It has been approximately 3.2 million years since I posted about a picture book here at whimsy. Yet the main reason I have this blog-I think-is to share picture books we enjoy here at my house. To be honest, we have had a lack of exposure to new picture books lately for two reasons. We haven't been to the bookstore for a while, and since storytime has ceased for the summer, we haven't been to the library much lately either.
However, I went on Monday.
My kids were sick all weekend, and by Monday night, I was in dire need of a retreat. You know those times when you can't think of anything wrong with your life, but you are just so bummed out? Maybe I'm the only person blessed with a perfect life who feels this way. Anyway...when Husband got home, I said, "I-HAVE-GOT-TO-GET-OUT-OF-THIS-HOUSE-RIG
So I went to the library. And a couple of the random picture books I pulled out are actually really-truly great.
Here is one:
A SOCK IS A POCKET FOR YOUR TOES by Elizabeth Garton Scanlon. 2004.
Do your kids love pockets? Or pouches? Or purses? This book is a unique look at what pockets are and all the many treasure they can hold. It is both fun and tender. Here's a taste of it:
A bathtub is a pocket full of suds,
and piggies love a pocket full of mud--
oink oink.
The piggies need a rub-a-dub-dub.
A poem is a pocket for a rhyme,
and stars are little pockets full of shine--
blink blink.
Wish upon a pocket full of shine.
Wide arms are pockets made for hugs,
and your heart is a pocket full of love--
sweet love.
My heart is a pocket full of love.
Oh, and if you were wondering, the trip to the library was totally rejuvenating. Well, that and a good cry-about-nothing. Do you ever have those? I think it's part of being a healthy woman. You just have to have a good cry sometimes.
new posts in all blogs
Posted on 5/23/2007
Blog: Whimsy Books (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: picture book recommendations, elizabeth garton scanlon, a sock is a pocket for your toes, Add a tag
By: Cynthia Leitich Smith,
on 2/28/2007
Blog: cynsations (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Cynthia Leitich Smith, Tantalize, Greg Leitich Smith, Don Tate, Jo Whittemore, Texas book scene, Elizabeth Garton Scanlon, Add a tag
Viewing: Blog Posts Tagged with: Elizabeth Garton Scanlon, Most Recent at Top [Help]
Results 1 - 2 of 2
Posted on 5/23/2007
Blog: Whimsy Books (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: picture book recommendations, elizabeth garton scanlon, a sock is a pocket for your toes, Add a tag
By: Cynthia Leitich Smith,
on 2/28/2007
Blog: cynsations (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Cynthia Leitich Smith, Tantalize, Greg Leitich Smith, Don Tate, Jo Whittemore, Texas book scene, Elizabeth Garton Scanlon, Add a tag
Learn "How to Throw a Book Launch Party" via an article I've written that has been posted to Anastasia Suen's blog, Create/Relate: News from the Children's Book Biz.
Speaking of which, the lovely Elizabeth Garton Scanlon at Liz In Ink is the latest blogger to chime in about my Tantalize launch party. Liz is the author of A Sock is a Pocket for Your Toes: A Pocket Book, illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser (HarperCollins, 2004). Visit her author site and read her recent interview at Cynsations.
Don't miss the other party reports from Cynsations, GregLSBlog, Don Tate's Devas T. Rants and Raves, Camille's Book Moot, Jo Whittemore's LJ (great pics!), and Alison Dellenbaugh's Alison Wonderland. Read Cynsations interviews with Greg, Don, and Jo.