![]() ![]() The first book was the picture book Prince Ribbit by by Jonathan Emmett and Poly Bernatene and it contained that wise statement, “Don’t believe everything you read.” The second book will come out a little later in the year and in September you’ll be able to purchase the nonfiction picture book The Nantucket Sea Monster: A Fake News Story by Darcy Pattison, ill. A couple 2017 publications have caught my eye as ways of showing kids that you have to read everything with your brain working full blast. You can understand then why I’m always on the watch for children’s books that help drill this point home (preferably if it could be done in a fun manner). As librarians one of our jobs is to help turn out children into savvy skeptics. From the moment humanity created the idea of news they also saw the vast potential that comes with “tweaking” it, shall we say. ![]()
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