Tag: children’s books

November 7, 2024

Cleaning out the hard drive... I spotted The book Skateboard Party on a 2017 poster for Battle of the Books…

August 3, 2016

Two illustrations from Christoph Niemann's illustrated children’s book titled Words. Christoph says “I am inviting kids (and readers of all ages) to intuit and puzzle…

July 14, 2015

Here's a couple pages from Lane Smith's 1993 book The Happy Hocky Family. I guess the alliteration in Happy Hocky…

April 23, 2015

This is the second and last installment of Fun to Draw Skateboard Action book. Along with the familiar misnomers and…

April 22, 2015

"Skateboard Action" was a popular title for kids books in the 80's, as this is not the only book to…

January 14, 2015

Ellray Jakes and the Beanstalk was written by Sally Warner and illustrated by Brian Biggs. There's one skateboard illustration on…

October 29, 2013

I found Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons at a school book fair. It's published by HarperCollins. Pete…

July 2, 2013

I loved Ed Emberly's drawing books as a kid, and I'm stoked that my kids enjoy them now too. MC…

May 2, 2013

I think these books are supposed to teach traffic safety, but in fact they inspire kids to pretend to run…

April 24, 2013

Scene at marriage councilor: Wife: Alright, I'll give you an example. Just yesterday at our child's book fair he couldn't…