pickStrange. My experience with both poetry and picture books is usually that the way I start out is the way I'll finish, but a third of the way in, the words and the art started to speak to me.
I love that poetry adorns a spacecraft sent out in the name of science, to discover more about Europa.
The author's note illuminates the significance of the water themes in the verse and the illustrations.
This morning, a good friend gave me this cute pillow just because. 🩷
Back to the library because I forgot to pick up a hold yesterday. More reading and more check outs ensued.
#libraries
#childrensliterature
pickGuzman's book began with her struggling to understand her Hispanic parents political leanings. I appreciated this as something of a black sheep in my own family - how do you love someone that disagrees with you to the point of thinking the vast majority of people who think like you are idiots, demons, or both?
A solid pre-inaugural listen. May we stay curious and humble even in dangerous and divided times.
“Albert turned ideas in his mind, taking them apart, putting them back together. It was his favorite way to think.“
