Todays featured books are “Silver Buttons” by Bob Graham  and “Kissed By the Moon” by Alison Lester.

Silver Buttons: synopsis from the publishers: At 9.59 on Thursday morning, Jodie draws a duck. Just as she is about to add one final silver button to the duck’s boots, her little brother takes his first step. At this exact same moment, a man buys bread, a soldier leaves home, a baby is being born … Here is a book, a story, a philosophy so simply told and yet … so rich with emotion and meaning. It is in the smallest details that we sense the greatest significance and can see the big picture. For classroom ideas and activities click here

“Kissed by the Moon” is a beautiful part poem and part lullaby celebrating a growing baby in a natural world.

May you, my baby, sleep softly at night, and when dawn lights the world, may you wake up to birdsong.