Children’s Books Guide

Patricia Polacco often writes stories with themes such as families and love, different cultures coming together beautifully, and outsiders finding a way in. Everyone lives happily ever after, and they are always accompanied by Polacco’s detailed and colorful illustrations that delight children over and over. Her children’s books are well known throughout the literary world, [...]

With years of experience writing childrens books, Audrey Wood knows what makes for a great story. When she decided to write The Rainbow Bridge, she did extensive research, inspired by the Chumash Native American people. In order to bring this story to kids, she took artistic liberties such as adding additional characters and expanding the [...]

Together, Audrey Wood, her husband Don Wood, and their son Bruce have created numerous children’s books that range in subject and style. From watercolors to computer generated images, stories about napping to learning the ABCs, Audrey and Bruce Wood bring all sorts of things to children of varying ages and tastes. But no matter what, [...]

Audrey Wood has dedicated years of her life to the enjoyment of children by writing numerous children’s books. Many of them focus on varying topics, from teaching kids their ABCs in unique and fun ways to merely entertaining kids with books like The Napping House. Elbert’s Bad Word takes a typical situation that any child [...]

Kevin Henkes has some unusual ideas for books at times. While most know him for his characters such as Lilly and Julius mouse, others looking for something interesting for their kids might find books such as this one. Both able to teach and entertain, youngsters will have a fine time looking at the pictures and [...]

Children love the silly and deplore the mundane. That’s why some of the most popular picture books in the history of children’s literature are stories that are extremely silly. Authors know that children enjoy silliness and that they can not only laugh with it, but they can learn with it as well. And one author [...]

All children love their caregivers, and most of the time those caregivers are mothers or fathers who do everything they can for their children. Children love to read childrens books about how parents love their children, because it is something that they can really related to and can emulate with their children. Well-known author of [...]

How can you tell if a child likes a tale that you have read to them? If they ask to read it again, of course! In some cases you’ll even find young children taking the books that they truly enjoy and reading them to themselves, having memorized the words in the book. This is a [...]

If there is one thing that Audrey Wood knows how to do well, it is to create imaginative tales for kids to enjoy. She makes stories that float beyond the world that we know and go far into the world of the fantastical, whimsical, and utterly delightful. Kids will “Ooh” and “Aah” at some of [...]

Audrey Wood has an eye for the cute, cuddly, and endearing. Her picture books vary widely in their subject matter, but each and every one of them is perfect for kids who just want to have a good time. Her illustrations can be anywhere from loose and silly to expertly drawn and detailed. On occasions [...]