The latest Carnival of Children’s Literature holds many precious gifts. Among them:
- A Study of Snow, which mentions two of our family’s favorite snow-themed children’s books: Oliver and Amanda and the Big Snow and Geraldine’s Big Snow.
- Ten Cents a Dance by Christine Fletcher — Thanks, Jen Robinson, for this excellent review.
- The Snow Maiden and the Five Laws of Storytelling, which provides an insightful look at how we are affected by books.
- Best Picture Books of 2008 — So far, the only one we’ve read is The Girl in the Castle Inside the Museum, which was wonderful, but I’m printing the entire list and taking it with me to the library.
For the person who sits on your sofa with a book in her lap and six more at her side — even if that person is you — please visit this carnival and explore the treasures therein.
Stumble Upon It!
The Expanding Life 
inneedofchocolate said,
January 31, 2009 @ 6:03 pm
I’m thrilled you enjoyed my Study of Snow post. We love all things Oliver and Amanda here. Have a wonderful weekend.
Jen Robinson said,
February 1, 2009 @ 1:42 am
I’m so glad that you enjoyed my Ten Cents A Dance review. It’s a really great book, both as literature and as a window into a historical time period. I’d also recommend Mitali Perkins’ new novel Secret Keeper for similar reasons.
Have a great weekend!
Tanya said,
February 3, 2009 @ 12:08 pm
Glad you found the list useful! It was really fun to put together. When I started going through picture books published in 2008 month by month I had no idea there were so many out there! My list just kept getting longer and longer! Let me know what I missed when you come back from the library! Thanks for reading – Tanya