Carolyn's Tumblings

The Butterfly Counting Book

The Butterfly Counting Book by Jerry Pallotta works on several different levels. (Or trust me,...

Jan 20th

Part of Mark Astrella’s illustration to The Butterfly...

Jan 20th

“The Vipepeo with red or purple tips are still called Orange...”
— The Butterfly Counting Book

Jan 20th

Butterfly House

by Eve Bunting, Illustrated by Greg Shed I’m sticking with the butterfly theme for today (can...

Jan 14th

Greg Shed’s illustration from Butterfly House. ...

Jan 14th

“I think my Painted Ladies talk among themselves of how...”
— Butterfly House by Eve...

Jan 14th

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

by Eric Carle  Tonight I’m venturing away from the strange, unusual, and out of print.  Is...

Jan 12th

Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar. It’s...

Jan 12th

“One Sunday morning the warm sun came up and — pop!...”
— Eric Carle’s The Very...

Jan 12th

Jafta and the Wedding

Heather has two mommies, but they take over the story. It’s hard to imagine a book that...

Jan 10th

Lisa Kopper’s illustration to Hugh Lewin’s Jafta...

Jan 10th

“The adults chased us away so we arranged our own wedding...”
— Jafta and the Wedding, by Hugh...

Jan 10th

Tree of Birds

There’s much to love in Susan Meddaugh’s 1990 Tree of Birds.  The story begins with...

Jan 8th

The birds’ angry eyebrows are priceless.  The the...

Jan 8th

“Harry didn’t see the car hit the bird. He heard a...”
— Tree of Birds by Susan...

Jan 8th

Goldilocks and the Three Bears (take...

James Marshall’s 1988 Goldilocks and the Three Bears is a exception to my rule about...

Jan 5th

What more can I say? Goldilocks is a very bad girl. Her...

Jan 5th

“But to tell the truth Goldilocks was one of those naughty...”
—  James Marshall’s...

Jan 5th