Best picture books, chapter books, young adult books, graphic novels and non fiction for kids.
Since reading about Children of the Tipi: Life in the Buffalo Days by Michael Oren Fitzgerald and hearing pushback by Debbie Reese that the contemporary life of Native Americans was not included, it got me thinking. While the premise of Children of the Tipi was to document life in the bygone buffalo days, she has…
My son has a short but sweet truck picture book phase when he was in preschool at age 4. This would be a lovely picture book to gift to dads for Father’s Day bedtime reading. Parental fatherly trucks teach their kids both life lessons and how to work the truck equipment. Bulldozer Strong shows Dozy…
I wanted you to meet Jonathan Stroud next. He was part of the Rick Riordan Mega Awesome event along with Ridley Pearson and Eoin Colfer. Jonathan is a Brit with the world’s best wife. She let him quit his job to try to be a writer. It was six months before Bartimaeus emerged in its infancy…
Have you been following the brouhaha on Twitter: #WeNeedDiverseBooks ? This is what went down: “Last week, BookCon announced their event’s lineup of blockbuster kid lit panelists. Jeff Kinney, James Patterson, Rick Riordan, and Lemony Snicket, four white men, will be starring as luminaries in the field for this event. Even the invited panelists have…
Mamoo Kids asked me for a list of books to help kids become more independent. That got me thinking … can books for kids teach kids about responsibility? Why not? It will help start the discussion and that might lead to better remembering which might lead to being more responsible! @pragmaticmom great site! love your…
Today is World Book Night and the purpose is to spread the love of reading from person to person. World Book Night has assembled a book list for 2014 and I’ve highlighted the books for kids and teens. I hope you get a chance to spread the love of reading tonight by reading together or…
My son and I have been really excited to meet Rick Riordan now that he moved to Boston. Our first opportunity was at the MegaAwesome Author Event one town over. Rick was speaking along with three other authors: Ridley Pearson (Kingdom Keepers, Peter and the Star Catchers), Eoin Colfer (Artemis Fowl), and Jonathan Stroud (Bartimaeus)….