Red has a bright red label but he is, in fact, blue. His teacher tries to help him be red (let’s draw strawberries!), his mother tries to help him be red by sending him out on a playdate with a yellow classmate (go draw a nice orange!), and the scissors try to help him be red by snipping his label so that he has room to breathe. But Red is miserable. He just can?t be red, no matter how hard he tries! Finally, a brand-new friend offers a brand-new perspective, and Red discovers what readers have known all along. He’s blue! Funny, insightful, layered, and colorful, the new picture book by Michael Hall is about being true to your inner self and following your own path (it even served as inspiration for this Wall Street Journal piece)
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Another fabulous children’s book to add to your shelves would be Finding Spring by Carin Berger. What makes this one particularly special is that all the visuals within the book were meticulously crafted as shadow boxes which makes the artwork that much more captivating.
A baby bear cub named Maurice is curious about spring?and he’s upset when Mama tells him that before he can experience his first spring, he has to hibernate through his first winter! Mischievous Maurice decides to leave their warm den and go find spring for himself. He asks all his friends for help . . . and finally finds something beautiful and full of magic and light. Spring! He wraps it up and takes it home, determined to show Mama and everyone else. The only problem? When Maurice wakes up, his little piece of spring (a snowball) has melted. This gloriously illustrated book celebrates friendship, curiosity, discovery, and the meaning and beauty of two seasons?winter and spring.
You can never read to your children too much and at these young ages it is especially important. We make reading a part of our nightly ritual before bed and its a special time we all look forward to. HarperCollins books are always high quality and I am especially a big fan of these larger hardback books as they are easier to hold and have a longer lifetime. Teach your children to love and treasure books and you will help create lifelong learners.
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