“Tuesday”

One aspect of children’s picture books is that they aren’t simply words, but picture books.  An intrinsic part of the storytelling is done through pictures, images, paintings, or illustrations.  More than one comment I’ve heard about children’s books is that the pictures are incredibly important.  My own experience tells me that as I remember Frederick from my childhood, but … Continue reading

Favorite Children’s Stories

[originally posted at drewdowns.wordpress.com] When Rose was pregnant with our daughter, we read to her.  We picked out a bunch of children’s books and we read to her in utero.  We felt pretty silly doing it, but we hoped that it would help her.  She would get used to our voices, the sound of our … Continue reading