Kelly Starling Lyons

1 month ago | kirkusreviews.com | Elizabeth Withey |Jimmy Fallon |Miguel Ordóñez |Kelly Starling Lyons

Visually engaging and relevant to little readers. Intriguing stories, told using just two little words. With its minimal text, this book invites the toddler and preschool set to make inferences about what’s going on in its immersive artwork. The opening illustration, labeled “IN,” shows a light-skinned child asleep in a bed as a cat slumbers at the youngster’s feet. The following image, labeled “OUT,” shows the same cat outside of the bedroom window, climbing a tree.

Apr 6, 2024 | thecutoffnews.com | Kelly Starling Lyons

Dr. Terrence Brown, the JEFCOED Director of Arts Education, reads "Sing a Song: How 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' Inspired Generations" from inside the historic 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL. The book tells the story of the iconic hymn "Lift Every Voice and Sing" and its profound impact on generations of people.

Mar 5, 2024 | washingtonfamily.com | Jennifer Rothschild |Jory John |Jane Yolen |Kelly Starling Lyons

By Jennifer Rothschild, collection engagement librarian, Arlington public libraryIt may still be winter, but the days are getting longer, and warmer days are just around the corner. It’s time to make summer plans! Parents may dread summer camp sign-up season, but these books will have children and teens excited about what camp they might choose.

Nov 16, 2023 | kirkusreviews.com | Michelle Olson |Jimmy Fallon |Miguel Ordóñez |Kelly Starling Lyons

Plotless and pointless, the book clearly exists only because its celebrity author wrote it. A succession of animal dads do their best to teach their young to say “Dada” in this picture-book vehicle for Fallon. A grumpy bull says, “DADA!”; his calf moos back. A sad-looking ram insists, “DADA!”; his lamb baas back. A duck, a bee, a dog, a rabbit, a cat, a mouse, a donkey, a pig, a frog, a rooster, and a horse all fail similarly, spread by spread.

Sep 9, 2023 | kirkusreviews.com | Bob MArley |Bob Marley |Kelly Starling Lyons |Luke Flowers |Brandon Stosuy

It’s a bit hard to dance, or count, to this beat. Dinos that love to move and groove get children counting from one to 10—and perhaps moving to the beat. Beginning with a solo bop by a female dino (she has eyelashes, doncha know), the dinosaur dance party begins. Each turn of the page adds another dino and a change in the dance genre: waltz, country line dancing, disco, limbo, square dancing, hip-hop, and swing. As the party would be incomplete without the moonwalk, the T.