DON’T WORRY, LITTLE CRAB. Written and illustrated by Chris Haughton. Candlewick Press. Ages 2-5. $17.99. This book is like WE ARE GOING ON A BEAR HUNT with an ocean setting. Little Crab and Very Big Crab decide to leave their tidal pool and go to the ocean. They pass through rocks (tic-a-tic tic-a-tic), more pools...
Since she was a child, University of Findlay graduate student and children’s book author/illustrator Hitomi Otani has been an avid reader. Her mother, she recalled, belonged to a picture book club when Otani was little, where the books were brought to their front door on a monthly basis. Being raised in an environment in which...
One lasting goal for University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum volunteers and staff has always been to spread the love of children’s books and their illustrations as far as it can carry. In part, because of volunteers like Cam Taylor ’67, docent and coordinator of the Children’s Art Exhibit at Mazza, this idea periodically takes wing...
Teachers are special people. Those who are extraordinary are the educators who don’t consider their career so much a job more than a passion. Often, after years spent molding minds and guiding hearts, when the time comes to retire from their jobs, teachers find a certain void in their lives; a void that can only...
SANDCASTLE. Written and illustrated by Einat Tsarfati. Candlewick. Ages 4-6. $17.99. Einat Tsarfati, an Israeli author-illustrator, is the new Martin Handford (WHERE’S WALDO?). SANDCASTLE opens with a little girl at the beach. Immediately, there is glorious detail for children to explore. Amongst the human sunbathers are a mermaid, a seal, and a coven of witches...
When one has a great love for something and is able to find a way to make it a meaningful part of his or her life, it can surely be considered a success. When that person finds a way to take that passion and turn it into something that helps other people find their passion...
THAT’S GOOD, THAT’S BAD. Written by Joan M. Lexau. Illustrated by Aliki. Prestel. Ages 3-7. $17.95. Originally published in 1963, this updated version of THAT’S GOOD, THAT’S BAD features digitally enhanced reproductions of Aliki’s original prints. She initially did her own color separation by printing each color on acetate film and layering the sheets. The...
As any good bibliophile worth his or her salt would tell you, books have a value beyond the obvious. One of those values, among many others that might be helpful during this time of collectively staying home, is that books can assist people in communicating with one another. How, you may ask, would a book...
Volunteering at University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum comes in all forms. There are tour leaders, there are docents, there are face painters and there are book readers. Then there are those, like Nondace Campbell, an Assistant Professor Emerita of Reading from UF, who play many roles, and who, in fact, have so much history with...
ONE HUG. Written by Katrina Moore. Illustrated by Julia Woolf. Katherine Tegen Books. Ages newborn-4. $14.99. “One hug, two hugs, sometimes three, Hugging makes us family!” Written in short rhyming verses, this delightful book is perfect for family hugging. It shows many ways hugs can happen, even hugs from the family pet: “Some hugs nuzzle...
