SIX GREAT PICTURE BOOKS FOR KIDS

Because I say so!

I’ve been reading books to little kids for almost forty years. These are some favorites. Their meanings are inexhaustible and reward repeated readings.

Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney

This book is so lived-in, it feels like it must be based on a true story. It’s told by a young girl about her great-aunt Alice (known to locals as “the Lupine Lady”) and how…