Children’s Books Guide

It is always a pleasure to find picture books that celebrate diversity–especially when they are hilarious! Books that tell stories about a variety of people help make everyone feel included and special. They also encourage children to think about others who may have a particular condition that makes their lives different from what many consider [...]

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, [...]

G is for One Gzonk! is an “Alpha-number-bet” book by Tiny DiTerlooney, as Tony DiTerlizzi refers to himself. The author of the Spiderwick Chronicles brings a fantastical, non-sensical whimsy to the alphabet book category. Making education fun is the secret to successful learning. This children’s book is an homage to two greats of wacky children’s [...]

Audrey Wood is always ready to bring new books full of wacky stories and unique illustration styles to children across the country. With her son Ben Wood, the two create some imaginative tales that can both teach and entertain kids of varying ages. The two have collaborated on several books, many of them that include [...]

Audrey Wood writes delightful stories while her husband Don or her son Bruce illustrates them. Styles vary when the Wood family is at work, and kids will find either a whimsical tale about being as quick as crickets or quirky tales that teach. Alphabet Mystery is one of the latter takes on a picture book, [...]

One of the first things, aside from learning how to socialize, that most schools teach children is their ABC’s. In a world where everything is written, especially now that everything has gone digital, it is important to know how to read, and many believe that the younger you are when you learn, the better of [...]

A Is for Art: An Abstract Alphabet.  Stephen T. Johnson doesn’t bring children the typical alphabet book.  Instead of using apes and apples, he uses art.  An eye-opening method, abstract art is used for each letter of the alphabet, from collage to swathes of color.  Pictures are large to create a powerful impact and underneath [...]

For children of ages 4 through 8, taking a big step can take some time.  Carin Berger’s story about The Little Yellow Leaf is exactly that.  As the seasons change and summer turns to fall, all the leaves on a tree and those around it change color and drift to the ground.  But there is [...]

Eric Carle’s ABC book is not just another alphabet book. With the colorful collage type of illustrations he has become known for, Carle has created an alphabet book that is both simple to understand, and pleasant to look at. With each letter designed in his trademark colorful way, each letter is presented with an animal [...]

Though the original idea was simply to create an alphabet reader for the 4 to 8 age group, illustrator David McLimans who is himself no stranger to illustration at all, much less that of picture books, definitely went above and beyond the call of duty with Gone Wild . Subtitled “An Endangered Animal Alphabet”, this [...]