Look! I found enough picture books for an extra post! :-)

Britta Teckentrup creates wonderful picture books and Ocean: a Peek-Through Picture Book is no exception. I love these books, where something is revealed from one page to the next. This time it’s an ocean teaming with life. Readers of all ages should enjoy these books!

An outside, night time game of hide-and-seek turns into a glorious moon light dance for Amani in The Night is Yours, by Abdul-Razak Zachariah and illustrated by Keturah A. Bobo. What a feeling it must be, to dance under the moon!

In looking for books about mounted police I came across Calliope: the Tale of a Police Horse During the Blitz, by Diane Condon-Boutier and illustrated by Elisabeth Gontier. It’s one on the Tails of War series which are based on the animals that have received the Dickin Medal of Honor, which is given to those who have assisted humans during war time. Calliope, and her human, Officer Edwards, routinely patrol the neighborhood where there is a school, and many of those students are friends. One student, with red shoes, stands out … she and her mother are from France, and her mother has an ‘interesting’ job with the government. Told from the perspective of the horse, this is a good read for younger readers as well as those who might read it to them. :-)

Reading Hermit With Dog