Children’s Books Guide

Children are forced to grow up so quickly these days, making childrens books like Vera B. Williams’ ““More More More,” Said the Baby” all the more refreshing.  In her Caldecott Honor Award winning book Williams relays the sheer delight of childhood as she tells the simple stories of three children each from a different ethnic [...]

What happens when a childhood preoccupation turns into a man’s life work?  You have “Snowflake Bentley”, the 1999 Caldecott Medal winning book by author / illustrator team Jacqueline Briggs Martin and Mary Azarian.  This delightful childrens book tells the true story of William Bentley, a young Vermont farm boy born in the mid 1800s whose [...]