Bravo, Jan Johnston. Her Sunday columns promoting titles at the Fort Vancouver Regional Library District have opened many doors for readers to explore books they hadn’t heard about.
As a retired elementary school librarian in Vancouver, I applaud Johnston’s summer columns featuring picture books. Too many times picture books are ignored because readers assume that they are only for young children. That’s not true! Some picture books deal with topics that are most appropriate for readers age 10 to adult. Some are so much fun to read. Others are educational, too.
To get started exploring picture books, check out the work of Patricia Polacco, Andrea Davis Pinkney, Patricia MacLachlan, Gerald McDermott and Steven Kellogg. You will be surprised by what you find.
