Children’s Books Guide

Go to Sleep Groundhog! Is a delightful story about the insomnia experienced by the king of spring, groundhog. Judy Cox has woven a tail that will have you and your kids learning, laughing, and loving the main character, as you enjoy this tale of an adventure like none other he has ever experienced. Groundhogs are [...]

Anyone who is familiar with the civil rights movement knows about some of the struggles faced by those who diligently fought for equality for all people. The historical significance of the civil rights movement, and the victories which have been gained over the many years before and after, are what has helped this country come [...]

Beatrix Potter didn’t even start writing books until she was in her 30s, but she was successful on her very first try. The Tale of Peter Rabbit was her first attempt at writing picture books, and it was a very good one. The story and the many books that followed have become classics, with many [...]

You won’t find many chapter books in author Salina Yoon’s repertoire. She knows who her audience is and she creates books that she knows they’ll love. Writing and illustrating books that inspire children is her passion and it shows in every board book she publishes. A South Korean native, Salina Yoon has spent much of [...]

Author Maria van Lieshout is relatively new on the scene but already she’s making a big Splash! Actually, she created Splash! A Little Story about Bouncing Back, one of several books in a series of childrens books featuring animals. Young readers are wild about the seal and her other animal characters a chick named Peep [...]

Acclaimed author Dav Pilkey’s cat, Blueberry, is sweet and lovable, but he can also sometimes be grumpy. This black and white cat can have an evil look about her that is uncharacteristic of her personality, or so the author writes on his Web site, www. Pilkey.com. One night, Dav Pilkey looked up from his work [...]

The characters in author Dav Pilkey’s childrens books come from a variety of real-life inspirations, whether he’s writing about big and little dogs or a superhero boy wearing underpants. The same is true for his highly regarded book entitled Dogzilla. On his web site, the author and illustrator explains that the idea for the book [...]

You can tell author/illustrator Dav Pilkey loves gargoyles by looking around his home. It’s filled with these often grotesque creatures. Well, one day, an electrician who came by to fix something for the author noticed the collection and asked whether he was a “devil worshipper or something,” a reaction that Dav Pilkey was puzzled by. [...]

Amos & Boris by William Steig proves that sometimes simple is best. This lovely little book is a wonderful treatise on friendship. In a day and age when toys flash and beep and phones are always ringing, it’s nice to sit down to read something lovely and charming and quietly brilliant. The author deals with [...]

There are times when an author can be connected with a story that they’ve written which is different than the other work they’ve done, and many times the loyal readers will feel as though they have been betrayed by that author. This is what happened to Mem Fox when she released one of her tales. [...]