Children’s Books Guide

Mem Fox is an author from Australia who has made a name for herself as an amazing author of children’s literature. Her stories are all extremely different. Some are simple sleepy-time tales that are created to help children to fall asleep, while others are tales that are designed to help foster a love of reading [...]

Wet Friend!, by Tony DiTerlizzi, author of the wildly famous Spiderwick Chronicles, and his wife Angela, is a giggling good time. Written for toddlers and younger children, it explores the adventures of two friends, Meno, a likeable, bubble-headed young boy in a beanie, and Yamagoo, a floating jellyfish. Wet Friend! is good, clean fun. It [...]

Robert Munsch is at his creative best in The Sandcastle Contest. It is one of those childrens books that children and adults will place among their very favorites. Thirty-two pages of sheer hilarity, it’s a great read aloud for the whole family again and again, especially as you prepare for a vacation to the beach [...]

There are few topics acclaimed author Eve Bunting has yet to tackle. She has written more than 100 childrens books over the years and has many awards to show how talented and respected she is by those who read her books and the people paid to judge literary works. Among the many awards bestowed on [...]

Wackiness can occasionally ensue in some of Patricia Polacco’s more endearing childrens books. A changeup from her usual style of cultures meshing together and people with differences being accepted by all, Polacco brings imaginary goodness to the forefront with hilarious capers and silly characters that will have kids in stitches as they read along and [...]

Patricia Polacco is a master of emotions when it comes to children’s book selections. She knows what makes readers’ hearts ache, what will make them smile, snicker, and drift off to sleep with happy dreams. Bringing yet another sentimental tale to the forefront, Polacco will draw readers in for a heartfelt time involving love, loss, [...]

Patricia Polacco frequently draws upon her life experiences to bring classic tales of love and hope to boys and girls everywhere. Her various stories touch upon a multitude of themes that kids can easily understand, though some are occasionally more complex than others. One common theme is the desire to follow one’s dreams. By never [...]

Stories abound in the mind of Mercer Mayer. Many of his books have been published and reprinted again and again because of their everlasting appeal to children. All sorts of flights of fancy can be found within the pages of his books, and when kids aren’t looking through his Little Critter series, they’re checking out [...]

Childrens books come and go, but Brave Irene by William Steig is here to stay. Steig, author of the original Shrek! and the Caldecott Award-winner for Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, has created a beauty of a story. Brave Irene tells of a fearless heroine, Irene, and what she endures to help her mother. Mrs. [...]

Author Laura Numeroff is well known in the world of kids’ literature for her “If You Give A…” series, which is all about different creatures and the side effects that occur when you give them one thing. But Numeroff has written a number of books, including ones for very young children and ones that are [...]