I’m Jumping for Joy!
I’m thrilled to be celebrating the publication of my newest book, Jump, Little Wood Ducks, which has its book birthday on April 11th. This is my fourth picture book collaboration with naturalist and photographer Stan Tekiela, but the creation of this title worked a little differently than the first three. You can read this entry from my “Just Thinking” blog for a compare/contrast look at how the process changed this time.One of the things I discuss in that blog post is picture books that are illustrated with photographs versus those that have illustrations. For another compare/contrast activity, why not share both my new book and a different picture book, one featuring animals but instead illustrated with artwork (such as my nonfiction picture book A Mama for Owen), and ask your students to discuss how the two books are alike and different?