Children’s Books Guide

Acclaimed author Dav Pilkey is very punny! You can see this in the titles and overt, lowbrow jokes he writes in his many best-selling picture books for children. Of course, not all of his books are loaded with puns. He’s written one sweet story about a young newspaper carrier titled The Paperboy that has earned [...]

Boo! by Robert Munsch is about every kid’s favorite candy-eating holiday. Lance, a little boy who likes to scare people, wants to dress up very scarily for Halloween. And he doesn’t want a store-bought costume. So he goes and paints his face the scariest he can. He’s got worms coming out of his eyes and [...]

Jane O’Connor brings a new twist to Halloween, with Fancy Nancy: Halloween or Bust! What could be more fun than dressing up for Halloween? Dressing up extra fancy, no matter what you are dressing up like, a witch, a princess, or even a ballerina. Whatever your costume, Nancy can help you and your children come [...]

If you and your children love out of the ordinary stories, parodies that take a new twist on timeless classics- sometimes becoming a classic itself, then you will love Goodnight Goon, by Michael Rex. Parody to Goodnight Moon, the ever popular children’s bedtime book, this one offers a new twist on bedtime fun. Not only [...]

Done in a very Halloweenish style with a cover of black, orange, and with white ghosts, Ghosts in the House! by Kazuno Kahara has been called “just the right mix of sweet and scary.” A young girl lives at the edge of town.  While that in itself doesn’t sound like anything special, there’s a big [...]