she’s an inveterate list-maker – but is endearing. …