5/22/2023 0 Comments The busy little squirrel![]() ![]() I’ve picked this book as number one because of how much my son Carl loves it. They know how much I love squirrels and want to pass along that love to my kiddo. I’m a children’s librarian at the Des Plaines Library, and before my baby was born last September my co-workers gifted me this board book. #38 – The Busy Little Squirrel by Nancy Tafuri (2010) Take a look at this book’s remarkable number of gushing reviews here if you get a chance. Animals in the Native Northwest by Melaney Gleeson-Lyall and this. So far, in terms of Native content we have the previously mentioned I Am Dreaming of. Particularly when my favorite Native title Cradle Me by Debbie Slier didn’t make this Top 100 (spoiler alert). It’s satisfying seeing the work of Cree-Metis Canadian author and illustrator Julie Flett on this list, there’s no question. “Little you / little wonder // Little wish / gentle thunder.” And that’s just the first two spreads! And lovely stuff like “You are mighty / you are small” and “You are us / and so much more.” – Elizabeth Sweeny I’m often meh on rhyming text, but this works really well. #39 – Little You by Richard Van Camp, ill. I think I like this better than merely plopping words of another language into the text. The repetition of the chorus is key here. ![]()
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