While you’re pondering the significance of 12/12/12 and taking a break from monitoring your seismographs and telescopes, here, in no particular order, are a dozen or so (math isn’t our strong suit) books that we love to read and share during this most wonderful time of the year*. Little Bea and the Snowy Day, by [...]
Archive of posts tagged Kevin Henkes
Visiting the 23rd Floor: Kevin Henkes
Here’s what we ate today: Brownies Red Velvet cupcakes Croissants Cookies Crumb cake Scones Strawberries Clementines Additional baked goods Additional baked goods Here’s what we did today: Lost a book Reprinted a book Re-sized a book But we had the most fun when we: Teased Kevin about the roses he received from a certain Oscar-winning [...]
Videos We Love: In the Studio with Kevin Henkes
Hooray for Penny! Penny has arrived on the 23rd floor and everyone is celebrating. Kevin Henkes is the author and illustrator of many books for children of all ages—among them are Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse, Chrysanthemum, and Wemberly Worried. He was awarded the Caldecott Medal for Kitten’s First Full Moon, a Caldecott Honor for Owen, and a Newbery [...]
Of Bridges and Things . . .
I spent summers on Cape Cod when I was a kid. And my dad did before me. As those of you who have been to Cape Cod know, the Cape Cod Bridge is a big deal for many reasons. There are two of them, of course, but we always refer to them as “The Cape [...]
Videos we love . . .
Both Naomi Shihab Nye and Kevin Henkes were in town recently to speak at the Teachers College Summer Institutes up at Columbia University. Naomi premiered this video during her presentation to a packed house—enjoy! Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on FriendFeed Buzz it up Share on Linkedin Share [...]
