Sunny Thoughts & Being Creative Always

 

She Sings A Song

She sings a song about family and friends and how much we can miss them and how they

are always close to us when we think happy thoughts about them and love them 

no matter where they are. 

 

Fall & Autumn 2020

 

 

Hello SummerTime Dreams and Goals!

ACCORDIONLY Picture Book Celebrates Music and Family

Tune in on Sunday, May 3 at 10:00 am (PST) 

Bay Book Festival Unbound

Accordionly: Abuelo and Opa Make Music ~  

When both grandpas, Abuelo and Opa, visit at the same time, they can’t understand each other’s language and there is a lot of silence. The grandson’s clever thinking helps find a way for everyone to share the day together as two cultures become one family.

This unique book includes a bonus fold-out and a note from the author sharing the true story of his own family.  - Publisher, Magination Press

“Genhart draws on his own family's history for inspiration in his newest diversity-celebrating picture book…. This is a reassuring story, emphasizing that though we may be different we can find common ground, an especially important message for multiracial/multiethnic children who can often feel pulled between competing identities… Burris' dot-eyed and brightly colored illustrations are darling, highlighting each culture well…. As mixed-race families continue to grow, this title is sure to find a ready audience.” —Kirkus Reviews

A Timely And Wonderful Picture Book About Feelings

 This picture book, from Free Spirit Publishing, invites children to count their way through the 1-2-3s of feelings that are big, small and in between.

  

This book offers fun and healthy ways for children to identify, understand, and help themselves with their many powerful emotions.

Children also learn that feelings change and that there are lots of ways to express their emotions and work through them.

A few illustration spots from pages in this timely picture book...

                             

           

 written by Goldie Millar and Lisa A. Berger     illustrated by Priscilla Burris (happy me!)

Grandma and Grandpa Book Birthday Cheers!

From Albert Whitman, written by Maryann Macdonald ~ 

Two fresh, new books about Grandmas and Grandpas!

                                    

                                One of my favorites from the Grandma book. She is so brave!!

                                  One of my favorites from the Grandpa book.  He is so fun!

FEAR THE BUNNY Picture Book is here !!!

Out in the wild today!

A sweet, fun and clever picture book, lovingly published by Caitlyn Dlouhy Books (Atheneum Books for Young Readers)

'...the setup, with its sweet-natured, crayonlike drawings providing counterpoint to ominously—and comically—escalating dialogue, is faultless and funny.' 

- Publishers Weekly

Hello Back To School!

You know that dreamy sense that comes over you when you see your very own Kindergarten playground again? 

Melinda here, from HELLO SCHOOL! is feeling the same way about her purply backpack. 

Cheers to children and teachers all going Back To School!