My son has a field trip this week and Zuno is pouting because he can’t go too. It reminds him of The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash, written by Trinka Noble and illustrated by Steven Kellogg. Join Jimmy’s class on their field trip to the farm. What will happen when Jimmy’s pet boa constrictor…

A Cloak for a Dreamer written by Aileen Friedman and illustrated by Kim Howard is Zuno’s Pick. This Marilyn Burns Brainy Day Book multiplies your fun with a special section explaining the math behind the tale and providing hands-on activities. Quilters will love this one.

If you’ve seen the movie The Blind Side, you’ll recognize Zuno’s Pick this week—Munro Leaf’s The Story of Ferdinand. Illustrated by Robert Lawson (author of Rabbit Hill and others), Ferdinand shows us it’s okay to be yourself even if it means not herding up with the rest of the calves in the pasture.

Zuno’s Pick this week is Adam Raccoon in Lost Woods by Glen Keane. Glen Keane is a Disney animator (look for his name in the credits of Tangled and many other Disney flicks) and is the son of Bill Keane of Family Circus fame. Keane features Adam Raccoon and the mighty lion, King Aren, in…

Baseball season is in full swing and Zuno’s picks Casey at the Bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer. Patricia Polacco illustrates the 1888 poem and adds some creative storyline by placing it in the context of a Little League game. Zuno backs the Texas Rangers. What is your favorite team?

One of Zuno’s favorite authors is Sandra Boynton. She specializes in board books and some of our favorites are: Doggies (of course!), Barnyard Dance, Blue Hat, Green Hat, and But Not the Hippopotamus.

Easter is coming and Zuno picks The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes by Dubose Heyward. Read about the country bunny who dreams to be an Easter bunny but has set aside that dream to raise her family. Is now her time to shine?

This week, Zuno has chosen Stanley and Rhoda by Rosemary Wells. If you have more than one child in your litter, your older ones will appreciate Stanley’s predicaments. We firstborns know what a challenge our younger siblings can be.

Zuno is seeing spots this week with Robert Lopshire’s Put Me in the Zoo. This is a great early reader book. Non-readers will enjoy rhymes, colors, and silliness.

If Zuno and I run early in the morning, we sometimes see a bunny. Zuno must have been thinking of bunnies today, because he’s chosen Beatrix Potter’s A Child’s Treasury of Beatrix Potter. The beloved story of Peter Rabbit is recounted here as well as eight others like Jemima Puddle-Duck and Benjamin Bunny. Parents, if…