Children’s Books Guide

The best part about Tikki Tikki Tembo is reading it aloud.  Ever since its publication in 1968, kids have delighted in saying the full name of a little boy; Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo!  Years later, they’ll still remember the name and smile at the memory of reading Arlene Mosel’s book. [...]

Eric Carle offers a charming story with a good message, in The Grouch Ladybug. With the colorful pictures that offer a visual meal, the story itself will come to life. When two ladybugs land on the same leaf to eat the aphids (little bugs that can kill plants), one of them is very grouchy. She [...]

Not many children’s books are aimed at getting a sleepy youngster into bed for a good night’s sleep, but Margaret Wise Brown’s book Goodnight Moon is. Ideal for children ages 4-8, Goodnight Moon tells the story of a young rabbit who says goodnight to just about every object he can as he tries to stay [...]

Jon Scieszka is a master of children’s books and Math Curse is one of his many whimsical stories and together with Lane Smith’s unique collage art, he’s created a book that kids can laugh at even as they do a little math. After a teacher tells the class that almost anything can be considered to [...]

Beloved story teller Eric Carle brings a different kind of offering to the children’s books arena with From Head to Toes Big Book. Not your ordinary children’s story, but something that will be enjoyed by you and your children as you read it and do what it says together. Colorful, imaginative, and action-oriented describe this [...]

Husband and wife team Steve Jenkins and Robin Page make quite a pair in the realm of childrens books as well as real life it would seem as evidenced by their Caldecott Honor Book “What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?”. The American Library Journal called “What Do You Do with a Tail [...]

Get your children ready to stretch their imaginations (and maybe your own!). Harold and the Purple Crayon is loved by almost everyone who comes into contact with the book. Those who encounter it as children will remember it with a smile well into adulthood. Surrounded by so many other children’s books, Harold and the Purple [...]

A counting book? Yes. Another normal 1-10 counting book? Definitely not. The Water Hole, by Graeme Base, is not your run of the mill counting book. Nor is it simple a simple counting book. Like Graeme Base’s other stunning books, this one will be sure to offer you more than you thought you might find [...]

One of the most endearing and memorable little girls of the special type of literature found only in children’s books, Fancy Nancy now has something new to offer, the Fancy Nancy Big Book. Complete with everything we have come to love about Nancy and her fanciful life, this book has even more to offer. When [...]

Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge lives next door to a nursing home.  The little boy goes there often to visit with the old residents there, and his favorite person is 96-year-old Miss Nancy because she has four names just like him; Miss Nancy Alison Delacourt Cooper.  He’s heard that Miss Nancy lost her memory.  Wilfrid isn’t [...]