MARCH CAME IN LIKE A LAMB

 And it will go out while I'm in Alaska, looking for Northern Lights - or "chasing the Lady A" as they say. So this installment of "What I Read This Month" is a few days early.There were a lot of great picture books this month. How Dinosaurs Went Extinct by Ame Dyckman was hilarious. My Baba's Garden by Jordan Scott was beautifully illustrated and poignant. And Simon and the Better Bone by Corey R. Tabor is a lovely spin on an Aesop fable. In non-fiction picture books, both The Deep: Wild Life at the Ocean's Darkest Depths by Lindsey Leigh and Battle of the Butts: The Science Behind Animal Behinds by Jocelyn Rish are impressive, gross, and educational! In other words - kids will love them. And learn things! The new Watership Down graphic novel does a wonderful job of recreating Adams' classic. If you enjoy Enola Holmes, then I highly recommend The Moonwind Mystery series! Mika Moonwind is an orphan living in Stockholm in 1880. Just like Enola, she has a knack for solving mysteries and getting herself into trouble! Originally published in Sweden, two of the four have been translated - The Night Raven and The Queen of Thieves.