Best picture books, chapter books, young adult books, graphic novels and non fiction for kids.
It wasn’t easy to find books in my library for Memorial Day. While there were a few picture books, none were on the shelves. Rather than give you a list of hard-to-find books, I’ve narrowed the list to just three and have added activities that I rounded up from Pinterest. First, here’s some background on…
PickyKidPix loves Katie Woo even though she discovered this series in 5th grade while messing around in her school library. She encouraged me to continue with the Katie Woo book giveaways because she wants to spread the love, and copies come my way that land in her room. I told her that a spinoff series about Pedro…
PickyKidPix who is now in 8th grade surprised me with this question: Is Coco Chanel a real person? First of all, how does she even know about Chanel? I think she watches too many YouTube beauty bloggers. And secondly, how strange that she only knows Chanel as a brand name because, in fact, she knew…
It just so happened that most of the diversity picks on the nominated easy readers for The Cybils made the shortlist. I personally was a champion of Don’t Throw It to Mo! by David Adler which also won the Geisel Award. My fellow judges were mostly librarians and they needed something fresh to get…
This post is brought to you in partnership with Disney-Hyperion. Disney-Hyperion sent me this title, and is also providing a prize pack for one winner from my site. Are you ready for a new Rick Riordan book? I know that my son is! He’s read every single children’s book that Rick Riordan ever wrote. We are…
It was an honor and a thrill to meet author Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrator Ekua Holmes of Voices of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement. Did you know that Voices of Freedom won: 2016 Caldecott Honor Book 2016 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book 2016 John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award…
Read these children’s books about flying on an airplane! Perfect picture books about amazing airplanes and the people who dream of flying. Please welcome my guest blogger today, author Carole Boston Weatherford! Her novel in verse just came out, a stunning perspective of the accomplishments of the Tuskegee Airmen during Jim Crow WWII America. This…