Category: Book Recommendations

One of the hardest, but most important, booklists I’ve made to date is my list of children’s books about cancer. As I said when I wrote that post, I am a firm believer in the power of books to help our children process and understand the world around them, as well as their personal lives. After multiple requests from friends and followers for titles of good children’s books about cancer, I finally began to curate a formal list of children’s books about cancer, because, unfortunately, it’s an incredibly important list that more people than I’d hope really need. Today, I’ve got an addition to that list — The Perfect Shelter by Clare Helen Welsh, illustrated by Asa Gilland.

Our family goes to the same little beach each summer. In fact, I’ve been coming here with my family since I was a baby, my husband and I were married here, and our dog is named after it! Needless to say, it’s an important place in my heart and a part of who I am. When I first saw The Little Blue Cottage by Kelly Jordan, illustrated by Jessica Courtney-Tickle, I knew we were going to need to give this book a permanent spot in our home library…

Okay, you all loved the perspective-taking, empathy-building book I recommended earlier this week, Room on Our Rock. Today, I’ve got another perspective-taking book that you’re going to want to check out: A Tale of Two Beasts, by Fiona Roberton.

Room on Our Rock by Kate and Jol Temple, illustrated by Terri Rose Baynton, is one of the more cleverly didactic picture books our family has ever read. We all know the saying “There are two sides to every story,” and many of us have said this very thing to our children or students. Room on Our Rock provides adults with a concrete way to bring meaning to these words, as well as illustrate the benefits of sharing and welcoming others to your space. Read on to see what makes this book so clever!