Children’s Books Guide

With a story that will capture the essence of The Very Busy Spider, Eric Carle gives a new spin to what many of us take for granted- spiders, as well as what they do and how busy they really are. Besides offering a stimulating story line that will capture the imagination, this story offers a [...]

One thing that most new parents don’t realize is how quickly their little bundles of joy become children who are running around and terrorizing their homes, and how quickly those children become teenagers and then adults who have lives and homes of their own. This is why it’s so important for the little things to [...]

You’ve met Goosie, you’ve met Gertie, and you’ve met Ollie. All three goslings play center to most of Olivier Dunrea’s books about the goslings who run around in the barnyard and learn little life lessons. Ollie’s story, however, isn’t over in his first appearance. Ollie comes back to teach a new lesson and to provide [...]

Jane O’connor brings another winner among children and parents alike, with Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy. Illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser, with beautiful pictures that will help you see just how fancy Nancy is, this is one children’s book that will get you hooked on all the Fancy Nancy books. Nancy is not just [...]

One of the great things about children’s stories is that they’re not only there to entertain, but to teach a lesson. There are many different children’s stories that are designed to show children how the world works, or how they can interact better with the world. Many of these childrens books are some of the [...]

Gossie and Gertie have become some of the most popular goslings that ever existed. Children around the nation have delighted in being able to look at Olivier Dunrae’s beautiful pictures and being able to read the story about the life that the goslings, and their friends and family, lead. Thankfully there are a number of [...]

What do you get when you combine an alphabet book, the fanciest little girl in the world, and the amazing creativity of Jane O’connor? Fancy Nancy’s Favorite Fancy Words. Not your ordinary alphabet book, this is one that will help expand the vocabulary of everyone who reads it. With a fancy word for each letter, [...]

The casual observer would believe that most Dr. Seuss books are filled with wonderful rhymes and pictures but that’s all. The casual observer, however, doesn’t realize that not only are Dr. Seuss childrens books filled with great drawings and colorful characters, but that they’re also filled with lessons for children to learn, and not just [...]

If you’ve never heard of Dr. Seuss, you either skipped childhood all together or have been living under a rock for the past 50 years. Dr. Seuss is one of the most beloved authors of childrens books of all time, and almost all children own at least one (and many several) of the great doctors [...]

With two previous Caldecott Honor Book Awards for his own books (“Dawn” in 1974 and “The Treasure” in 1978) under his belt and another for illustrating Arthur Ransome’s “The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship”, there is no room for doubting the talent held by illustrator Uri Shulevitz.  Another one of his phenomenal [...]