Children’s Books Guide

Dav Pilkey, best-selling author of books, set out to write several books featuring a main character called Dragon, a charming blue reptile that finds himself in a bunch of silly situations. Having a Christmas-themed book with Dragon was an obvious choice because of kids’ affinity for the holiday. But like Dragon, the author found himself [...]

There are a number of basic things that kids need to learn when they’re young, and many times parents are able to teach their children these basic skills without the child even realizing that they’re learning anything. Take, for instance, counting. Kids can be taught to count in a variety of ways – from counting [...]

One of the fun things to do during the holiday seasons is to watch Christmas stories on television and to read them at home! There are dozens of Christmas children’s books that you can read with your child, often making it difficult to select which story you’re going to read. Fortunately you can read more [...]

Fewer children’s books are as popular and beloved as Jan Brett’s lively winter tale of The Mitten. Since its creation twenty years ago, it has appeared each and every year in bookstores across the country when the winter season rolls around. Jan Brett has taken an old Ukrainian folk tale and brought it to life [...]

Every child wants to know about Santa Claus, the North Pole, how the elves work, and how reindeer fly. There are so many different aspects to the operation that the man in red is able to perform, so Rod Green took it upon himself to show children everywhere what goes on during the times when [...]

Trees that become Christmas trees are decorated with lights, bedecked with tinsel, and have baubles of all sorts hung from their branches. They sparkle and twinkle. Presents appear around them. People laugh around them and enjoy their beauty. So when one tree in the forest is left out in the cold, there’s only one thing [...]

Tomie de Paola is best known for his Strega Nona books, a lovable witch whose assistant gets into all sorts of trouble. But Tomie de Paola also has other stories to tell, many of them about his childhood, and Christmas Remembered is one of those stories, a fond memory of past Christmases. Children’s books often [...]

Eric Carle knows how to make childrens books that kids will enjoy. Though he once said he would never do a Christmas book, when the idea continued to tug at him, he could no longer ignore it. Thus he created Dream Snow. A farmer has a quiet life. He lives with his animals, who are [...]

What goes hand in hand during the holidays? Christmas, snow, and polar bears of course! God Gave Us Christmas by Lisa Tawn Bergren and illustrated by David Hohn is one of many delightful Christmas children’s books that parents will enjoy reading to their children. One of the many books in this series of God Gave [...]

When Chris Van Allsburg wrote The Polar Express in 1986, he didn’t know that far into the future it would become a Christmas classic. Upon its release though, the stunning illustrations and heartwarming story earned it the Caldecott Medal. Since then, it’s appeared in countless homes and read during chilly winter nights and Christmas Eves. [...]