30 Best Christmas Children’s Books
Sometimes, just before bed on the one magical Eve of the year, the perfect Christmas book can make for the perfect way to lull excited children off into the land of sugar plums and fairies. But they’re also great leading up to that special day, as well as the rest of December. Grab [...]
Continue reading...7. September 2010
As Good As Anybody
You may have heard the saying, “Freedom isn’t free.” Richard Michelson brings those words to life, as he takes the lives of two men who fought for freedom, both in their own areas of the world, and for their own people, together for all. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel both lived lives [...]
Continue reading...6. September 2010
Let Freedom Sing
Let Freedom Sing, by Vanessa Newton, is a story of freedom and equality that was long fought for by many in the United States of America. It interweaves the spiritual song, “This Little Light of Mine,” with the songs and sayings which have become known as being historical in the fight for freedom for all. Picture [...]
Continue reading...5. September 2010
The Night Before Valentine’s Day
Within six months of starting to write her first children’s book, Natasha Wing sold it and has been writing for a young set of readers ever since. Soon, she’s become known as an acclaimed author who writes books focused on helping kids prepare for big holidays and other events in their lives, such as The [...]
Continue reading...4. September 2010
The Valentine Bears
Eve Bunting weaves a story like seamstresses make a quilt. The magical worlds that words create have been most important to the Northern Ireland native. Storytelling is a tradition where she grew up. She has written more than 200 children’s books for readers as young as 1 or 2 to teenagers. Among many of her [...]
Continue reading...3. September 2010
This Next New Year
Janet S. Wong didn’t start out the author of picture books for children. She was a lawyer who focused her practice on corporate law and labor law when she decided to make the surprising switch to writing books for children. Since then, the author has won many awards for her poetry and literature and had [...]
Continue reading...2. September 2010
Sam and the Lucky Money
Three talented writers and illustrators well-known for their childrens books teamed up for a wonderful tale of a boy who receives money as his Chinese New Year gift in Sam and the Lucky Money. Its author, Karen Chinn, has many titles under her belt, which include The Night Before Christmas and other Favorite Holiday Stories, [...]
Continue reading...1. September 2010
Martha Speaks
Ever wonder what your pet would say if they could talk? Illustrator Susan Meddaugh’s 7-year-old son, Niko, surprised his mom with that question one day when he was eating alphabet soup. Would their dog, Martha, be able to talk if they fed her alphabet soup? Meddaugh created a world in which Martha Speaks, in the first [...]
Continue reading...31. August 2010
David’s Father
David’s Father is beautiful story about Julie who was joyfully skipping home from school one day. She encounters a moving van. But this is no ordinary moving van. One mover comes out carrying a fork, a spoon and a knife. That wouldn’t sound strange, except the items were life size! Julie decides she would not [...]
Continue reading...30. August 2010
Boo!
Boo! by Robert Munsch is about every kid’s favorite candy-eating holiday. Lance, a little boy who likes to scare people, wants to dress up very scarily for Halloween. And he doesn’t want a store-bought costume. So he goes and paints his face the scariest he can. He’s got worms coming out of his eyes and [...]
Continue reading...29. August 2010
Dragon’s Fat Cat
You know you’re a great author when just one of your books sells hundreds of thousands of copies. You can look at the success as a one-time fluke, but Dav Pilkey shouldn’t. Each of the children’s books he’s written over the years has sold hundreds of thousands of copies, making him a best-selling author and [...]
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26. November 2009
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