Children’s Books Guide

Olivier Dunrae didn’t realize what a hit he had on his hands when he wrote Gossie and Gertie. The book was so well received that he was able to create a bunch of new characters to join the world of Gossie and Gertie, and new adventures that have children enthralled every time they read a [...]

It’s often amazing to think about the things that we teach our children. We teach them how to stand and how to walk, how to climb stairs and how to talk. Then there are the literary things that they need to learn, including how to recognize and say their alphabet, and how to count. Counting [...]

The roots of childrens books author Janet Stevens’ award winning “Tops & Bottoms”, it seems, are based in centuries old European folk tales as well as old slave tales from the American South, put together in such a way that children between the ages of 4 and 8 will not only get the message but [...]

Not a lot of children’s books use bats to tell stories, but Janell Cannon not only did just that, but also created a much-loved favorite that is already considered a classic.  The title is also the name of the main character, a baby fruit bat called Stellaluna.  One night while searching for food, an attacking [...]

Everybody loves Clifford, the Big Red Dog!  Kids and adults alike have enjoyed Clifford for over 40 years, making it a popular and beloved classic.  Clifford, the Big Red Dog was the first of what eventually turned into many books.  Clifford never used to be a big red dog, but started out as a small [...]

Audrey Wood and Don Wood make a great team.  With Audrey’s storytelling skills and Don’s artistry, they’ve created The Napping House, a story about exactly that.  A house in which everyone is napping.  That is, almost everyone.  A wakeful flea is about to take a little bite out of someone and very soon the house [...]

What’s more enjoyable to children than popcorn? You can use it for so many things! You can use it to string up for decorations at Christmas time, and for the perfect thing to throw in a pretend war. And, of course, you can eat it. Apparently Tomie dePaola decided that popcorn was such an amazing [...]

There are dozens of different books by the wonderful Theodore Seuss Guisel, or as children around the world know him, Dr. Seuss. This amazing author of childrens books created stories that enthralled and enchanted, giving children lessons about life while, at the same time, sparking their imagination to new heights. While some of his books [...]

When young Little Morris McGurk goes to the circus, he sees things not as they are, but what he could transform them into. As with any great book, If I Ran the Circus uses imagination and tons of fun to show how things could be when a child gets to take over, and how often [...]

Sometimes, just when you think you know all of your favorite author’s books by heart, a book will come along that you’d never seen before. In this case the author is Dr. Seuss. Dr. Seuss is known around the world for writing wonderful childrens books that are filled with vivid characters and illustrations, and that [...]