Santa’s Busy Christmas is indeed a busy picture book—filled with multicolor explosions, zany situations, and holiday delights. Evi Triantafyllides’s jovial picture book Santa’s Busy Christmas follows a wild and crazy Santa across... Read More

Beneath a canopy of trees in a wide, green land, a man’s attention is pulled to the sky. Wonderment directs his days—until self-consciousness prompts him to fade in with the crowd, looking down and getting lost in routines. Time... Read More

“Heart speaks to heart” in this picture book, a work of melancholy, humor, and unmatchable charm from two celebrated artists. Its whimsical tale concerns a respected professor, John, and his most reliable friend, Ticky, a Swiss clock... Read More

Weiwei is used to celebrating the longest night of the year amid blooming flowers and buzzing birds. This year, though, in her family’s new home, the land is blanketed with snow. Still, there are peeks of the familiar: in plum blossoms... Read More

Dimensional illustrations with a glowing, illuminated quality bring extra sparkle to this sweet fable about the powers of patience and acceptance in defeating loneliness. Most parkgoers avoid the central cave; a scary, unfriendly troll... Read More

An inquisitive child muses over people’s quirks and distinguishing behaviors, noting potential contradictions in the mix. They consider what “power” entails following a librarian’s maybe unfulfilled dictum about voracious... Read More

Gorgeous minimalist watercolor illustrations with calligraphy-line accents complement this cheeky fable about haikuist Matsuo Bashō’s inspiring evening by a pond. When he sits on the bank to rest and think, a school of carp are... Read More

A celebration of diversity, individuality, and self-acceptance, this warm picture book follows a boy’s move from Jamaica to Newfoundland, where his glorious dreads most definitely stand out. Flourishing Jamaican landscapes are... Read More