Sarah Tobias

Title: Summer Sleepers: Animals that Estivate Author: Melissa Stewart Illustrator: Sarah S. Brannen Publisher: Charlesbridge, 2021 Ages:...

Title: Outside In Author: Deborah Underwood Illustrator: Cindy Derby Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020 2020 Caldecott Honor...

The other day, I was just about home from a long walk with my camera. There was a robin on the ground just hanging out and a bird call...

Title: Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species Adapted and Illustrated by: Sabina Radeva Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers, 2019...

Title: Arlo & Pips: King of the Birds Author/Illustrator: Elise Gravel Publisher: Harper Alley, 2020 For ages: 4 - 10 Themes: Crows,...

Counting Birds is part call to action, part biography, and part nature exploration. It shows how taking a small step can lead to big things

Many years ago, a friend told this story at a storytelling group I belonged to. It's a story that stuck with me through the years. The...

Title: Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message Author: Chief Jake Swamp Illustrator: Erwin Printup, Jr. Publisher: Lee and...

This post was originally posted on my Blogger blog. It is up for the the 2020 Outstanding Picture Books GoodReads Choice Award. It is...

Title: My Awesome Summer by P. Mantis Author and illustrator: Paul Meisel Publisher: Holiday House, 2017 P. Mantis tells about his life...

Title: Old Rock (is not boring) Author and Illustrator: Deb Pilutti Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2020 Themes: Rock Life Cycle,...

Title: Seashells: More Than a Home Author: Melissa Stewart Illustrated by: Sarah S. Brannen Publisher: Charlesbridge, 2019 If you have...

I giggled as I opened to one page and at the top is says: "Machine Gun Butt Pop! Pop! Pop!" I'm not telling you what insect this is referri

Ashleigh received the Ezra Jack Keats Award for outstanding new illustrator this year. Mariahadessa received the Writer Honor award. Learn

We are all in this world together. In the natural world, diversity means survival.

Today I chose A Stone Sat Still because it is a poem to nature. A poem to paying attention and noticing things that seem simple . . . .