Winter picture books
The Nutcracker, picture books edition
Favourite books of 2025
Each end marks a new begining also. A time to celebrate what we had enjoyed and to make place for new opportunies. As each year in the past, is almost impossible to choose only one favourite, when it comes to children books.
So, here are our most beloved readings that were published this year.
Enjoy!
Reading on Thanksgiving
The Twelve Days of Christmas Dogs
by Chris Dunn
Have you ever heard of a Christmas Dog before? Is a distant relative of the other Christmas animals: elfs, reindeers, santa’s helpers I cannot remember right now.
Of Chris Dunn I am sure you’ve heard before, he is one of the most talented illustrators that live and work among us. And one of my personal favourites, so I couldn’t wait to get his last book, the traditional Christmas Carol in the dog version. They are all so cute! , my daughter said after finishing the book. And with the white landscape of Central Park on the cover, you meet one of the most beautiful Christmas books you ever red. And one of the great books of 2025. So how else is counting the days until Christmas?
The Friendship Train
by Debbie Levy, illustrated by Boris Kuliakov
Winter was coming in Europe, after the World War II left only ruins and hunger in so many countries. In America, people was asking “How can we help?” And they did. They manage to collect food and clothes and toys for the children in Europe. The Friendship Train ran from the West Coast to the East, bringing along 50 wagons! Children all over America brought toys and books and clothes; they sold newspaper and donated their allowences to raise money and food for Europe’s children.
Their work and effort was kindly received. 59 boxes with “Thank you” letters from the children of Europe went back to America.
When we ask what we can do to make things great again, maybe what those kids did back then should be a lesson and a starting point. Kindness can make all things and countries great again.
Cat Nap
by Brian Lies
Brian Lies is one of the most talented artists of our times. I don’t know if we are fully aware of how lucky we are to be able to share the same world and times with such an maestro. Ones, the luckiest of us, get to even know him in person. For us, living in the other part of the world is not so simple to met him at the grocery store or to invite him ar our daughter school. But we did invite all of his books in our home and are special guests there.
His latest masterpiece, Cat Nap. The story is somehow simple: in the quiet setting of an art museum, a brave or hungry enough mouse disturb the house cat’s siesta. What is follows? An explosion of colour and forms, of mixed media and art, a pure joy. Enjoy!
Little Humans anniversary
So, 7 years ago I started documenting life here, on this blog. Stories about life, about great people or their art, stories about other stories.
The most precious moment of all was when the daughter of the man in one of my posts, a woman I don’t think I ever met, contact me here and told me more about her father.
Stories are precisely for that: for giving us the emotions we need even if we don’t know we need them, connection with others and rememberance through years and generations.
I will always love stories and even if I am not talented enough to write my own , I am glad I can live it and share it with others!
Happy Anniversary!
Getting cosy with books in the fall
Over the years we managed to get quite a collection of picture books to read about fall amd autumn activities and celebration. Enjoy!
Books about birds
Is it the beauty or the illusion of the freedom given by their flight that draw us to admire them so much? The singing or the fragility?
Whatever it is, their world is still magical and deserve all the admiration.
Because we also like them very much, we like to see them in the nature and to read about them. Or just admire beautiful art and illustration about them.
So, this is our collection of books about birds. Enjoy!
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