Best picture books, chapter books, young adult books, graphic novels and non fiction for kids.
To celebrate the release of my latest picture book, Officer Katz & Houndini: A Tale of Two Tails, illustrated by Danny Chatzikonstantinou, Mia invited me to share my TOP 5 funny dog and cat picture books! Dog my cats! It was virtually impossible to limit myself to 5 books each, but here goes! It’s raining cats and dog…
We want to welcome you to the October 2016 Kid Lit Blog Hop. Fall is here and Halloween is in a mere two weeks…WOW! There are some really great Halloween and Autumn books out there for children. We have seen some listed already. How about you share some of those on our monthly hop or…
Celebrate Dia de los Muertos with these Day of the Dead Children’s Books! Perfect for toddlers and young children. It’s October now and it’s time to start thinking of Halloween and costumes for my kids who still want to trick or treat. But it’s also time for the Day of the Dead. It sounds like…
Did you know that there is a fungus that can control the mind of an ant and make it do its bidding? Would you believe there is such a thing as a corpse flower—a ten-foot-tall plant with a blossom that smells like a zombie? How about a species of octopus that doesn’t live in water…
I’m so happy to welcome my guest author today, Laura Gehl, who has a Top 10: Picture Books for Finding Courage. Her list is not limited to Scared of the Dark picture books but also includes both nonfiction and hilarious fiction books about overcoming fear. She’s also giving away 3 copies of her latest Peep…
I have a book list for spring, winter, and summer but not fall, I discovered upon organizing my lists into one gigantic List of Lists. So here is my fall book list of children’s books. It was inspired by gigantic pumpkins. My kids’ second-grade teacher’s husband grows these kinds of large pumpkins. They are like…
Please welcome Shoumi Sen who is guest posting for me today. She’s the author of Celebrate Durga Puja With Me! Her book celebrates an important festival in India, Durga Puja, which is about the Mother Goddess, and the victory of the revered warrior Goddess Durga over the evil buffalo demon Mahishasura. Like Chinese New Year,…