Children’s Books Guide

Storytelling is a longstanding tradition in the world in which Eve Bunting grew up, so the magical powers of words have been very important to the acclaimed author. She writes every day on about anything and everything that she finds interesting. Many of her writings have been turned into childrens books – more than 200 [...]

Eve Bunting weaves a story like seamstresses make a quilt. The magical worlds that words create have been most important to the Northern Ireland native. Storytelling is a tradition where she grew up. She has written more than 200 children’s books for readers as young as 1 or 2 to teenagers. Among many of her [...]

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 [...]

In The Hat, Jan Brett brings a warmth that will illuminate through the winter chill, with Hedgie the Hedgehog. Hedgie finds a woolen stocking that belongs to the girl, Lisa. Lisa has hung her winter woolen clothing on the line to air out. Hedgie finds the stocking which has blown off the line. When his [...]

The Night Before Christmas, as visually told by Jan Brett, along with the classic story by Clement Moore, is a visual feast of detail and beauty. A timeless treasure of the Christmas story as told originally, enhanced with the visual aspects that only Jan Brett could add, this is one of the children’s books that [...]