I have fond memories of reading Ezra Jack Keats books as a child. I still remember seeing the short film for The Snowy Day.
This is a repost! I thought it would be fun to run again. My youngest is in third grade so it is kind of my last hurrah with picture books. Join me on the adventure.
I am starting something new at my house. I feel like my "littles" need some more directed author studies. I believe there is something powerful in studying an author and reading many books by that author. You get to observe the type of writing style and look at their artwork more closely.
I have decided this school year, I am going to do an author a month in picture books. The intended audience of the books is PK-3rd, but my older kids love to revisit their favorites. I am going to gather the books from my personal collection and ask my local librarian to help me gather more by that author. I am going to put them in a special tub/bin and keep them available for the month. My hope is that by having them all gathered, I will be able to grab and read them. I feel like personally I need to be more intentional about reading good literature to my kids. When I ask them to grab a book we tend to read some less quality titles. I am also hoping the older kids will read these to the younger ones as well.
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