Good Reads by Darcy Connor
Picture Book Preschool/Toddler Turtle Walk Written and Illustrated by Matt Phelan
Take a season-by-season journey with our little turtle family in this adorable tale by award-winning author and artist Matt Phelan. The accompanying watercolor artwork brings each season to life and each season brings a little adventure for the family to tackle. “Turtle walk. Nice and slow.”
10 | SAND& PINE MAGAZINE December 2021/January 2022
Blizzard Written and Illustrated by John Rocco
Based on the New England blizzard of 1978 that dropped 53 inches of snow over two days, author John Rocco recounts his experience as a young boy. Rocco’s illustrations are fantastic as he tells the tale, from the first snowflake falling while he was at school to the strange white landscape that blanketed his neighborhood to being forced to climb out a window because the snow blocked his front door. While I don’t wish for the nearly four feet of snow Rocco describes in Blizzard, a few inches may be nice to get that feeling of a winter wonderland.
